4O BRYONY, WHITE BUCHU. 



BRYONY, WHITE. Bryonia alba. Linn. 



N.O. Cncurbitacf(. 

 Syn, Bryonia, English Mandrake, Wild Bryony. 



Part used Root. 



Action Irritating, hydragogue, cathartic. Useful in 

 small doses for cough, influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia, 

 &c. Valuable in cardiac disorders caused by rheuma- 

 tism and gout, also in malarial and zymotic diseases. 

 Large doses should be avoided. 



Preparations Fluid extract: Dose, -1 drachm. 

 Bryonin : Dose, J-2 grains. 



Distinctive character Root very large, 1-2 feet 

 long or more, branched, 1-3 inches in diameter, white 

 both externally and internally. Usually sold dry, in 

 circular slices J- inch thick. Transverse section 

 showing concentric rings and radiating lines of porous 

 vascular bundles. Taste, acrid and bitter. Odour, 

 none. 



Offered by gardeners as Mandrake root (see Podo- 

 phyllum). 



The Bryonia alba, Linn., used by Homreopaths, which 

 is not wild in England, has globular black berries. 

 Bryonia dioica, Jacq., has globular red berries. Both 

 are climbing plants with palmate rough leaves and 

 small greenish white unisexual flowers. 



BUCHU. Barosma betulina, Bart, and Wendl. 



N.O. Rutacece. 

 Syn. Diosma betulina, Thunb. 



Part used Leaves. 



Action Diuretic, diaphoretic, stimulant. It exerts 

 a direct effect on the urinary organs, in all affections of 

 which it will be found beneficial. In gravel, inflamma- 

 tion, and catarrh of the bladder it is specially useful. 

 The infusion (B.P.) of i ounce of leaves to a pint of 



