McElree's Cardui
McElree's Cardui
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- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: A vegetable bitter tonic and stomachic, with antispasmodic properties valuable in relieving functional dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation not due to alteration of organs). A bitter tonic and stomachic to stimulate the appetite when deficient, and in such cases to stimulate the cells of the stomach to help increase the amount of gastric juice and thus to improve digestion and nutrition.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Object Type
- OTC Preparation
- date made
- 1920s-1930s
- maker
- Chattanooga Medicine Company
- place made
- United States: Tennessee, Chattanooga
- Physical Description
- alcohol 19% (overall active ingredients)
- blessed thistle (Cnicus benedictus, tops and stems) (overall active ingredients)
- black haw (Viburnum prunifolium, root and tree bark) (overall active ingredients)
- golden seal (Hydrastis Canadensis, rhizomes and roots, hydrastis tops which are not official) (overall active ingredients)
- Measurements
- box: 7 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 20.0025 cm x 7.3025 cm x 4.1275 cm
- bottle: 7 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 6.985 cm x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- 2008.0018.234
- catalog number
- 2008.0018.234
- accession number
- 2008.0018
- Credit Line
- Gift of Richard W. Pollay
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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