154 MULBERRY. 



Medicinal Properties and Uses. — All authors agree in attri- 

 buting a laxative properly to the ripe fruit of the Mulberry ; 

 the elegant deep violet-coloured juice agrees in its general 

 qualities with other vegetable productions of a combined acid 

 and sweet nature, not only allaying thirst, partly by refrigerating, 

 and partly by exciting an excretion of mucus from the mouth 

 and fauces, but producing also a similar effect in the stomach, 

 where, by correcting putrescency, a powerful cause of thirst is 

 removed *. The rob and syrup of Mulberries are both deter- 

 gent, and in that light are sometimes applied to thrush in the 

 mouth, or added to gargles for sore throats. The bark of the 

 root is of an acrid, bitter taste, and cathartic. It has been 

 commended against intestinal worms, either in doses of thirty 

 grains of the powder, or of one drachm in the form of infusion f ; 

 and a decoction is especially recommended by Andry as a cure 

 for taenia. 



ROB OF MULBERRIES J. 



Take of Depurate juice of Mulberries four parts ; 



White sugar one part. 



31 ix, and boil to the consistence of honey. 



SYRUP OF MULBERRIES J. 



Take of the juice of Mulberries, strained. . . one pint ; 



White sugar two pounds and a half. 



Dissolve the sugar in the juice with a gentle heat, then set aside for 

 twenty-four hours ; afterwards remove the scum, and pour off the clear 

 liquor. 



DECOCTION OF MULBERRY-ROOT BARK||. 



Take of Mulburry root bark three drachms. 



Water ^ half a pint. 



Boil for half an hour, and strain. — Sufficient for two doses, to be taken 

 on an empty stomach. 



* Woodville's Med. Bot. vol. iv. p. 713. 



| Bomare, Diction. d'Hist. Nat. torn. iv. p. 290. 



£ Pharmacopoeia Danica, 1805. 



§ Pharmacopoeia Londinensis, 1836. 



j) Andry, De la generation des vers dans le corps de 1'homme, p. 172. 



