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Digitalis purpurea (Purple foxglove)
Digitalis [urpurea (Purple foxglove) A genus of toxic herbaceous Eurasian plants of the scrophulaceae which yield cardiotonic digitalis glycosides, useful anti-arrhythmia agents. Foxglove tea, prepared from the leaves, was an English folk remedy for treating swollen hands, legs, and feet. William Withering (1741-1799), a physician working in Birmingham, learned about it from a country woman in Shr…
Creator
- Sue Snell
Subject
- Foxglove
- Herbal remedies
- Medicinal Plant
- Cardiac
Creator
- Sue Snell
Subject
- Foxglove
- Herbal remedies
- Medicinal Plant
- Cardiac
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- Credit: Sue Snell
Source
- N0021532
Identifier
- N0021532
- NMSB Frame No NOVIDEO
- zy3fckqt
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:59:00.445Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:59:00.445Z