It is a perennial, twining plant, with long, knotty, matted, contorted, ligneous rootstocks. The root is long, branched, crooked, and woody, the taste being insipid, afterwards acrid, and having no odor. It is usually sold in pieces of various lengths, which are difficult to pulverize, as the root flattens out when this is attempted. It is also useful in painful cholera morbus with cramps, neuralgic affections, spasmodic hiccough and spasmodic asthma
It is also useful in painful cholera morbus with cramps, neuralgic affections, spasmodic hiccough and spasmodic asthma
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