. General therapeutics and materia medica: adapted for a medical textbook (Volume 2). of infusion or of decoction (Gei sj.; Aquoz Oj.; dose, f .liss. tofsiij.); and should it be desired to prescribe the powder, which cannever be necessary, the dose may be from 9j. to £j. A weak decoctionis sometimes taken by valetudinarians in New England as a substitutefor tea or coffee. 29. PAULLINIA. This is an extract from a plant of the same name in Brazil. It isprepared by the Indians. A new alkali has been separated from itwhich—as well as the extract—is very bitter. Paullinia is preparedfrom P. sorbili
. General therapeutics and materia medica: adapted for a medical textbook (Volume 2). of infusion or of decoction (Gei sj.; Aquoz Oj.; dose, f .liss. tofsiij.); and should it be desired to prescribe the powder, which cannever be necessary, the dose may be from 9j. to £j. A weak decoctionis sometimes taken by valetudinarians in New England as a substitutefor tea or coffee. 29. PAULLINIA. This is an extract from a plant of the same name in Brazil. It isprepared by the Indians. A new alkali has been separated from itwhich—as well as the extract—is very bitter. Paullinia is preparedfrom P. sorbilis; Family, Sapindaceae; and its active constituentsappear to be tannic acid, and bitter principle. In Brazil, paullinia is mixed with cocoa, and given as a tisane indiarrhoea and dysentery; and it has been used successfully in Francein asthenic cases,—as in chlorosis, convalescence from severe mala-dies, &c. According to Marti us, an extract is prepared from Paullinia CARBO LIGXI. 53 sorbilis, which is called thereGuarana, and is used in simi-lar morbid cases. Fig. The secondary list of thePharmacopoeia of the UnitedStates contains the followingarticles, which may also bereferred to this division ofsimple tonics. 30. Hepatica, Liverwort;—the leaves of Hepatica Ame-ricana, an indigenous have no aroma; theirtaste is mucilaginous, some-what astringent, and slightlybitter; and they possess noother properties than those ofa demulcent tonic, notwith-standing the clamour thatprevailed in their favour, inthis country, some years ago,as a valuable remedy in chro-nic bronchitis, haemoptysis, & is the best form ofadministration. {Hepatic, ij.;Aq. bullient. Oj. Dose, f f 3iij.) 31. Prixos, Black Alder. This is the bark of Prinos verticillatus,Black Alder; Sex. Syst. Hexandria Monogynia; Nat. Ord. Illicinese,(Lindley)—Rhamni, (Jussieu); an indigenous shrub, which growseverywhere in the United States; flowering in June. The driedbark is inodorous
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