General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . be less^l|nutritive than wheaten starch, but more palata-ble and digestible. No sufficient comparisonshave, however, been made between in water or milk, it is a very common,and favourite aliment in febrile and inflamma-tory affections ; in chronic diseases, and in con-valescence from the acute. Lemon-juice, orwine, or spirit, according to circumstances, isadded to the watery decoction. In all casesin which demulcents are indicated, it is espe-cially appropriate as an article of diet. Opinions diff
General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . be less^l|nutritive than wheaten starch, but more palata-ble and digestible. No sufficient comparisonshave, however, been made between in water or milk, it is a very common,and favourite aliment in febrile and inflamma-tory affections ; in chronic diseases, and in con-valescence from the acute. Lemon-juice, orwine, or spirit, according to circumstances, isadded to the watery decoction. In all casesin which demulcents are indicated, it is espe-cially appropriate as an article of diet. Opinions differ in regard to theaction of arrowroot and milk on the digestive function : whilst somebelieve its tendency is to constipate, others ascribe to it an oppositeaction. Its effects in this respect are not marked. r Fig. Different forms of fecula have received the nameof arrowroot. Portland arrowroot or Portlandsago is obtained from Arum maculatum; Brazilianarrowroot is the fecula of Jatropha manihot; andTahiti arrowroot, or Tahiti or Otaheite salep, isthe fecula of Tacca Tacca pinnatifida.
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