A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . flat-tened, glossy, pale-yellowish, interiorly white. Inodorous ; slightlybitter. Constituents.—Starch, gluten, and fat. Uses.—Mainly used as bird seed. The crushed seed has been usedfor poultices. Phellandrii Fructus. Phellandrium Fruit. Phellandrii Semina—Wasserfenchel, G.; Fenouil deau, F.; Felan-drio, Sp. ; Stakrefron, Sw.; Water-fennel. Origin.— (Enanthe phellandri-um, Lamarck ( Umbelliferce). Habitat.—Asia and Europe. Part used.—The dried ripefruit. D esc r i ptio n .—Brownish-green,formed as seen in the odor is aromatic,
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . flat-tened, glossy, pale-yellowish, interiorly white. Inodorous ; slightlybitter. Constituents.—Starch, gluten, and fat. Uses.—Mainly used as bird seed. The crushed seed has been usedfor poultices. Phellandrii Fructus. Phellandrium Fruit. Phellandrii Semina—Wasserfenchel, G.; Fenouil deau, F.; Felan-drio, Sp. ; Stakrefron, Sw.; Water-fennel. Origin.— (Enanthe phellandri-um, Lamarck ( Umbelliferce). Habitat.—Asia and Europe. Part used.—The dried ripefruit. D esc r i ptio n .—Brownish-green,formed as seen in the odor is aromatic, rather dis-agreeable; taste aromatic, bitterish. Constituents. — Volatile oil, _ .OA „, .. . , . and phellandrol. Figs. 407-409.—Phellandrium, natural size, r enlarged, and transverse section, enlarged. Medicinal Uses.—Said to be stimulant, diaphoretic, diuretic, and expectorant. Useful in chronicbronchorrhoea, etc. Dose.—One to two grams (15 to 30 grains) in powder or in fluidEXTRACT made with alcohol as a UNITED STATES PHARMACOPCEIA. 763 PHELLANDRII of thirty grams (about 1 avoirdupois ounce) of the drug makefive hundred grams (equal to about 17 U. S. fluidounces). Dose.—Fifteen to thirty cubic centimeters (J to 1 fluidounce) sev-eral times daily. Phlorizinum. Phlorizin. A bitter glucoside, in colorless or white silky prismatic needles, ob-tained from the root-bark of apple, pear, cherry, plum, and poplar is odorless, freely soluble in hot water, and in alcohol. It resemblessalicin. Medicinal Uses.—Has been used as a substitute for quinine indoses of to gram (10 to 20 grains). Phoradendron. Mistletoe. Origin -—Phoraden-dron flavescens, Nuttall(Lora?ithacece). Habitat -—Northernpart of the United States. Part used.—The wholeparasitic plant. Description.—Seethe illustration. Muchbranched, jointed, yellow-ish-green. Odor, heavy,disagreeable ; taste, bitter,s
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