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The root has reputed important medicinal properties; and, when taken internally, acts as a violent emetic.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing

This pretty stream has reputed remedial power, and in May hundreds of people bathe in its waters, to protect themselves against small-pox.

From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick