During the 1920s and 1930s, sanguinarine was the chief component of "Pinkard's Sanguinaria Compound," a drug sold by Dr. John Henry Pinkard. Pinkard advertised the compound as "a treatment, remedy, and cure for pneumonia, coughs, weak lungs, asthma, kidney, liver, bladder, or any stomach troubles, and effective as a great blood and nerve tonic."
During the 1920s and 1930s, sanguinarine was a key ingredient in "Pinkard's Sanguinaria Compound," marketed by Dr. John Henry Pinkard as a remedy for various ailments like pneumonia, coughs, weak lungs, asthma, kidney, liver, bladder, or stomach issues, and also claimed to be an effective blood and nerve tonic.