Ground hemlock, American yew.
Family:
Taxaceae.
Chemistry:
Alkaloids - Taxine, ephedrine.
General -
Scurvy, Weakness, fever, sedative, symptoms of poisoning - vomiting, pains in stomach, vertigo, irregularity of heart and breathing.
Gastrointestinal - Stomach pains, bowel trouble.
Respiratory: Colds.
Limbs: Rhematism.
Urinary: Diuretic.
Nervous - Numbness and paralysis.
Female - Emmenagogue, abortifacient, menstrual irregularities, gonorrhoea.
Glucoside - Taxicatoside