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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 639 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SENEGA , the dried

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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– )

root of the Polygala Senega, which is

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OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official in the

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BRITISH

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UNITED

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

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BRONCHITIS

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

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

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

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

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COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination with other drugs in what are termed expectorant mixtures .

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