Life Root (Sencio Aurens) [Senecio Aureus]
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880 - 1910
name: label: maker
content: Allaire, Woodward and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Blue paper wrapped package of dried life root. Common names listed on package: Life Root, Ragwort, False Valerian, Golden Senecio, Squaw Weed, Female Regulator. Medicinal properties as listed on package: Diuretic, pectoral, diaphoretic and tonic. It also exerts a peculiar influence upon the female reproductive organs. Infusion, one ounce in a pint of hot water. Dose, a wineglassful 3 or 4 times a day.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Peoria
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of B. Woodruff Weaver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09929 [dup5]
label: catalog number
content: M-09929
label: accession number
content: 239197
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sencio Aurens
label: Object Name
content: crude drug
label: Object Name
content: herb package
label: Other Terms
content: Sencio Aurens; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Crude Drug; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 1/4 in x 7/8 in; 5.08 cm x 5.715 cm x 2.2225 cm