HONEYSUCKLE. 1 I 



been celebrated as an antispasmodic in asthma and cough* of the 

 nervous kind ; but the experience of the present day does not con- 

 firm the eulogia originally granted to them. An elegant water, 

 however, is sometimes distilled from the flowers, which may be ad- 

 vantageously employed as a grateful perfume in sick rooms, and 

 has been used as a colly rium. The berries are emetic and diuretic. 



SYRUP OF HONEYSUCKLE. f 



Take of Fresh Petals of Honeysuckle, four pounds ; 

 Boiling wator eight pints. 



Infuse for twelve hours in a covered vessel; express lightly; set aside 

 the liquor for a few hours, decant, and add twice the weight of white 

 sugar, and make a syrup.— Dose, two drachms to an ounce. 



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* Murr. App. Med. t. i. p. 553. 



f Syrupus caprifolii, Pharm. Gallica. 



