A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . Fig. 306. — Hydrastis, withoutrootlets, natural size. Pigs. 304, 305.—Hydrastis, with rootlets,natural size, and transverse section, slightlyenlarged. zomes arerough, usually bent, branched, beset with numerous thin,brittle rootlets. Odor slight but characteristic ; taste bitter, slightlyastringent. Constituents.—Three alkaloids : berberine, hydrastine, and xan~thopuccine. Hydrastine is in white crystals soluble in alcohol, ether, 580 A COMPANION TO THE chloroform, and benzol, and yields white, bitter salts with acids. Ber-berine is described und
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . Fig. 306. — Hydrastis, withoutrootlets, natural size. Pigs. 304, 305.—Hydrastis, with rootlets,natural size, and transverse section, slightlyenlarged. zomes arerough, usually bent, branched, beset with numerous thin,brittle rootlets. Odor slight but characteristic ; taste bitter, slightlyastringent. Constituents.—Three alkaloids : berberine, hydrastine, and xan~thopuccine. Hydrastine is in white crystals soluble in alcohol, ether, 580 A COMPANION TO THE chloroform, and benzol, and yields white, bitter salts with acids. Ber-berine is described under its own title, and xanthopuccine resemblesberberine, but gives brown instead of green scales with test-solution ofiodine (see Berberine). Medicinal Uses.—Bitter tonic and stomachic. It has also beenrecommended in. derangements of the urinary organs and as a remedyin dysmenorrhoea and uterine hemorrhage. Dose.— to 2 grams (8 to 30 grains), best given in fluid extract. HYDRASTIS EXTRACTUM. Extract of Hydrastis. Evaporate any desi
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