A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . em —Rhamnus Purshiana, De —Rocky Mountains andthe Pacific slope. Part used.—The bark. Description.—Thin brittletroughs or quills, several inches to afoot or more in length; the barkfrom young branches mottled or figured as in the illustration, the darkparts being nearly black, the lightparts whitish or ash-colored, withintermediate shades of brown. Inolder barks the contrast is not somarked, all parts appearing brown-ish-gray on the outside, though the FlG. of Cas-figures may be traced, and on the cara
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . em —Rhamnus Purshiana, De —Rocky Mountains andthe Pacific slope. Part used.—The bark. Description.—Thin brittletroughs or quills, several inches to afoot or more in length; the barkfrom young branches mottled or figured as in the illustration, the darkparts being nearly black, the lightparts whitish or ash-colored, withintermediate shades of brown. Inolder barks the contrast is not somarked, all parts appearing brown-ish-gray on the outside, though the FlG. of Cas-figures may be traced, and on the cara Sagrada, natural size,inner side yellowish-brown or orange-yellow. The root barkis thicker, darker, irregularly twisted, and with a rough ex-ternal bark. Odorless. Taste bitter. a Cascara441^ Constituents.—Contains three different resinous sub- grada, young stances, and some tannin,bark, natural Medicinal Uses.—This remedy is a valuable tonic laxative in chronic constipation, the effect resembling that of aloes com- •• fejj. 844 A COMPANION TO THE bined with nux vomica and belladonna. It produces a semi-solid fecu-lent discharge, and its use is not followed by subsequent constipation, asis the case with most cathartics. Dose.—One to four grams (15 to 60 grains), best given as fluid ex-tract. RHAMNI PURSHIAN^ EXTRACT CTM. Extract of Rhamnus Purshiana. Evaporate any desired quantity of the fluid extract to the pilularconsistence, and then incorporate with it, while still warm, one-twentiethpart of its weight of glycerin. Yellowish-brown. Dose.— to 1 gram (4 to 15 grains). RHAMNI PURSHIAN^E EXTRACTUM FLUIDUM. Fluid Extract of Cascara Sagrada. To make five hundred cubic centimeters (or its equivalent—17 fluid-ounces), use five hundred grams (or 17§ avoirdupois ounces) of the drug,in No. 40 powder. As a menstruum use a mixture of alcohol and water in the propor-tion of two hundred cubic centimeters (Gf fluidounces) alcohol and fivehundred cubic centime
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