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wineglassful doses. The fresh juice makes an excellent 

 application for corns and warts. 



Preparation Fluid extract : Dose, -1 drachm. 



Distinctive character Leaves pinnate, green above, 

 greyish below, 6-12 inches long and 2-3 inches wide. 

 Leaflets opposite, deeply cut with rounded teeth. Leaf- 

 stalk flat above, convex beneath, with recurved hairs, 

 exuding a saffron yellow juice when fresh and broken. 

 Taste, acrid, bitter, and caustic. Odour, disagreeable. 



CELERY. Aplum graveolens, Linn. 



N.O. Uwbellifsra. 

 Syn. Smallage. 



Part used Seeds. 



Action Carminative, diuretic, tonic. Used as a 

 flavour and a tonic in combination with other drugs such 

 as Coca, Kola, Damiana, &c. It is recommended as 

 excellent in rheumatism. 



Preparation Fluid extract U.S. P. : Dose, 5-30 

 drops. 



Distinctive character The seeds are very small, 

 g inch long, ovate, plano-convex, brown, with five paler 

 longitudinal ribs. Taste and odour that of celery. 



CENTAURY. Erythraea Centaurlum, Pers. 



N.O. Gentianacea. 



Syn. Century, Centory, Feverwort. 

 Parts used Herbs, leaves. 



Action Aromatic, bitter, stomachic, tonic. Should 

 be given in conjunction with Barberry Bark in cases of 

 jaundice. Is used extensively in dyspepsia. The dose 



