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ACTION AND USES. Stimulant, carminative, and stomachic, often used 

 as an adjuvant to bitter, tonic preparations. When chewed it stimu- 

 lates the secretion of the saliva and if snuffed into the nostrils in 

 powder it occasions sneezing. It relieves abdominal cramp due to 



- a 



FlG. 40. Cross-section of ginger, outer portion of peeled rhizome, a. Fragment of cork. 

 b. Fibro- vascular bundles, c. Resin cell. d. Parenchyma. (15 diam.) 



FIG. 41. Zingiber 



-Jamaica, showing lobes of rhizome, peeled and unlimed. (fa natural size.) 

 (Photograph.) 



flatus and is useful to diarrhea mixtures, bitter tonics, and to 

 preparations given to correct indigestion. As a rubifacient it is 

 made into a cataplasm either alone or in combination with other 

 species for the relief of colic, headache, myalgia, neuralgia, etc. Dose : 

 8 to 30 gr. (0.5 to 2 Gm.). 



