Bamboo

An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences · 1907 · p. 6
(barn-boo') A popular name for many tree-like, woody-stemmed gra es, especially those of the genus Bambusa. Apart from a limited use in surgery, none of the bamboos is employed in regular medicine. Locally, B. a rund in ace a is employed as an alterative, anthelmintic, and depurative. Unof. See also Tafasheer. B. Brier, the root of Smilax sarsaparilla, habitat, Southern United States. Its properties are identical with those of sarsaparilla. Dose of the fid. ext. 3 -ij. Unof.
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