CHAMOMILE, GERMAN — CHAULMOOGRA. 37 



neuralgia, &c. The herb and flowers are equally 

 valuable. The dose of the infusion of 1 ounce to a 

 pint of boiling water is a tablespoonful to a wineglass- 

 ful. The herb is also used in the manufacture of herb 

 beers. 



Preparation — Fluid extract, flowers : Dose, £-1 

 drachm. 



CHAMOMILE, GERMAN. Matricaria Chamomllla. 



Part used — Flowers. 



Action — Carminative, sedative, tonic. It is an ex- 

 cellent remedy in children's ailments. It acts as a 

 nerve sedative and also as a tonic upon the gastro- 

 intestinal canal. Useful during dentition, in cases of 

 earache, neuralgic pains, stomach disorders, and in- 

 fantile convulsions. The infusion of \ ounce to a 

 pint of boiling water may be given freely in tea- 

 spoonful doses to children. Also used externally as 

 a fomentation. 



Preparation — Fluid extract: Dose, £-1 drachm. 



CHAULMOOGRA. Gynocardia odotata. 



Synonym — Chaulmugra, Chaulmogra, Chaulmoogra 

 odorata, Hydnocarpus odorata. 



Part used — Seeds, oil. 



Action— Sedative, febrifuge, dermatic. The seeds 

 may be given internally, when powdered and made into 

 pills, in doses of 3-6 grains. The oil expressed from 

 the seeds has been much praised as an internal and 

 external remedy in scrofulous, syphilitic, and rheumatic 

 skin affections. It has proved itself a valuable agent 

 in stiffness of joints and cutaneous eruptions such as 

 eczema and psoriasis. The best form is the ointment 

 made of i part of oil to 4 of base. For internal adminis- 

 tration the oil is administered in the form of an emulsion 

 with almonds or milk. 



