This section is from the book "A Treatise On The Materia Medica And Therapeutics Of The Skin", by Henry G. Piffard. Also available from Amazon: A Treatise On The Materia Medica And Therapeutics Of The Skin.
A. Pricking and itching of the skin, sometimes pustular eruption, 1, 185.
D. (Seeds.) Phthiriasis capitis, 63, 3: 171.
Veratria, U.S.
A. In large doses, copious sweat, and pale, cool skin, 2, 534. Lessens irritability of the cutaneous nerves, 43, 507.
B. In concentrated form causes heat, erythema, and even pustular eruption, 2, 533; 210.
D. Chromophytosis, 43; 527.
The officinal preparations are: Veratria and Unguentum Veratriae,
 
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