General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . ituents appear to be tannic acid, ™*^.Pn^mA given as a tisane in In Brazil paulhnia is mixed with^oa,^ 6 ^ France diarrhoea and dysentery; and it has been us^ ^^ ^ ^^ sis, convalescence from severemaladies, &c. According toMartius, an extract is preparedfrom Paullinia sorbilis, which iscalled there Guarana, and isused in similar morbid cases. The secondary list of thePharmacopoeia of the UnitedStates contains the followingarticles, which may also be re-ferred to this division of simpletonics. 30. Hepatica, Li
General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . ituents appear to be tannic acid, ™*^.Pn^mA given as a tisane in In Brazil paulhnia is mixed with^oa,^ 6 ^ France diarrhoea and dysentery; and it has been us^ ^^ ^ ^^ sis, convalescence from severemaladies, &c. According toMartius, an extract is preparedfrom Paullinia sorbilis, which iscalled there Guarana, and isused in similar morbid cases. The secondary list of thePharmacopoeia of the UnitedStates contains the followingarticles, which may also be re-ferred to this division of simpletonics. 30. Hepatica, Liverwort;-^the leaves of Hepatica America-na, an indigenous plant. Theyhave no aroma; their taste ismucilaginous, somewhat astrin-gent, and slightly bitter; andthey possess no other propertiesthan those of a demulcent tonic,notwithstanding the clamourthat prevailed in their favour,in this country, some years ago,as a valuable remedy in chronicbronchitis, haemoptysis, &c. In-fusion is the best form of admin-istration. {Hepatic. §j ; Oj. Dose, to*^iij.). Hepatica Americana. 31. Prinos, Black Alder. This is the bark of Prinos verticillatus. INDIGUM. 53 Black M(kr; Sex. Syst. Hexandria Monogynia; Nat. Ord. Illicineae,(Lindley)—Rharani, (Jussieu); an indigenous shrub, which grows everywhere in the United States; flowering in June. The dried bark isinodorous ; its taste bitter and slightly astringent. It imparts its virtuesto boiling water. Black alder has long been used as a popular remedy in intermittents ;and in other affections, as a substitute for cinchona. It is rarely, how-ever, prescribed by the physician. The dose of the powder may bestated at from Jss to 5j« It may, also, be given in infusion, (Prin. 3j;Jlqux bullient. Oj); decoction and tincture. The berries have similarproperties with the bark, and are sometimes made into tincture. d. Mechanical Tonics, or such as seem to act mechanically. 32. CARBO LIGNL—CHARCOAL. It is obtained by burning wood
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