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NUX VOMICA. 
Also known as Quaker Button, Dog Button, Poison Nut. 
The dried ripe seed of Strychnos Nux-Vomica (Linne). 
Contains two alkaloids—strychnine and brucine. 
Stimulant; tonic; stomachic. 
Employed in paralysis, neuralgia, chorea, epilepsy, alco- 
holism, collapse, insomnia, and emphysema. 
STANDARDIZED PRODUCTS: 
Fluid Extract Nux Vomica (U. S. P.); standard, 
1% strychnine. Average dose, 1 min, 
Tincture Nux Vomica (U. S. P.); standard, 0.1% 
strychnine. Average dose, 10 mins. 
Solid Extract Nux Vomica; standard, 5% steychaine: 
Average dose, 1-4 gr. 
Powdered Extract Nux Vomica (U. S. P.); stan- 
dard, 5% strychnine. Average dose, 1-4 gr. 
Pills Nux Vomica extract, 1-8 gr., 1-4 gr. and 1-2 gr. st 
Pink Granule Nux Vomica, 1-50 gr. eee 4 é 
Chocolate-coated Tablets Nux Vomica extract, fs 
and |-2 gr. 
ae Triturates Nux ee extr 
r. and 1-2 gr.; Nux Vor 
ene and Nux Vomica | 
1-10 gr. and 1-4 gr. 
Pills, Hypodermatic Ta 
