58 CASCARILLA CASHEW-NUT. 



nearly smooth. Transverse fracture short, showing 

 numerous white dots due to groups of stone cells. 

 Taste, at first astringent, then bitter ; flavour, earthy. 



CASCARILLA. Croton Elettteria, J. Benn. 



N.O. Euphorbiacea. 

 Syn. Sweet Wood Bark. 



Part used Bark. 



Action Stimulant, aromatic, tonic. Used in dyspep- 

 sia, flatulence, and diarrhcea ; in convalescence from 

 acute diseases and to prevent vomiting. Often com- 

 bined with Cinchona, when this causes nausea. The 

 infusion of i ounce to a pint of boiling water is 

 taken in doses of a tablespoonful to a wineglassful as 

 required. 



Preparations Powdered bark : Dose, 20-40 grains. 

 Fluid extract : Dose, -J-i drachm. Tincture B.P. : 

 Dose, |-i drachm. Infusion B.P. : Dose, -1 ounce. 



Distinctive character The bark occurs in short 

 quilled pieces, up to inch in diameter, usually with 

 a chalky, more or less cracked, white surface, with black 

 dots due to the fruit of lichens. Transverse fracture 

 reddish brown. Taste, aromatic, bitter. Fragrant 

 when burnt. 



CASHEW- NUT. Anacardium occldentale, Linn. 



N.O. AnacwdiacccE. 

 Sy n . Cassuvium pomifcnim . 



Part used Nut. 



Action Nutritive. The roasted kernels are edible 

 and of agreeable flavour. The fresh juice of the shell is 

 acrid and corrosive, and the West Indian negroes use it 

 for warts, corns, &c. The tree-bark has proved efficient 



