A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . Fig. 344.—Juniperusvirginiana,enlarged. Kamala; U. S. Glandulce—Ifameela, —Mallotus philippine?isisi Mueller Arg. {Euphorhiaceos).Habitat.—India, Arabia, used.—The glands andhairs of the capsules. Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page 188. Afine, brown-red powder, insolublein water; soluble in alcohol,ether, chloroform, and alkalinesolutions, with deep red the microscope kamala isseen to consist of irregular roundglands, accompanied by colorlessor brownish hairs arranged instellate clusters. Cons
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . Fig. 344.—Juniperusvirginiana,enlarged. Kamala; U. S. Glandulce—Ifameela, —Mallotus philippine?isisi Mueller Arg. {Euphorhiaceos).Habitat.—India, Arabia, used.—The glands andhairs of the capsules. Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page 188. Afine, brown-red powder, insolublein water; soluble in alcohol,ether, chloroform, and alkalinesolutions, with deep red the microscope kamala isseen to consist of irregular roundglands, accompanied by colorlessor brownish hairs arranged instellate clusters. Constituents. — Nearlyeighty per cent, resin, soluble inalcohol. An ethereal concentrated solution of kamala solidifies after afew days standing into a crystalline mass of rottlerin—minute, yellow,needle-like crystals, which soon change on Figs. 345-348.—Kamala, enlarged, a, glandin water ; &, gland in dilute lye ; c. broken gland,with isolated vesicles ; d, stellate hair. 628 A COMPANION TO THE Medicinal Uses.—Used as a tsenicide. It may be given with asmall dose of hyoscyamus to prevent griping. Dose.—Four to eight grams (60 to 120 grains), to be repeated in afew hours, if necessary. KAMALA EXTRACTUM Extract of Kamala. To make five hundred cubic centimeters (or its equivalent—17 U. ), use five hundred grams (or its equivalent—17J avoirdupoisounces) of the drug. As a menstruum use alcohol. Dose.—Five to ten cubic centimeters (1 to 2J fluidrachms). Kino; U. S. Kino. Origin.—Pterocarpus marsupium, Roxburgh {Leguminosai). Habitat.—East India. Part used.—The inspissated juice. Description.—See Pharmacopoeia, page 188. Small, shining, darkbrown-red fragments, transparent in thin layers, with a ruby-red color ;brittle, yielding a dark-red powder. Inodorous. Has a sweetish,
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