Sweet-scented goldenrod oil - Specimen details

Sweet-scented goldenrod oil - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 76858

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Plant Name 88.00 COMPOSITAE Solidago odora Entry Book Number 21.1983
Artefact Name Sweet-scented goldenrod oil Vernacular Name
Iso Country United States TDWG Region United States
Parts Held Sweet-scented goldenrod oil Geography Description North America
Uses Sweet-scented goldenrod oilUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Essential Oil Cabinet Related Items
Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 338a
Donor Date 22/08/1983 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Number Components Publication
Notes: The entry for this specimen (No. 338a) in the 1878 published catalogue of the Pharmaceutical Society Museum collection reads: 'The leaves and tops are official in the secondary list of the U. S. Pharm. The oil is used as a diuretic, and is administered in, the form of essence for suppression of urine in children, and also as a carminative, to check vomiting, etc. Wood and Bache, Dispens., p. 1599; P. J. [3], vol. iii., p. 603.'

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