81-3 
Synanthrose, C,, H,, O,,.—This saccharose body occurs according to Schor- 
lemmer in the niberes of Aceh and other Composite. It is a non-crystalline 
powder, light, deliquescent, and having no sweet taste. 
Inulic Acid.—Exists in larger quantities than inulol; it is probably the an- 
hydride of some acid peculiar to this plant. 
Resin.—A brown, bitter, nauseous acrid body, aromatic when warm, soluble 
in alcohol and ether; wax, gum, salts of K, Ca, and Mg, and a trace of volatile 
oil have also been determined. 
PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION.—Inula has been held to be a stimulant to the 
secretory organs, but the effects produced—according to Fischer*—in those who 
partook of the juice of the root, show the opposite effect! His schema of prominent 
symptoms is as follows: Confusion of the head, with nausea and vertigo on stoop- 
ing; burning of the eyeballs; dryness of the mouth and throat ; increased peris- 
taltic action of the intestines, with griping or tensive pain; dragging in the rectum 
and female genitalia ; much urging to urinate, with scanty results; severe pain in 
the lumbar region, with sleeplessness and coldness. The more minute action of 
the drug seems to fully carry out the above, which shows Inula to be anything but 
diaphoretic, diuretic, or expectorant in a physiological sense. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE 81. 
. Whole plant five times reduced, from Waverly, N. ¥., August rath, 1880. 
2. Flower-head. 
3. Disk flower (enlarged). 
4. Stamen (enlarged ). 
5. Ray-floret (enlarged). , 
6. Section of the root. » 
7. Seed. 
_* Vide Allen, “ Encyc. Mat, Med,” Vol. V, p. 113. 
