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Sassafras Lignum, Sassafras Wood. Contains little volatile oil; used like the bark, but very weak medicinally.
Allied Plants:
Umbellula'Ria Califor'Nica, California Bay Laurel Or Spice Tree. Wood brownish, close-grained, esteemed for cabinet-work; leaves yield volatile oil 4 p. c, with nutmeg and cardamom odor; seeds contain a fat; stimulant, anodyne in diarrhoea, neuralgia, headache.
2. Bol'du Bol'dus, Boldo Leaves - Oval,3-7Cm. (1 1/5-3') long, 1-4 Cm. (2/5-1 3/5') broad, entire, coriaceous, petiolate, odor peculiar, bitter, pungent; contains vol. oil, resin, boldine, tannin. Sedative, hypnotic, tonic; dyspepsia, hepatitis, rheumatism. Dose, gr. 5-10 (.3-.6 Gm.); fluidextract (alcohol).
Fig. 139. - Sassafras wood: cross-section, magnified 20 diam.; j, annual rings; ms, medullary rays.
 
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