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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 639 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SENEGA , the dried See also:

root of the Polygala Senega, which is See also:official in the See also:British and See also:United States pharmacopoeias. Senega contains an active principle, saponin. Senega is used chiefly as a stimulating expectorant in chronic See also:bronchitis. It is occasion-ally used as a diuretic in renal See also:dropsy. It is a cardiac depressant, and is contra-indicated in diseased conditions of the See also:heart. It has a tendency to upset the digestion, and is therefore only used in See also:combination with other drugs in what are termed expectorant mixtures.

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