56 CAROBA. 



The seeds should be crushed for use, and the infusion 

 of 2 ounces to a pint of boiling water taken in wine- 

 glassful doses. 



Preparations Powdered Seeds : Dose, 10 grains to 

 2 drachms. Fluid extract : Dose, 5 drops to | drachm. 

 Compound tincture B.P. : Dose, -1 drachm. Tinc- 

 ture U.S. P. : Dose, i drachm. 



Distinctive character Fruits ovoid or oblong, more 

 or less triangular, longitudinally furrowed, varying in 

 length from -f-^ inch, or, in bleached samples, the angles 

 are rounded and the surface smooth. The fruits should 

 yield 75 per cent, of seeds. Seeds from ripe capsules 

 are sold as split seeds, being broken in the process of 

 extraction. The unbroken fruits are gathered before 

 quite ripe, so as not to split open in drying. 



CAROBA. Jacaranda procera, Spreng. 



N.O. Bignoniacea. 



Syn. Carob Tree, Caaroba, Jacaranda Caroba, D.C., 

 Bignonia Caroba, Veil. 



Part used Leaves. 



Action Alterative, diaphoretic, diuretic. In Brazil 

 the natives use the Caroba in all venereal disorders, 

 and it has been clinically experimented upon with 

 success in syphilitic skin affections. It seems to have 

 a sedative effect upon the nervous system, and it has 

 been used in epilepsy. 



The dose is from 15-60 grains. 



Distinctive character Leaflets leathery, lanceolate, 

 tapering below, obtuse at the apex, about 2^ inches 

 long and i inch broad, minutely pitted on both 

 surfaces, midrib prominent below, depressed above, 

 veins spreading. Taste, bitterish; flavour, tea-like. 

 Odour, none. 



