MEDICAL BOTANY. 263 



ARISTOLOCHIACE^E. 



ARISTOLOCHIA. 

 704 a. Cymbifera. The root has a disagreeable smell, and a strong 



bitter aromatic taste. 

 706. Trilobata. A sudden and powerful sudorific. 



708. Serpentaria. The root has a penetrating smell and bitter taste, 



acting as a stimulant, tonic, diaphoretic. In some cases an 

 antispasmodic and anodyne. 



709. Pallida. A slight aromatic stimulant tonic. Sudorific ; em- 



ployed as an emmenagogue in amenorrhoea. 



712. Sempervirens. A slight aromatic stimulant tonic. Sudorific; 



employed as an emmenagogue in amenorrhoea. 



713. Rotunda. A slight aromatic stimulant tonic. Sudorific; em- 



ployed as an emmenagogue in amenorrhcea. 



714. Clematitis. Roots powerfully stimulating. 



ASARUM. 



716. Europaeum, Roots purgative, emetic, and diuretic. Powdered 



leaves used to provoke sneezing. 



717. Canadense.- Rhizoma aromatic. A warm stimulant diapho- 



retic. 



CHENOPODIACE^E. 



CHENOPODIUM. 

 719. Olidum. Employed as an antispasmodic and emmenagogue. 



721. Botrys. Expectorant, employed in catarrh and humoral asthma. 



722. Anthelminticum. The seeds yield an oil which is powerfully 



anthelmintic. 



723. Ambrosioides. Stimulant, corroborant. 



ATBIPLEX. 



724. Angustifolia. Seeds emetic. 



725. Hortensis. Seeds emetic. 



SALSOLA. 



726. Kali. Yields Soda. 



727. Sativa. Yields Soda. 



728. Soda. Yields Soda. 



729. Tragus. Yields Soda. 



PHYTOLACCACE^E. 



PHYTOLACCA. 



730. Decandra. Root emetic. Said to cure psora and tsenia capitis. 



