This section is from the book "A Manual Of Practical Therapeutics", by Edward John Waring. Also available from Amazon: A Manual of Practical Therapeutics.
Coltsfoot. Nat. Ord. CompositAe.
Hab. Various parts of Europe, Persia, and the Himalayas.
Med. Prop. and Therap. Uses. Demulcent and slightly tonic. The leaves and flowers in infusion (oz. j. - oz. ij., Water Oj.) have long been esteemed in Catarrhal affections, but they merit no reliance. They may be taken ad libitum.
 
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