A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . 298.—Grindelia Squarrosa,dry as in trade, natural size. 542 A COMPANION TO THE Guaiaci Lignum; U. S. » Guaiacum Wood. Guajakkolz, Pockholz, Franzosenholz, G.; Bois de Gayac, F.; Guayaco, Sp. ; JPockenholz, Sw. ; Lignum Vitoe. Origin.— Guaiacum officinale, Linne, and Guaiacum sanctum,Linne {Zygophyllacece), Habitat. — The WestIndies and the northernSouth American States. Part used.—The heart-wood. Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page 173. There must be but littleof the white-wood in thedrug. Constituents.— Fromtwenty to twentj-six percent, gua
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . 298.—Grindelia Squarrosa,dry as in trade, natural size. 542 A COMPANION TO THE Guaiaci Lignum; U. S. » Guaiacum Wood. Guajakkolz, Pockholz, Franzosenholz, G.; Bois de Gayac, F.; Guayaco, Sp. ; JPockenholz, Sw. ; Lignum Vitoe. Origin.— Guaiacum officinale, Linne, and Guaiacum sanctum,Linne {Zygophyllacece), Habitat. — The WestIndies and the northernSouth American States. Part used.—The heart-wood. Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page 173. There must be but littleof the white-wood in thedrug. Constituents.— Fromtwenty to twentj-six percent, guaiac resin, which isdescribed under its propertitle. Medicinal Uses.— Same as of the resin. Em-. Fig. 299.—Guaiac Wood, transverse section, enlarged. ployed in the form of fluid extract or decoction as an alterative insyphilis, etc.; generally in combination with sarsaparilla and iodide ofpotassium. GUAIACI LIGNI EXTBACTUM Extract of Guaiacum make five hundred cubic centimeters (or its equivalent—17 U. ), use five hundred grams (or its equivalent—17§ avoirdupoisounces) of the drug, in No. 60 a menstruum use —Two to five cubic centimeters (30 to 75 minims). GUAIACI SPECIES COMPOSITE. Alterative Species. Species ad Infusum IJgnorum, Sw. Mix seventy-five grams (2 ounces 280 grains) cut glycyrrhiza, one hundred and seventy-five grams (6 ounces 75 grains) cut saponaria, three UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA. 543 hundred grams (10 ounces 255 grains) rasped juniper root, and fourhundred and fifty grams (15 ounces 382 grains) rasped guaiac wood. Used as an alterative or blood-purifier. A tea is made of it andtaken ad libitum.
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