rauwolfia serpentina

rauwolfia serpentina
[USP] the dried root of Rauwolfia serpentina, sometimes with fragments of rhizome and aerial stem bases attached; used as an antihypertensive and to treat nervousness and insomnia; also used in folk medicine for various uses and in Indian medicine for poisonous bites and other uses.

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