384 WALNUT. 



EXTRACT OF GREEN WALNUTS 



Take of green rind of Walnuts any quantity. 



Bruise it in a stone mortar, adding a little water ; express the juice and 

 evaporate in a water-bath, stirring towards the end of the operation with a 

 wooden spatula. 



This is considered tonic, antiscorbutic, and anthelmintic. — 

 Dose, half a scruple to half a drachm. With sugar and alcohol 

 it forms a ratifia, reputed to be stomachic. 



The kernel, triturated with thrice its weight of water, forms 

 an emulsion, which may be given ad libitum in diseases of irri- 

 tation. The oil, as a remedy for worms, may be given in as 

 large doses as the stomach can bear. 



* Pharmacopoeia Austriaca, Erfurt, 1821. 



