118 AMERICAN COLUaiBO. 



AMERICAN COLUMBOr 



Medical Projpertics and Use. 



This is a mild tonic, calculated to meet the 

 indications alike with the other bitters of its 

 class. It is a very good and pleasant tonic in 

 indigestion and dyspepsia, improving the appe- 

 tite and digestion. It is given in infusion and 

 in substance — 1 ounce of the pulverized root in- 

 fused in a pint of boiling water. A small wine 

 glass full of the infusion may be taken once in 



2 hours, or from thirty to sixty grains of the 

 pulverized substance, in sweetened water, from 



3 to 5 times a day; but the most common way 

 of using the columbo is in combination with 

 other tonics,, such as gentian, orange peel, and 

 columbo, of each 1 ounce powdered, then add 

 to them 1 quart of whiskey, of which bitters a 

 table spoonful may be taken in water three 

 times a day, as a tonic in cases of debility. 



