Rubia Tinctorum
by John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Madder. N. O. Rubiaceæ. Tincture of the root.
Clinical
Anæmia / Bones, affections of / Spleen, affections of
Characteristics
The bones of young animals fed on Madder become tinged red. Burnett has found Rub. t. an excellent remedy (in ten-drop doses of the Ø) in anæmia and under-nourished conditions, especially in splenic anæmia.
Relations
Compare: Chin., Coff., Galium (bot.). In anæmia, Ferr.