18 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



ium, Cimicifuga when moist, Cypripedium, Digitalis 

 leaves, Dulcamara, ergot (when old), Gelsemium, 

 hellebore, Hyoscyamus, Indian hemp, ipecac, Lactuca- 

 rium Lobelia, opium, Sabadilla, Scoparius, Senega (when 

 old), Stilliniga, Stramonium leaves and seeds, Strophan- 

 tus, tobacco. 



2. Rancid odor (due to the decomposition of fats and oils) 



Castor beans and croton beans (when old), Cocculus 

 Indicus, Delphinium, Staphisagria, ergot and Senega 

 (when old). 



3. Garlic or Alliaceous Type (sulphurous odor) Asafcetida, 



garlic, onions, Galbanum, mustard (when moist). 



4. Conium Type (mouse odor) Conium when moistened 



with potassium hydrate or other alkaline solution. 



5. Melissa Type (ant odor) Dried Melissa, when briskly 



crushed. 



6. Valerian Type (very characteristic, develops with age) 



valerian, Viburnum prunifolium, lupulin, Humulus. 



7. Taraxacum Type (cow odor, characteristic) Calumba, 



Phytolacca root, Taraxacum, Pyrethrum root, Inula, 

 Althaea, aconite, Symphytum, Bryonia. 



The following is an alphabetical list of vegetable drugs which are 

 practically odorless. Few substances are entirely odorless, but in the 

 drugs enumerated the odors are not sufficiently marked to be diagnostic. 

 It will also be noted that the drugs which are practically odorless 

 exceed those which are tasteless, due to the fact that taste-sensations 

 are more delicate and hence more readily detected and compared. 



Odorless or Nearly Odorless Drugs 



1. Areca (odor faintly fragrant) . 8. Carbo animalis. 



2. Aconite root (faintly horse- 9. Carbo vegetabilis. 



radish-like when fresh or 10. Caulophyllum. 

 moistened). 11. Cetraria. 



3. Aspidosperma (faintly aroma- 12. Chamselirium. 



tic). 13. Chimaphila. 



4. Belladonna root. 14. Chirata. 



5. Berberis. 15. Cichorium (not roasted). 



6. Bryonia (resembling Taraxa- 16. Cinchona (faintly aromatic). 



cum). 17. Colchicum (seed and corm). 



7. Calumba (resembling Taraxa- 18. Colocynth. 



cum). 19. Convallaria. 



