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.
B. The juice is irritant and may produce eschars on the skin, and especially on mucous membranes to which it is applied, 19, 1: 130. The powdered root is escharotic, 50, 228.
C. Secondary and tertiary syphilis, 2, 147.
D. Exuberant granulations, Smith, 45, 1: 80. (Juice.) Dermatophytic affections, 24, 2: 265. (Juice.) Verrucae, 31, 86.
Rhus poisoning, 207.
The officinal preparations are: Tinctura Sanguinarioe; and Acetum Sanguinarioe.
 
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