Il6 GINGER, WILD GINSENG. 



lence, &c., in doses of 10-20 grains in warm water 

 sweetened. 



Preparations Fluid extract : Dose, 10-20 drops. 

 Tincture B.P. : Dose, -1 drachm. Syrup B.P. and 

 U.S. P. : Dose, ^-i drachm. Oleoresin U.S. P. : Dose, 

 grain. 



Distinctive character The rhizome as imported 

 is usually about 3 inches long and laterally branched, 

 the branches more or less compressed, oval and con- 

 tracted below, depressed at the rounded end. Fracture 

 pale buff, starchy and fibrous, sometimes horny. Taste, 

 pungent and aromatic. Odour, characteristic. 



QINQER, WILD. Asarum Canadense, Linn. 



N . O . A ristolochiacecE. 

 Syn. Indian Ginger, Canada Snakeroot. 



Part used Rhizome. 



Action Expectorant, carminative, stimulant. As a 

 carminative it is useful in all painful spasms of the 

 bowels and stomach. In colds or in amenorrhcea from 

 cold it is a valuable stimulant. The infusion of ounce 

 of the powdered root in a pint of boiling water pro- 

 duces copious perspiration, when taken hot. The 

 powder may be taken dry in doses of 20-30 grains. 



Distinctive character Rhizome slender, about 4 

 inches long and inch thick, quadrangular or almost two- 

 edged, wrinkled, greyish or purplish brown. Fracture 

 short, whitish rootlets about -J inch distant on the nodes, 

 scarcely branched. Taste, bitterish and pungent and 

 aromatic. Odour, aromatic. 



GINSENG. Panax quinquefolium, Linn. 



N.O. Araliacea. 

 Syn. Ay alia quinque 'folia, Decne. and PI. 



Part used Root. 



Action Tonic, stimulant. Useful in loss of appetite, 

 stomach and digestive affections, arising from mental 



