A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . a with ninety cubic centimeters (3 fluidounces) simple —Five to thirty cubic centimeters (1 to 8 fluidrachms). Stramonii Folia ; U. S. Stramonium , Stinkweed, Jimsonweed, E.; Stechapfel, G.; Stramoines,F. Origin.—Datura Stramonium, Linne (Solan acece). Habitat.—North America, Europe, and most other countries. Description.—See Fig. 519. They retain their green (or grayish-green) color better than belladonna, hyoscyamus, and tobacco. Thesides of the leaf and the venation are generally unsymmetrical. Thelateral veins proc
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . a with ninety cubic centimeters (3 fluidounces) simple —Five to thirty cubic centimeters (1 to 8 fluidrachms). Stramonii Folia ; U. S. Stramonium , Stinkweed, Jimsonweed, E.; Stechapfel, G.; Stramoines,F. Origin.—Datura Stramonium, Linne (Solan acece). Habitat.—North America, Europe, and most other countries. Description.—See Fig. 519. They retain their green (or grayish-green) color better than belladonna, hyoscyamus, and tobacco. Thesides of the leaf and the venation are generally unsymmetrical. Thelateral veins proceed from the midrib at a sharp angle without first UNITED STATES PHARMACOPCEIA. 951 running parallel with it. They are much wrinkled and broken, so thatthey can hardly be recognized except by the above signs in connectionwith the disagreeable narcotic odor developed by rubbing the rubbing or powdering the drug is inodorous ; the taste is bit-ter and nauseous. Constituents.—From two one-hundredthsto three one-hundredths. Fig. 519.—Stramonium Leaf, half size. per cent, of the alkaloid daturine, which is closely allied to atropine,and has the same medicinal properties, but is twice as strong. Medicinal Uses.—Stramonium leaves may be used as an anodynenarcotic and a hypnotic, in spasmodic and painful affections; such asneuralgia, spasmodic cough, or asthma, etc. Externally the powderedleaves are often applied as an anodyne poultice. But the most valuable action of stramonium is the power it possesses 952 A COMPANION TO THE of relieving spasmodic asthma when smoked. For this purpose aboutone gram (15 grains) of the dried leaves are mixed with tobacco andsmoked in a pipe, or cigarettes or cigars may be soaked in a strong de-coction of stramonium leaves and then dried. In this form they maybe preserved until wanted for use. Externally they are used as anodyne poultices or fomentations. Dose of the powdered leaves, to gram (1 to 5 grains) ;average
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