ENDescription
Convolvulus scammonia is a herbaceous vine in the bindweed family Convolvulaceae. "Scammonium" is the dried juice of the living root; "Scammoniae Resina" is extracted from the dried root with alcohol. It's a violent gastrointestinal irritant, and kills both roundworm and tapeworm.
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