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makes a good gargle: Tincture Guaiac, ammoniated, 3iv; 
Tincture Thuja, 3ii; Potassium chlorate, 3ii; Tincture Cin- 
chona Compound, 3ii; Powdered Acacia, q.s.; Aque, q-5. 
ad 3iv. 
GUARANA. 
Also known as Brazilian Cocoa. 
A dried paste consisting chiefly of the crushed seed of 
Paullinia cupana (Kunth). 
Contains the alkaloid caffeine and free tannic acid. 
Stimulant; antineuralgic; astringent. 
Serviceable in headache, migraine, and diarrhea. 
STANDARDIZED Propucts: 
Fluid Extract Guarana (U. S, P.); standard, 3.5% 
alkaloids. Average dose, 30 mins. 
Elixir Guarana (N. F.); each fluidounce represents 
96 grs. of the drug. 
Also combinations in pill and elixir form, 
Note.—For these products we employ a crude material 
which, according to assay by the official process, yields not 
less than 3.5% of its peculiar alkaloidal principles. The 
activity of the drug is largely dependent upon its caffeine, 
of which it contains from 3 to 4%, although the percentage 
of tannin present is large enough to render Guarana 
products appreciably astringent in iment of atonic 
_ chronic diarrhea, mae JB 
