Medicines, their uses and mode of administration : including a complete conspectus of the three British pharmacopoeias, an account of all the new remedies, and an appendix of formulae / by J. Moore Neligan.
- John Neligan
- Date:
- 1849
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![stituted for it in commerce; none of them, however, have the same glistening, reddish-black colour, which is so well seen in the smaller fragments of Kino; the sophistication, therefore, may be readily de- tected by the eye. By employing the same tests as for catechu (see p. 41,) the exact amount of tannin contained in Kino may be readily ascertained. Therapeutical Effects.—Kino is an admirable astringent, possess- ing nearly similar properties to catechu, and may be employed in the same diseases. It is generally supposed to be better adapted for me- norrhagia and leucorrhcea; and as it is more tonic, owing to llie ex- tractive which it contains, it should be preferred where great debility exists. Dose and Mode of Administration.—In powder, gr. x. to 3ss.— Pulvis Kino compositus, D. L. (Kino, 3xv. ; cinnamon, §ss. ; hard opium, 3'- ; ru0 separately to fine powder, and mix.) An excellent astringent in chronic diarrhoea and dysentery ; it has been also highly praised in pyrosis ; gr. xx. contain gr. i. of opium : Dose, gr. x. to gr. xxx.—Tinctura Kino, D. L. E. (Kino, bruised (in (moderately fine, E.) powder, L. E.),§iij. (§iiiss., L. E.) ; proof (rectified, L. E.) spirit, Ly measure ft>jj. (Oij. L. E.) ; macerate (digest, E.) for 7 (14, L.) days, and filter. This tincture cannot be conveniently prepared by percolation, E.) Dose, f3j. to f3ij. Tincture of Kino when long kept is often converted into an insoluble gelatinous mass, no satis- factory reason has been hitherto assigned for this change taking place. It is best prevented by keeping the tincture in smali bottles completely filled, so as to exclude the atmospheric air. Notwithstanding the assertion of the Ed. Ph., it may be readily prepared by percolation, by previously mixing the kino with equal parts of fine white sand. Incompatibles.—The mineral acids ; carbonates of the alkalies ; sulphate of iron ; nitrate of silver ; acetate of lead ; and gelatine. Krameria, [U. S.] L. E. Krameria triandra, radix et extractum, D. Rhatany ; The root {and extract, D.) of Krameria triandra. A native of Peru ; belonging to the Natural family Polygalacea, and to the Linnaean class and order Tetrandria Monogynia. Botanical Characters.—Stem, shrubby, procumbent; Leaves, villons- silkv, oblong, sessile; Flowers, solitary, reddish; stamens, 3, whence the 6pecitic name. Physical Properties.—Numerous long, woody, root branches, to which the common root-stock about an inch in length is often attached ; they consist of a reddish brown, smooth bark, nearly an eighth of an inch in thickness, and a yellow, hard, woody centre {Meditullium); they are inodorous, the bark has an intensely astringent, somewhat bitter taste, but the woody centre is nearly tasteless. Chemical Properties.—The bark of rhatany root consists of nearly 43 per cent of tannin, a trace of gallic acid, 56 per cent of gum, ex- tractive, and coloring matter, and a small quantity of a peculiar acid which has been named Krameric acid. It yields its active principles to cold water and to alcohol. Therapeutical Effects.—Rhatany root is a powerful astringent and tonic, and as such is employed with much benefit in the treatment of chronic diarrhoea and of dysentery, in passive hemorrhages, in mo- norrhagia, and in atonic mucous discharges. As a topical astringent,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21143602_0072.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
