An illustrated encyclopædic medical dictionaryBeing a dictionary of the technical terms used by writers on medicine and the collateral sciences, in the Latin, English, French and German languages . A North American species. The inner bark issialagogue and sudorific. The peppery seeds are used in odontalgia,[a, 35.]—X. clava (Herculis), X, clavatum. Fr., massue dHer-cule (1st def.), bois ^.pineux jaune (ou blanc) (2d def.). Ger., Zahn-wehholz (1st def.), caraibisches Qelbholz (1st def.). 1. Herculess- club, southern prickly ash. West Indian (or prickly) aromatic and astringent b
An illustrated encyclopædic medical dictionaryBeing a dictionary of the technical terms used by writers on medicine and the collateral sciences, in the Latin, English, French and German languages . A North American species. The inner bark issialagogue and sudorific. The peppery seeds are used in odontalgia,[a, 35.]—X. clava (Herculis), X, clavatum. Fr., massue dHer-cule (1st def.), bois ^.pineux jaune (ou blanc) (2d def.). Ger., Zahn-wehholz (1st def.), caraibisches Qelbholz (1st def.). 1. Herculess- club, southern prickly ash. West Indian (or prickly) aromatic and astringent bark contains berberine and is usedlike that of X aromaticum. [a, 35.] 2. See X fraxineum,.— A South American species, locally called jaborandi. [a,35,39.] Cf. Jaborandi o/i?tedeZ.—X. emarginatum. Ger., auj-gerandetes Gelbholz. An aromatic tree the wood of which is knownin Jamaica as lignum rorum. The leaves and the bark of thebranches are used in stimulant baths and fomentations, [a, 35.]—X. floridanum. See X. clava (1st def.).—X. fraxineum, Fr.,xanthoxyle (ou frene) ^jpineiix. Ger., Zahnwehholz. Tooth-achetree, prickly ash, angelica tree ; a North American species. The. XAKTHOXTLON FRAXINEUM. [A, 327.] capsules and leaves smell like oil of lemon. The bark, which withthat of X carolinianum constitutes the x. of the U. S. Ph., occursin light, brittle, nearly inodorous, dark-gray quills covered withwhitish patches and small black dots. It has at first a sweetish,somewhat aromatic taste, but becomes bitter and acrid if is diuretic, diaphoretic, and stimulant. The powder is also usedtopically as an irritant. The bark is chewed for odontalgia, andhas been recommended in paralysis of the tongue, [a, 35.]— See X cauliflorum and X. fraxineum.— Ger., zwitterbliithiges Gelbholz. A Giuiauaand West Indian tree yielding a yellow balsamic resin used forplasters. The pungent, aromatic capsules are used like pepper.\a, 35.]
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