A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . ol, and add fifty grams (1 ounce 334 grains, or about If fluidounce)water of ammonia. The product is clear, yellowish. Dose.— to 2 cubic centimeters (8 to 30 minims). ANISI SYRUPUS. Syrup of Anise. Dissolve six hundred and fifty grams (23 ounces) sugar in three hun-dred and fifty cubic centimeters (12 fluidounces) anise water withoutusing heat. Used for flavoring. 150 A COMPANION TO THE Anthemis; IT. S. Anthemis. Anthemidis Flores—Chamomilla Romana—Romische Kamille, *G.;Chamomille Romaine, F.; Romersk Kamomilla, Sw.—RomanChamomile; English Cha
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . ol, and add fifty grams (1 ounce 334 grains, or about If fluidounce)water of ammonia. The product is clear, yellowish. Dose.— to 2 cubic centimeters (8 to 30 minims). ANISI SYRUPUS. Syrup of Anise. Dissolve six hundred and fifty grams (23 ounces) sugar in three hun-dred and fifty cubic centimeters (12 fluidounces) anise water withoutusing heat. Used for flavoring. 150 A COMPANION TO THE Anthemis; IT. S. Anthemis. Anthemidis Flores—Chamomilla Romana—Romische Kamille, *G.;Chamomille Romaine, F.; Romersk Kamomilla, Sw.—RomanChamomile; English Chamomile, Origin.—Anthemis nobilis, Linne (Compositce). Habitat.—Cultivated in Europe. Part used.—The flower head. Description.—See the figures, and the Pharmacopoeia, page 37. Must have a bright, good color,strong, pleasant, aromatic odor,and bitter taste. A discoloreddrug must be rejected. Till! Constituents.—From .111] three-fifths to four-fifths percent, of blue or greenish volatileoil, and a bitter principle notwell Medicinal Uses.—Chamo-mile is a stimulant tonic andcarminative. In large dosesemetic. Most frequently em-ployed as a diaphoretic, incopious draughts of hot butweak infusion, while the patientis covered up in bed. The dia- Figs. Whole flower-head, phoretic effect is mainly due tovertical section of flower-head, ray and disk florets, the hot water, though promotedstigma and fruit, all enlarged. \ by the relaxation produced by the nauseating effect of the chamomile. Externally chamomile is often used to relieve pain, in the form of hot fomentations over the abdomen in colic, in retention of urine, etc. Small bags or pillows filled with chamomile, applied warm, often re-lieve toothache ox facial neuralgia. Chamomile is generally given in tea. UNITED STATES PHARMACOPCEIA. 151 ANTHEMID1S of Anthemis. From fifteen grams (about ?§? avoirdupois ounce) of the drug makefive hundred grams (equal to about 17 U. S.
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