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Qualities — The root has a strong penetrating 

 smell and taste, its bark contains a yellowish juice in 

 small cavities. The juice of the root is viscid, resin- 

 ous, dissolves in alcohol, and is precipitated by wa- 

 ter. It produces a thick volatile oil by distillation, 

 and a resin of a dark orange color is left. The de- 

 coction of the root is whitish. The extract of the 

 whole plant is dark and has a nauseous smell. 



PROPERTIES — A strong narcotic, solvent, and 

 good substitute for the Conium maeulafum, being 

 more powerful, and requiring a lesser dose. A few 

 grains of the dried leaves or extract have been given 

 in schirrose and scrofulous tumors and ulcers, with 

 equal advantage j but a larger dose produces nausea 

 and vomiting : the doses should be very small, often 

 repeated and gradually increased. It has been used 

 in gargle for the sore throat, but safer substances 

 ought to be preferred. 



Substitutes— Conmw maculatum — Angelica 

 cttropurpurca , and other violent narcotics. 



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