A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . ark. 292 A COMPANION TO THE Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page 67. The drug consistsof quills or troughs, from one to three incheslong and about one-half inch in diameter, orbroken up into smaller fragments. The cas-carilla imported into the United States usuallyconsists of young bark, which is of a dull browncolor, partly or entirely covered by a silver-whitelichenous growth. When burnt, the drug emits a fragrantodor. Constituents.—About one per cent, ofvolatile oil, a small quantity of a bitter neutralprinciple called cascarillin, which h
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . ark. 292 A COMPANION TO THE Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page 67. The drug consistsof quills or troughs, from one to three incheslong and about one-half inch in diameter, orbroken up into smaller fragments. The cas-carilla imported into the United States usuallyconsists of young bark, which is of a dull browncolor, partly or entirely covered by a silver-whitelichenous growth. When burnt, the drug emits a fragrantodor. Constituents.—About one per cent, ofvolatile oil, a small quantity of a bitter neutralprinciple called cascarillin, which has been ob-tained in white crystals, and about fifteen percent, of resin. Medicinal Uses.—A stimulant stomachicin atonic conditions of the stomach, or in dys-pepsia accompanied by vomiting and flatulence. It is often added to smoking tobacco to im- FiaUU,146.—Cascarilla, nat- Part a flavor to the latter. If the fumes are in-uralsize. haled they produce a kind of intoxication. Dose of the powder, about thirty grains (2 grams) in CASCAEILL^E of Cascarilla. Evaporate any desired quantity of the fluid extract to the pilularconsistence, and then incorporate with it, while still warm, one-twentiethpart of its weight of glycerin. Brown. Dose.— to 1 gram (8 to 15 grains). CASCARILLA EXTRACTUM Extract of Cascarilla. To make five hundred cubic centimeters (or its equivalent—17 U. ), use five hundred grams (or its equivalent—17§ avoirdu-pois ounces) of the drug, in No. GO powder. As a menstruum use alcohol and water mixed in the proportion ofthree hundred grams (about 12} fluidounces) alcohol to every one hun-dred grams (about 3£ fluidounces) of water. Dose.—One to five cubic centimeters (15 to 75 minims). UNITED STATES PHARMACOPCEIA. 293 CASCAKILL^E of Oascaeilla. From thirty grams (about 1 avoirdupois ounce) of the drug make fivehundred grams (equal to about 17 U. S. fluidounces). (See direction
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