A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . rthern Mexico. Part used.—The root. Description.—Brown, wrinkled pieces, from six to twelve milli-meters (i to i inch) in diameter, with four to ten fleshy rootlets in abunch on one side of the upper part of the root near the leaf bases. Itis pinkish within. Odor pungent, disagreeable, and the taste biting,afterward leaving an impression of astringency. Sometimes grassstems grow through the substance of the roots, entering and emergingat points several inches distant in some cases (Lloyd). Constituents.—About five per cent, of a pungent aromatic
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . rthern Mexico. Part used.—The root. Description.—Brown, wrinkled pieces, from six to twelve milli-meters (i to i inch) in diameter, with four to ten fleshy rootlets in abunch on one side of the upper part of the root near the leaf bases. Itis pinkish within. Odor pungent, disagreeable, and the taste biting,afterward leaving an impression of astringency. Sometimes grassstems grow through the substance of the roots, entering and emergingat points several inches distant in some cases (Lloyd). Constituents.—About five per cent, of a pungent aromatic vola- 142 A COMPANION TO THE tile oil, which is heavier than water, and turns blue when agitated withhydrochloric acid. Also tannin. Medicinal Uses.—Said to be of use in diarrhoea and dysenterydepending on malaria ; also in intermittent or malarial fever. Dose.—One to four grams (15 to 60 grains) ; best in fluid extract. • Anethum. Dill —Anethum graveolens, Linne ( Umbelliferm).H ab itat.— Description.—See Figs. 37- 39. Brown, oval, flat, about threemillimeters (-J- inch) long, with threedorsal, sharp-keeled ribs, and thetwo lateral ribs forming a thinbroad margin. Odor and taste aro-matic. Constituents.—The principalconstituent is a volatile oil. Uses. — Aromatic, stimulant,and carminative. Used in flatu-lent colic, indigestion, etc. Fre-quently employed as a condiment in soups, sauces, pickles, etc. Figs. 37-39.—Dill Fruit, natural size, en-larged, and transverse section, enlarged. Angelicas Radix. Angelica Root. Origin.—Archangelica atropurpurea, Hoffman (Umbelliferm). Habitat.—North America. Description.—About ten to fifteen centimeters (4 to 6 inches) long,and one to two centimeters (about \ inch) thick, grayish-brown, wrinkledexternally, whitish or yellowish, spongy within. The bark is about thesame thickness as the woody portion. Large resin ducts are found inthe bark. Must not be so dry as to be britt
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