A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . ruit. Description.—Blackish-brown, wrinkled, brittle, inodorous, andnearly tasteless, except theshrivelled embryo, which isbitter. Form, size, andstructure are seen in theillustration. Constituents. — The kernel contains a neutral principle called picrotoxin (or picrotOXlC acid), which . FlGS- 172-174.—Cocculus Indicus, whole, natural size; whole, enlarged; and longitudinal section, enlarged,is poisonous. It crystallizes in needles, and is soluble in hot alcohol, but only slightly soluble in cold water or alcohol. (See Picrotoxinum.) The shell co
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . ruit. Description.—Blackish-brown, wrinkled, brittle, inodorous, andnearly tasteless, except theshrivelled embryo, which isbitter. Form, size, andstructure are seen in theillustration. Constituents. — The kernel contains a neutral principle called picrotoxin (or picrotOXlC acid), which . FlGS- 172-174.—Cocculus Indicus, whole, natural size; whole, enlarged; and longitudinal section, enlarged,is poisonous. It crystallizes in needles, and is soluble in hot alcohol, but only slightly soluble in cold water or alcohol. (See Picrotoxinum.) The shell contains the alkaloids menispermine and paramenispermine,combined with hypopicrotoxic acid. The drug also contains a considerable quantity of fixed oil. Medicinal Uses.—Cocculus indicus is seldom administered inter-nally. It is said to have produced valuable results in chorea, epilepsy,ind some forms of paralysis. It is more frequently employed externally, n the form of decoction or ointment to kill lice and to cure ringwormof the Dose.— to gram (1 to 2 grains). Best given in the form ofluid extract. 348 A COMPANION TO THE Coccus; U. S. —Cochenille, G. and F. ; Cochinilla, Grana, Sp.; Konsio- nell, —The female of Coccus cacti, Linne (Hemiptera).Habitat.—Mexico and Central America. The insects feed on sev-eral species of opuntia and other cactus plants. Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page 82. The females are wingless, bluish-red, and less than one-tenth of an f|^ incn l°rig before fecundity, but twice that size after impregnated, when the}7- are killed with hot water, and then dried. Figs. 175, 176. — The shape of the insect and the different organs Cochineal, a, dry, as . „ . 1 in drug, natural size; can be seen alter putting the dried coccus into water natural size m W& ^ an(^ allowing it to swell and assume its natural formand proportions. Cochineal varies in color, according to the process of dryi
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