Dictionary of materia medica and therapeutics : a résumé of the action and doses of all officinal and non-officinal drugs ... / by C. Henri Leonard and Thomas Christy.

  • Leonard, C. Henri.
Date:
1892
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    ALLIUM. the convex upper surface covered with scaly remnants of leaves; the lower surface carries numerous small rootlets. Has a mealy fracture; is inodorous; and of persistent bitter taste. Action: bitter-tonic; stomachic; diuretic; purgative. Uses: largely in female troubles. Extrac^tum* gr. ^...2, [cgm. 3...12]. Extrac''tum flu'ldum* 3 >^...l, [^m. 2...4]. TinctuWcE, 3 >^...l, [^m. 2...4], Al'isma* ce, Water Plantain, 5 X l> [fiwi. 2...4]. Syn: mad-dog-weed; plantain d'eau, Fr.; Froschlaffel, Q. Hah: Europe and N. A. Order: alismaceae. Part used: leaves and rhizome. Desc: the leaves obvate, oblong, acute, 5 or 9 nerved, light green color, acrid taste. The rhizome is less fre- quently used. Action: versicant; diuretic; anti-lithic. Uses: formerly much vaunted for cure of hydrophobia; also in calculous troubles; diarrhcea; chorea; epilepsy. Fo''lia* orwn, (leaves), 5 1, [jrj^i. 4]. Ka'dix* icisy (root), 3 %, \_gm. 2]. Alkan'na* CE Alkanet Boot, 3 1...2, [jrm. 4...8]. Syn: radix alkannas; oreanette, Fr.; alkannwurzel, G. Hab: Asia and Europe. Order: boraginacese. Part Used: the root. Desc: is a foot in length and thick as a finger, often crowned with leaf remnants. Bark is loose, of a deep yellowish color, covering a yellowish spongy cortical portion. Is inodorous and has bitter- ish astringent taste. Action: astringent. Uses: mostly for col- oring pomades and oils red. Alkeken-'gi* orum, Wintercherries. Syn: alk^kenge, or coqueret, Fr.; judenkirsche, G. Hab: Europe. Order: solanacese. Part used: herb, fruit of physalis alkekengi. Desc: A more or less hairy perennial herb; fruit of the size of a cherry, of shining scarlet color. Is two-celled and contains numerous white ovate seeds, having a sweet, acidulated taste. Action: herb is tonic, antiperiodic, depurative; fruit is febrifuge, diuretic. Z/ses.* the herb in intermittents; the berries in jaundice, gravel, dropsv, etc. rruu^tus*«s, (the fruit), g >^...2, [gm. 15...60]. PuKvis* (of the herb), 3 1, [gm. 4]. Aiaiumi, Garlic, 3 >^...l, [.(7m. 2...4]. Syn: bulbus alii; ail, Fr.; knoblauch, G. Hah: Central Asia and Mediterranean basin. Ord; Liliaceae. Part Used: the bulb of allium sativum. Desc: Is a compound sub-globular bulb, consisting of six to ten compressed bulblets, concentrically ar- ranged ; the whole surrounded with dry membranous scales. Has a pungent odor, and an acrid, burning taste. Action: stimulant; diuretic; anthelmintic; emollient; expectorant. Uses: in coughs,
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