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Qvatrtits. Irregular masses a ogether, containitig 
many little shining tears, of a whitish, reddish, or violet 
hue. Taste sub-acrid, bitter; odour fetid and alliaceous: 
the latter impaired by age. Consists of gum (or Brugnatelli 
says, extractive) 60 parts, resin 30, essential oil 10. Yields 
all its virtues to alchohol and ether, Triturated with wa- 
ter, forms a milky mixture, called lac assafetide. It is not 
permanently held in solution, unless yolk of egg or muci- 
lage be used as an intermediate reconciling ingredient. 3] 
of the drug, requires one yolk, and double its weight of 
— If 3v) assafectida be triturated with 3ss of cam- 
_ phor, a mass is formed of the consistence of a plaster, 
which may be reduced to powder by triturating it with 
carb. of ammonia, without undergoing any other change. 
Menicat Properties axnp Usgs. i \odic and aperi- 
ent, said to be expectorant, em1 ogue, and anthel- 
mintic ; was anciently used as a condiment, under the name 
of cag, (Laserpitium, Pliny) and Kempfer says the 
Persians use it in the same way. The term assafctida, is 
derived ~ tage Monks 78 Salernian Peano, and wri- 
ters. dle ages it Opium yrenaicum, i. € 
juice from Cyrene. The native practitioners of India 
ies it too stimulating for pregnant women, thinking it 
will produce abortion! Used in coughs with pulmonary 
weakness and tendency to spasm, in flatulent colic, in 
; form of enema; in all hysterial cases, and in mania a potu. 
= Dose, grs. y. to 5j- eo 
: Orric. Prev. Mistura Assafetide. L.D. Tinctura Assa- 
fetide. L. E.D. Spir, dmmoniz fetid. L. E. D. Tine- 
tura Castorei comp. E. Pil. Aloes cum Assafatid. E. Pil. 
Galbani. comp. ¥. Enema Fetid. D. 
Formula— 
No.1. R_ Assafeetide, eee E 
Aquz Menthe pip. fZiss 
Triturate the gum with the 
mint-water, by gradually 
adding it until well mixed— i 
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: then add 
es Tincture Valeriane Ammon. f3ij 
Tincture Castorei, FRiij 
ZEtheris Sulphurici, £33 J 
Make a mixture, of which one table-spoonful is the - : 
dose every second hour. An anti-hysteric mix- ~ 
: ture. ; ; ; 
No.2, R_ Assafotide, ol 
Soe Decoct. Avene, Pe, ; 
Mix for an enema, in flatulent colic, (Bang.) Ihave 
used it in tympanitis with success, 
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