85. Corallorrhiza odontorrhiza.—Crawley. Coral Root

Botanical name: 

85. CORALLORRHIZA ODONTORRHIZA Nuttall.—CRAWLEY. CORAL ROOT. The rhizome of a parasitic, leafless herb growing throughout the United States east of the Mississippi. "A prompt and powerful diaphoretic, with sedative properties. A combination with blue cohosh is a good emmenagogue." Dose: 15 to 30 gr. (1 to 2 Gm.).


A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 1917, was written by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M.