Indian and colonial addendum to the British pharmacopoeia 1898 / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom.

  • General Medical Council.
Date:
1900
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Credit: Indian and colonial addendum to the British pharmacopoeia 1898 / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TINOSPORA. Tinospora. The dried stem of Tinospora cordifolia, Mievs \B6ntl. and Trim., Med. PI. vol. i. plate 12], collected in the hot season. Characters and Test.—In cylindrical straight or twisted pieces or in transvei'se sections, having a diameter of from a quarter of an inch to two inches (six to fifty millimetres), covered with a strongly shranken bark with deep longitudinal furrows and bearing numerous round elevated scars. The bark is somewhat smooth and wax-like, and is of a greenish- brown or brown colour; it is easily separable from the very porous woody cylinder, which is of a pale yellowish-grey colour. The transverse section exhibits one loose ring of xylem bundles containing large vessels; the bundles are separated by distinct starchy medullary rays. The fracture is tough and fibrous. There is no marked odour; taste bitter. A cooled decoction gives with solution of iodine the charac- teristic reaction for starch, India. Easteen Colonies. TODDALIA. Toddalia. The dried root-bark of Toddalia aculeata, Pers. [Bentl. and Trim., Med. PI. vol. i. plate 49]. Characters.—In quilled pieces having a thickness of from one-twelfth to one-ninth of an inch (two to three millimetres), covered with a soft yellowish periderm fissured longitudinally and exhibiting a subjacent bright yellow layer and a deeper brown layer. The ti'ansverse section shows an outer yellowish periderm, a narrow bright yellow intermediate layer, and an inner broad radiate layer of brown phloem in which are situated numerous oleo-resin receptacles. The inner surface of the bark is somewhat granular, and brown in colour. It has a short and close fracture, a faint aromatic odour, and an aromatic pungent bitter taste.