GARLIC GELSEMIUM. ll$ 



is useful wherever such are needed, as it reinforces 

 their action. 



Distinctive character The gum-resin is imported 

 in the form of cylindrical sticks 4-8 inches long and 

 1-2^ inches in diameter, bearing the striated markings 

 of the interior of bamboo in which it is collected. The 

 transverse fracture, if the gamboge is of good quality, is 

 clean and smooth, not gritty, deep orange brown, and 

 opaque. Rubbed with water it gives a yellow emulsion. 

 Fracture conchoidal. Taste, very acrid. The powder 

 excites sneezing. 



GARLIC. Alliutn sativum, Linn. 



N.O. Liliacece. 

 Part used Bulb. 



Action Diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant. Garlic 

 juice is made into a syrup with honey or sugar and 

 given with advantage in coughs, colds, and asthma. 



Preparations Juice: Dose, 10-30 drops. Syrup: 

 Dose, i drachm. Tincture: Dose, -1 drachm. 



Distinctive character The bulb of garlic is com- 

 pound, containing, between membranous scales, a 

 number of smaller bulbs or " cloves." Taste, like 

 onions, but much stronger. 



QELSEMIUM. Qelsemium nitidum, Mich. 



N.O. 



Syn. Gelsemium sempervircns, Pers., Yellow Jasmine, 

 Wild Woodbine. 



Part used Root. 



Action Arterial sedative, diaphoretic, febrifuge, 

 antispasmodic. In small doses allays nervous excitement 

 and irritation. Used in inflammation of bowels, diarrhosa, 

 dysentery, but with great success in neuralgia, toothache, 

 insomnia, wherever a sedative is called for. In pelvic 



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