A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . rmu-das, West Indies, CentralAmerica, Brazil. Cultivatedalso in Georgia. Description.—The fec-ula separated from the rhi-zome. A fine, beautifully whitestarch, consisting of ovategranules, with delicate, dis-tinct layers, and well-markedhilum at the broad end ofeach granule. (See the illus-tration.) St. Vincent arrowroot isfully equal to Bermudaarrowroot. Constituent.—Wholly composed of starch. Uses.—Same as those of starch. Marrubium; U. S. Herba—Hoarhound. Origin.—Marrubium vulgare, Linne (Labiatw). Habitat.—Europe and Americ
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . rmu-das, West Indies, CentralAmerica, Brazil. Cultivatedalso in Georgia. Description.—The fec-ula separated from the rhi-zome. A fine, beautifully whitestarch, consisting of ovategranules, with delicate, dis-tinct layers, and well-markedhilum at the broad end ofeach granule. (See the illus-tration.) St. Vincent arrowroot isfully equal to Bermudaarrowroot. Constituent.—Wholly composed of starch. Uses.—Same as those of starch. Marrubium; U. S. Herba—Hoarhound. Origin.—Marrubium vulgare, Linne (Labiatw). Habitat.—Europe and America. Parts Used.—The leaves and tops. Description.—See the Pharmacopceia, page 217. Must be free from coarse stems, and have its proper color and agood odor. Medicinal Uses.—Employed as a bitter tonic and stomachic indyspepsia and in atonic conditions of the alimentary tract. Best given in the form of fluid exteact made with diluted alcoholas a menstruum, of which the dose is four to eight cubic centimeters(1 to 2 fluidrachms).. Fig. 371.—Maranta Arrowroot, magnified. 682 A COMPANION TO THE MAERUBII of thirty grams (about 1 avoirdupoisounce) of the drug make five hundred grams(equal to about 17 U. S. fluidounces). Dose.—Fifty to seventy-five cubic centime-ters (12 to 18 fluidrachms). Massae. title has been given in the new Pharma-copoeia to pill masses prepared for making pills,but not at once divided into pills, such as bluemass, Vallets mass, and solidified copaiba. Mastiche; U. S. Pesina. Origin.—Pistacia Pentiscus, Linne (Tere-Mnthacece). Habitat.— Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page218. Must be transparent, clear, and of pale color. Uses.—Employed to fill carious teeth bysoaking pledgets of cotton in an ethereal solu-tion of mastic and pressing into the cavity of theaffected tooth, and in making cements and var-nishes. It is also an ingredient of the pills ofaloes and
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