336 UMBELLIFER^E 



CONSTITUENTS. Sumbulic or angelic acid, C 5 H 8 2 , a small quantity 

 of valerianic acid, CsHioOa, and a small percentage of bluish volatile 

 oil, to which, however, its odor is not due, but to two balsamic 

 resins, or probably to some principle connected with them not yet 

 isolated. The oil contains umbelliferone, C 9 H 6 O 3 . 



ACTION AND USES. Antispasmodic (due to the angelic and valerianic 

 acids contained), stimulant, and tonic. Dose: 15 to 30 gr. (i to 2 

 Gm.). 



OFFICIAL PREPARATIONS. 



Fluidextractum Sumbul, Dose: 30 igj (2 mils). 



Extractum Sumbul, 5 to 15 gr. (0.3 to I Gm.). 



401. IMPERATORIA. MASTERWORT. The root of Imperato'ria ostru'thium 



Linne. Habitat: Southern Europe. A conical root with a dark brownish- 

 gray, annulated and tuberculated bark, inclosing a whitish wood-circle and a 

 resin-dotted central pith; odor angelica-like; taste pungent and bitter. It 

 is a stimulant aromatic, but is rarely used in this country. 



402. LASERPITIUM. WHITE GENTIAN. The root of Laserpi'tium latifo'lium 



Linne. Habitat: Central Europe. Somewhat conical, wrinkled and annu- 

 lated above, branched below; wood whitish, porous, deprived of the brown, 

 corky layer; aromatic and bitter. Used as a tonic and stimulant. Dose: 

 15 to 60 gr. (i to 4 Gm.). 



403. LEVISTICUM. LOVAGE. The root of an aromatic European herb, Ligus'- 

 ticum levis'ticum Linne'. This is thick, sparingly beset with fibers, and has an 

 annulate, reddish-brown bark, inclosing a porous yellow wood; it has an aro- 

 matic odor resembling that of angelica, and a sweetish, aromatic, and pun- 

 gent taste, somewhat bitter. Its medicinal properties are similar to those 

 of angelica, being used as an aromatic stimulant and carminative, and as an 

 adjuvant to tonic mixtures. Dose: 8 to 30 gr. (o. 5 to 2 Gm.), in infusion. 



The root of Ligus'ticum [filici'num, Osha or Colorado Cough Root, has 

 enjoyed some notoriety as an expectorant. 



404. PIMPINELLA. N.F. PIMPERNEL. The root of Pimpinel'la saxifra'ga 

 Linne". Habitat: Europe. Diaphoretic, diuretic, and stomachic. It has also 

 been employed in chronic catarrh, asthma, dropsy, amenorrhoea, etc., and as a 

 masticatory in toothache. Dose: 15 to 30 gr. (i to 2 Gm.), in infusion 

 or powder. 



405. THAPSIA GARGANICA Linne. (Root.) Used chiefly as a counter-irri- 

 tant in rheumatism, gout, bruises, etc. 



406. CICUTA MACULATA. AMERICAN WATER-HEMLOCK. WILD PARSNIP. 

 The root and leaves of Cicu'ta. macula'ta Linn6. Poisonous, sedative, nar- 

 cotic; resembles conium in action and has been used in its stead, but the two 

 drugs should not be confounded when conium is prescribed, as it sometimes is, 

 by its old name, cicuta. Dose: 3 to 5 gr. (0.2 to 0.3 Gm.). Children have 

 been poisoned by eating the fresh root, which resembles parsnip in taste and 

 smell. 



407. ERYNGIUM AQUATICUM Linne". WATER ERYNGO. RATTLESNAKE'S 

 MASTER. Habitat: United States. (Root.) Diaphoretic and expectorant, 

 and has been used as a substitute for senega. Dose of fluidextract: 20 to 40 

 ITR (1.3 to 2.6 mils). 



408. OSMORRHIZA LONGISTYLIS De Candolle. SWEET CICELY. Habitat: 

 United States and Canada. (Root.) Aromatic, stomachic, carminative, 

 and expectorant. It contains a volatile oil identical with oil of anise. Dose: 

 i to 2 dr. (4 to 8 Gm.). 



