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tonic laxative. The bark of the root contains the medicinal in- 
gredients. 
GINGER (Zingiber officinale) U.S.P. The dried peeled or par- 
tially peeled rhizome has been a spice and a domestic remedy from 
the earliest times. The plant is a reed-like perennial probably 
native to tropical Asia and now cultivated in the East and West 
Indies and in Africa. The rhizome contains a volatile oil and 
resin. It is used both externally as a rubefacient and internally as 
a carminative in abdominal cramp, diarrhea ee indigestion. 
Gum, Biue (Eucalyptus globulus) N.O. The blue-gum tree 
is a native of Australia where it forms ee It grows com- 
monly now in southern California. The young trees or young 
branches produce broad ornate leaves which are deficient in 
olatile oils, hence the scythe-shaped Jeaves of the mature plant 
are used as a source of the volatile oil. It was used by the natives 
of Australia as a remedy for intermittent fever. In modern medi- 
cine the volatile oil is used as a stimulating and antiseptic ex- 
pectorant. 
Haw, Brack (Viburnum prunifolium) N.F. A large shrub or 
small tree of eastern North America, growing abundantly in dry 
woods and thickets and on rocky hillsides in fertile soil. The 
stem and root bark is used medicinally as a uterine sedative and 
tonic. 
Hemtock, Poison (Conium maculatum) N.O. Conium is a 
biennial herb native to Asia Minor and the islands of the Mediter- 
ranean. It has been introduced into most temperate regions. It 
is one of the most ancient of medicines and poisoning agents. 
Tradition has it that a decoction of this plant was the poison used 
by Socrates. It has also been used to some extent as an anodyne 
and depressant. 
temp, InpIAN (Cannabis sativa) N.O. This plant was for- 
aewaks an official drug, but the sale of the crude drug has been 
prohibited. The plant is an herbaceous annual, indigenous to 
Persia and northern India, and cultivated in many other countries. 
It has been known as a fiber plant in the East from prehistoric 
times. It was widely used as an intoxicant and narcotic by the 
orientals very much as opium. The seeds of the plant are ex- 
pressed for the valuable fixed oil. In moderate amounts Cannabis 
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