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Satureja.

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  3. Division II. Class VII. Stimulants.
Botanical name: 
Satureja hortensis

Related entry: Satureja under diaphoretics

Summer Savory possesses properties similar to the Thyme. It is a gently stimulating diaphoretic, and may be employed in colds and in mild forms of disease to promote perspiration. The infusion may be taken freely.


The American Eclectic Materia Medica and Therapeutics, 1898, was written by John M. Scudder, M.D.

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