Anthoxanthum
Natural History.
Anthoxanthum odoratum.
Sweet Vernal Grass. (Europe and America.) N. O. Gramineae. Tincture of fresh flowering herb.
Clinical.
Coryza.
Hay-fever.
Characteristics.
This remedy has not been proved, but has been used with success on the clinical indication of the effects produced by the pollen grains on those subject to hay-fever.
It is used both locally and internally.
A popular remedy for hay-fever is "hay tea, " a decoction made of hay itself.
Relations.
Compare: Cepa, Ars., Naphtin., Sabad., Psor., and its botanical allies, Anan., Avena, Arund., Lol., and Sacch. off.