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A DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL

MATERIA MEDICA
By John Henry CLARKE, M.D.
Presented by Médi-T ®

Echinacea Purpurea.
Echinacea purpurea. Black Sampson. (Eastern States of
America.) N. O. Compositæ. Tincture of fresh root.

Clinical.─Diphtheria. Putrid fevers.

Characteristics.─I mention this plant, which is a popular

remedy in the Eastern States, because it has been used in place
of Ech. ang. It has probably a very similar action, and the root
causes the same pungent sensation on lips and tongue as the
tincture of Ech. ang. It well deserves a proving. The black root
has been taken as a "signature" of the remedy in cases of low
fevers where a black tongue was observed.

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