PILOCARPUS. 
Also known as Jaborandi. 
The leaflets of Pilocarpus Fea (Hela) or of 
Pilocarpus microphyllus (Stapf) are used. 
Contains three alkaloids—pilocarpine, iso-pilocarpine, 
_pilocarpidine—and possibly a fourth. | 
_ Diaphoretic; ‘diuretic; myotic; cholagogue. — 
Employed in the dropsy of nephritis, in uremia, re 
: muscular rheumatism, acute coryza, alopecia, and asthenopia. 
o. STANDARDIZED Propucts: ait 
| Fluid: | Extract Pilocarpus- (U. S. P.);. standard, | 
0. 1% alkaloids. Average dose, 30 mins. 
, : /Hypodermatic Tablets Pilocarpine — hydrochloride, 
Weed gr. to gay gts ; ot nitrate, 1 1-20 er. 
to 1-3 er ee 
Tablet Triturates jal fluid exitack, | min.; | 
- Pilocarpine hydrochloride, 1- 100 gr. tol-l0 gr. 
pa Pilocarpine hydrochloride, - 16 coe 
