Pycnanthemum. Dysentery Weed.
Pycnanthemum. P. flexuosum (Walt.) Bsp. (P. linifolium Pursh.) Dysentery Weed.—This American mint is popularly used in bowel complaints; its hot infusion is diaphoretic. (See A. J. P., 1894, 65, 169; Ph. Rund., 1896, 32.)
A volatile oil was obtained by E. R. Miller by distilling the leaves and flowering tops of P. pycnanthemoides (See Proc. Alabama Pharm. Assoc. 1910, 58.)