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No. 36.—A.LLium Porrum. Officinal, Porri Radix, 
Lond. Leek root, (bulb.) — : 
A native of Switzerland. Fe ; 
' Quarries. Pungent odour, acrimonious taste, owing to an 
essential oil, which is nearly dissipated by boiling, and is _ 
separable by distillation. 
Mepicat Properties anv Uses. Stimulating diuretic; ex- 
pressed juice, used advantageously in dropsies, ascites, &c. — 
Dose, f3ss, to fZij, mixed with mucilage or syrup. 
No. 37.—Auiium Satrvum. Officinal, Alii Radix. 
- Lond. U.S. Alii Sativi Radix. Edin. Allium 
A well known perennial bulbous root, found wild in Sicily, 
~ and cultivated every where. ate 
Qvauitizs.. Whole plant of pungent, offensive odour, and 
acrimonious, biting taste—these properties strongest in the 
bulb. Like No. 35, contains an essential oil, which blis- 
ters the skin, and strikes a black colour when triturated 
with oxide of iron. Coction renders garlic mild and me- . 
dicinally inert ; the acid principle may be obtained by ex- 
Mepicat Prorenries anp Uses. Stimulant, diaphoretic, 
diuretic—rubifacient, externally. Its application to dis- 
eases, detailed in the lectures. Off. prep. Syrupus allit. 
D. U.S. A good medicine. Taylor’s remedy for deafness, 
__. is garlic, infused in oil of almonds, and coloured by alkanet 
Qvatrtizs. Odour and taste bling but weaker; 
contains some acrid, essential oil, in union with sulphur, 
got by distillation; the recent juice contains sugar, mu-— 
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cus, phosphoric acid, phosphate of lime, and citrate ee e 
lime. It is the sulphuretted oil, which blackens silver 
- spoons and utensils, in which onions are placed, and which 
occasions the offensive odour they give out in putrifying. 
- Economical use well known, : en 
MepicatProrentizs an» Uses. Same as garlic, but weaker. _ 
Owing to the free phosphoric acid contained in onions, 
they have been supposed useful in calculous diseases, as 
it dissolves the lime out of the body. Syrup of onions, 
is a common, domestic, and excellent remedy; the officinal 
syrup of garlic, (Syrupus alli. 1).) is too little used. De- 
tails in lectures. Sie oes 
