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#122799 - 02/12/04 03:31 PM rauwolfia
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	A spellingbee word: [n] any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives [n] any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina I thought its value was doubtful.
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#122800 - 05/16/04 11:09 AM Re: rauwolfia
wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3789 Loc: Worcester, MA	...yet reserpine (Serpasil ® ) was a good antihypertensive medicine in its day...
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