Tussilago Farfara
By John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Common Coltsfoot. British Herb Tobacco. (Waste, sandy, clayey banks.) N. O. Compositæ. Tincture of fresh plant.
Clinical
Coughs / Scrofula
Characteristics
" Tussil. farfara is used to this day in the form of a confection for coughs. The leaves are mucilaginous and were much used in scrofulous affections. Smoking the dried leaves relieves coughs" (Cooper). Tus. far. has also a popular reputation in gonorrhœa.