The following are some examples from the proving: ![]() More detailed results of the proving can be found, among other sources, in Hughes’ Cyclopaedia of Drug Pathogenesy. According to Canadian botanist Frère Marie-Victorin, the Seneca may have been inspired to use the tortuous root to treat snakebite by its resemblance to the tail of a rattlesnake.It’s still in use for treatment of pneumonia. The Cree chewed the root for sore throat and toothache. The Chippewa used preparations of the root to treat convulsions and bleeding wounds. The Cherokee used it as an expectorant and a diuretic, and for inflammation, croup, and common cold. This plant had many uses among Native Americans. Polygala Senega, or snake root is of North American origin. I have not yet prescribed it, but I do see it showing up on occasion in repertorization. There are often remedies which show up in repertorization which we overlook – remedies which we aren’t familiar with, have never used and are just not part of our prescribing “vocabulary”.įor me, Senega is such a remedy.
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