CHIRETTA CICELY, SWEET. 69 



inches in thickness, with short, knotty branches, and a 

 rusty, shining bark. Internally, of a pale fawn colour. 

 Taste, insipid. Odour, none. 



CHIRETTA. Swertia Chirata, Buch-Ham. 



N.O. Gentianacece. 

 5yn. Chirata, Chirayta, Ophelia Chirata, Griseb. 



Part used Herb. 



Action Bitter tonic. May be used wherever a tonic 

 is required. The dose of the infusion of i ounce to 

 i pint of water is half to one wineglassful. 



Preparations Fluid extract : Dose, -1 drachm. 

 Tincture B.P. : Dose, $-1 drachm. Infusion B.P. : 

 Dose, 4-8 drachms. Cone. Solut. B.P. : Dose, -1 

 drachm. Solid extract: Dose, 4-8 grains. 



Distinctive character Stems brown or purplish, 

 T%"T% inch thick, cylindrical below, quadrangular 

 upwards, containing a large pith. Leaves opposite, 

 entire with three to seven longitudinal ribs. Capsules, 

 one-celled, two-valved. Taste, intensely bitter. Odour, 

 none. 



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CICELY, SWEET. Myrrhls odorata, Scop. 



N.O. Umbellifero!. 

 Syn. Smoother Cicely, Sweet Chervil. 



Parts used Root, herb. 



Action Carminative, stomachic, expectorant. The 

 fresh root may be eaten freely. It is found useful in 

 coughs and flatulence, also as a gentle stimulant in 

 indigestion and stomachic complaints. The dried root 

 is best used in the form of a decoction, and the herb in 

 an infusion. 



Distinctive character Leaves large, tripinnate, 

 leaflets hairy on the veins below and on the margins, 



