CHAMOMILE, GERMAN CHAULMOOGRA. 65 



CHAMOMILE, GERMAN. 



Matrlcaria Chamomilla, Linn. 

 N.O. Composites. 

 Part used Flowers. 



Action Carminative, sedative, tonic. It is an ex- 

 cellent remedy in children's ailments. It acts as a 

 nerve sedative and also as a tonic upon the gastro- 

 intestinal canal. Useful during dentition, in cases of 

 earache, neuralgic pains, stomach disorders, and in- 

 fantile convulsions. The infusion of ounce to a 

 pint of boiling water may be given freely in tea- 

 spoonful doses to children. Also used externally as a 

 fomentation. 



Preparation Fluid extract : Dose, J-i drachm. 



Distinctive character The flowerheads are much 

 smaller than the preceding, and have only one row of 

 ligulate florets, which are usually bent backwards when 

 dry. The receptacle is conical and hollow, and has no 

 membranous bracts on it. Taste, bitter and aromatic. 

 Odour, like the preceding, but weaker. The florets 

 readily fall off. 



CHAULMOOGRA. Taraktogenos Kurzil, King. 



N.O. Bixacece. 

 Syn. Chaulmugra, Chaulmogra. 



These seeds were for some years supposed to be the 

 produce ofChaulmoograodorata, Roxb., but it has recently 

 been shown that the seeds of that plant are quite 

 different. 



Parts used Seeds, oil. 



Action Sedative, febrifuge, dermatic. The seeds 

 may be given internally, when powdered and made into 

 pills, in doses of 3-6 grains. The oil expressed from 

 the seeds has been much praised as an internal and 

 external remedy in scrofulous, syphilitic, and rheumatic 

 skin affections. It has proved itself a valuable agent 

 in stiffness of joints and cutaneous eruptions such as 



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