A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . -—The fruit or grain (caryopsis). Description.—Oblong-ovoid, about five millimeters (\ inch) long,smooth, pale brownish, interiorly white, inodorous, having a farinaceous,afterward bitterish taste. Constituents.—Fixed oil, starch, etc. It is not determined whatconstitutes the poisonous principle. Medicinal Uses.—Darnel is a narcotic poison, but has been medi-cinally employed only as an ingredient of poultices to relieve pain, etc. Lotiones. Lotions. These preparations are usually solutions in water, or in water withalcohol or glycerin, and are us
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . -—The fruit or grain (caryopsis). Description.—Oblong-ovoid, about five millimeters (\ inch) long,smooth, pale brownish, interiorly white, inodorous, having a farinaceous,afterward bitterish taste. Constituents.—Fixed oil, starch, etc. It is not determined whatconstitutes the poisonous principle. Medicinal Uses.—Darnel is a narcotic poison, but has been medi-cinally employed only as an ingredient of poultices to relieve pain, etc. Lotiones. Lotions. These preparations are usually solutions in water, or in water withalcohol or glycerin, and are used for external application as washes, orby soaking lint in them and applying to the affected part. They areintended to influence deep-lying structures as well as the external sur-faces. Lupulinum; TJ. S. LUPULIN. Jjuptdl Glandulce—Lupulina, Phar. 1870, Hopfenmehl, Lupulin, G.;Zaipuline, Impulite, F. Origin-—Ilumulus jUqiulus, Linne ( Urticacece). H ab itat- — Cultivated. Part used.—The glandular powder separated from the hops,. UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA. 663 Description.—A coarse, brownish-yellow, or orange-brown , aromatic, bitter. Under the microscope the glands appearto have various forms, depending upon different positions on the general appearance is shown in Figure 363. Ether dissolves aboutseventy-five per cent. Constituents.—From two to three per cent, of volatile oil, resin,lupamaric acid, wax, etc. The volatile oilcontains valerianic acid after long lupulin acquires a disagreeable vale-rianic acid odor when old. Test«—Lupulin sometimes contains sandand other impurities to such an extent as toyield up to even forty per cent. ash. Itshould not leave more than eight per cent, ofash, and after shaking with water but littlesediment should deposit when allowed toStand. Fig. 363.—Lupulin Gland, en- Medicinal Uses.—Similar to those of larged hops, as the action of the latter depends on this drug. It is toni
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