A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . a demulcent in gastro-intestinal irritation. It is also a nu-trient. Starch paste, or starch mixed with water, is the best antidote incases of poisoning by iodine, but must be followed by emetics and lax-atives. Starch is also used for bandages, and finally as a conspergative forpills, suppositories, troches, etc. For other starches, see Mays, Oryza, etc. AMYLI DECOCTUM. Decoction of Paste. Triturate thirty grams (1 ounce) starch with one thousand cubic cen-timeters (34 fluidounces) water, gradually added, and then bring themixture
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . a demulcent in gastro-intestinal irritation. It is also a nu-trient. Starch paste, or starch mixed with water, is the best antidote incases of poisoning by iodine, but must be followed by emetics and lax-atives. Starch is also used for bandages, and finally as a conspergative forpills, suppositories, troches, etc. For other starches, see Mays, Oryza, etc. AMYLI DECOCTUM. Decoction of Paste. Triturate thirty grams (1 ounce) starch with one thousand cubic cen-timeters (34 fluidounces) water, gradually added, and then bring themixture to the boiling point. The preparation is finished when the white mixture becomes a homo-geneous semitransparent paste of the consistence of honey. Uses.—Used alone as a soothing enema in irritation of the bowels ;used also as a vehicle for other remedies. Formerly starch paste was much more frequently employed thannow for stiffening bandages, plaster-of-Paris having taken its place to agreat extent. Dose.—Ad libitum. 138 A COMPANION TO THE. Fig. 26.—Wheat starch, magnified. Fig. 27.—Starch of barley, magnified.
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