Oxydendron arboreum, Sorrel-tree (Andromeda arborea).

Botanical name: 
Please read the introduction to Boericke's tinctures.

A remedy for dropsy-ascites and anasarca. Urine suppressed. Deranged portal circulation. Prostatic enlargement. Vesical calculi. Irritation of neck of bladder. Great difficulty of breathing. Tincture. Compare: Cerefolius (dropsy, Bright's disease, cystitis).


Boericke's Materia Medica, 1901, was written by William Boericke. Excerpt: The Tinctures.