hydrastisn.
/hʌɪˈdrastɪs/ The dried rhizome and roots of the herb golden seal or yellow root ( Hydrastis canadensis), or an extract or tincture of them, formerly used medicinally as a bitter stomachic and to control uterine bleeding.
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1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 436 Hydrastis is..used as a tonic in North America, where it is called Yellow-Root.
1865 G. B. Wood & F. Bache Dispensatory U.S.A. (ed. 12) 459 Hydrastis might probably be advantageously prepared in the form of a fluid extract.
1908 Practitioner Jan. 96 Styptol and hydrastis..are recommended for arresting haemorrhage from the non-pregnant organ.
1951 A. Grollman Pharmacol. & Therapeutics 757 Color may also be imparted by the addition of..Hydrastis Tincture (N.F.) which..is soluble in alcohol and hydro-alcoholic preparations giving a yellow color.
1967 Martindale's Extra Pharmacopoeia (ed. 25) 592 Hydrastis..in the treatment of post-partum haemorrhage..is much inferior to ergot.
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