74 COCCULUS INDICUS COFFEE. 



lense, Rusby, are green, oblanceolate and very brittle, 

 but tapering below; about i inch long and inch 

 broad in the upper half, without any projecting line on 

 the midrib. 



COCCULUS INDICUS. 



An amir ia paniculata, Colebr. 

 N.O Menispermacece. 

 Syn. Fish Berries, Indian Berries. 



Part used Berries or seeds. 



Action Stimulant, parasiticide. Though very 

 poisonous, it has occasionally been given internally for 

 similar purposes as Ntix Vomica and its preparations. 

 As an ingredient of an ointment it has been used in 

 obstinate skin diseases, such as barber's itch, &c. 



Preparations Fluid extract : Dose, J-i drop. 

 Picrotoxin B.P. 



Distinctive character Fruits roundly kidney- 

 shaped, Y%T% mcn l n g> blackish, containing a horse- 

 shoe-shaped seed. Fruitshell tasteless, seed bitter and 

 oily. 



COFFEE. Coffea arabica, Linn. 



N.O. Rubiacece. 

 Syn. Caffea. 



Part used Seeds, and active principle " Caffeine." 



Action Stimulant, anti-narcotic, anti-emetic. As a 

 beverage Coffee is well known, and is often used in 

 domestic practice as a remedy in headache and as a 

 general stimulant. When taken ia excess it produces 

 unpleasant heart symptoms. As a medicinal agent the 

 beverage made from roasted seeds may be used, or the 

 Caffeine, where a heart stimulant is needed. In narcotic 

 poisoning it forms a valuable adjunct, as it dispels stupor 



