SENEGA

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SENEGA , the dried

root

ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

of the Polygala Senega, which is

official

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat.
apparitor
- APPARITOR, or APPARATOR (Latin for a servant of a public official, from apparere, to attend in public)
, from officium, office, duty)

in the British and United States pharmacopoeias. Senega contains an active principle, saponin. Senega is used chiefly as a stimulating expectorant in chronic

bronchitis

BRONCHITIS

. It is occasion-ally used as a diuretic in renal

dropsy

DROPSY (contracted from the old word hydropisy, derived from the Gr. 154w¢; i Swp,
water
- WATER
, and appearance)

. It is a cardiac depressant, and is contra-indicated in diseased conditions of the

heart

HEART
HEART, LUNG

. It has a tendency to upset the digestion, and is therefore only used in

combination

COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

with other drugs in what are termed expectorant mixtures.

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