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Kickapoo Sagwa

Object Details

Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: For the relief of biliousness, constipation, sluggish liver. Sagwa relieves those conditions dependant on constipation or sluggish bowels such as sick headache, sour stomach, loss of appetite, bad breath, biliousness.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
maker
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company
date made
after 1917
Credit Line
Gift of Richard Holstein
Physical Description
paper (container material)
glass (container material)
alcohol, 9 1/2% (drug active ingredients)
sodium bicarbonate (drug active ingredients)
gentian (drug active ingredients)
mandrake (drug active ingredients)
uva ursi (drug active ingredients)
rhubarb (drug active ingredients)
senna (drug active ingredients)
aniseed (drug active ingredients)
coriander seed (drug active ingredients)
red cinchona bark (drug active ingredients)
yellow dock (drug active ingredients)
dandelion (drug active ingredients)
cascara sagrada (drug active ingredients)
licorice (drug active ingredients)
aloes (drug active ingredients)
glycerine (drug active ingredients)
water (drug active ingredients)
Measurements
overall: 23.5 cm x 7.8 cm x 5 cm; 9 1/4 in x 3 1/16 in x 1 15/16 in
Object Name
otc preparation
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