593. Solidago.—Golden rod.

Botanical name: 

593. SOLIDAGO.—GOLDEN ROD. The herb of Solida'go odo'ra Aiton. (See Conspectus.) Aromatic, stimulant, carminative, and diaphoretic, in infusion. Used also to disguise the taste of other medicines.


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