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Traditional remedy or use:
Brewed into beer and tea. Thought to
treat baldness, bronchitis, hepatitis,
dropsy, fever, pneumonia, stomach
ailments, ulcers, venereal disease and
yellow fever. Used as a
cathartic and
emetic.
Modern remedy or use:
Possible treatment for liver disease.
Comments:
Florida Native.
Garden Note: Lost to cold damage, not
currently planted in the garden, 3/2011
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