Western Herbalism
Kentucky coffee tree
Gymnocladus canadensis
Also known as American Coffee-Nut, American coffee-bean tree, Coffee tree, Kentucky mahogany.
dried, and especially when gathered at the wrong season and kept in stock. If some of our manufacturers will get the bark of the cotton-root before the boll opens, and will prepare a tincture from it whilst fresh, we will probably find it possessing marked medicinal properties.
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Dosing as the sources wrote it
| Preparation | As written | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| One fluid drachm of this is to be added to 3 fluid ounces of water, of which the dose is a teaspoonful, to be repeated every 3 or 4 hours. |
Doses are reproduced from the sources for practitioners and are not a recommendation for any person.
From the sources
Specific indications and reasoning. dried, and especially when gathered at the wrong season and kept in stock. If some of our manufacturers will get the bark of the cotton-root before the boll opens, and will prepare a tincture from it whilst fresh, we will probably find it possessing marked medicinal properties.
Specific indications and reasoning. (AMERICAN COFFEE TREE.) This agent has been but little used in medicine, yet if we are to judge from its common use as a fly poison, it possesses active properties that may be made available. For experiment, a tineture may be made of the bark, beans, or pulp of the seed-pod; the last being regarded as the most active.
Drawn from Scudder's Specific Medication and Specific Medicines; King's American Dispensatory, 18th edition (Felter and Lloyd), and the Bountiful Herbs editorial.
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