Catalogue of the collections / Comp. by E.M. Holmes.

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    292. Aralia nudicaulis, L. {American Sarsaparilla, Wild or False Sarsaparilla, Small Spikenard.} a. Root. Two specimens. Note.—Official in secondary list of the U. S. P. It is used as a diaphoretic and alterative, like sarsaparilla. Amer. Dispens., p. 124. 293. Panax. Ginseng,-Mey. a. Root. (Ginseng Root.) Note.—This specimen was brought from China by Mr. E. Fortune. P.J. [2], vol. iii., p. 332. By the Chinese this root is valued at its weight in gold; and most wonderful restorative properties are ascribed to it. Dr. Porter Smith's Mat. Med. China, p. 103. 294. Panax quinquefolium, L. a. Root. (American Ginseng.) Note.—This root is occasionally found accidentally mixed with senega and with serpentary roots. Amer. Dispens., p. 596. Goebel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. v. fig. 1., a, b, c, e. C0R0LLIFL0R2E, CAPRIFOLTACE^E. 295. Sambucus nigra, L. a. Section of trunk. b. Bark. c. Ditto, separated from flower stalks. d. Volatile oil, from the flowers. e. Ditto, dissolved in spirit of wine. Note.—The bark is purgative. As sold on the Continent the flowers usually have the stalk attached; but in this country, except in some of the provinces, without them. Treas. Bot., p. 1013. The leaves are used to colour oleum viride and ung. sambuci viride, and the juice of the berries to colour artificial wines. For detection of elder juice in wine, see P.J. [3], vol. i., p. 843. For volatile oil, Gmel. Chem., vol. xiv. (1860), p. 368. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 137, 138. An allied species, S. Canadensis, L., is official in the U. S. P. RUBIACEiE. 296. Cephaelis Ipecacuanha, A. Rich. (Poaya verdadeira, .vel de Botica, Brazil.) a. Root. Brown annulated ipecacuanha. b. Ditto. Blackish grey ditto. From Prof. Guibourt. c. Ditto. Brown non-annulated. See Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 58, fig. 8b. d. Ditto. Red annulated ditto. e. Ditto. Reddish grey ditto. From Prof. Guibourt. f. Grey annulated ditto. g. Ditto, with the rings not well developed.