GUARANA HAIR CAP MOSS. 125 



QUARANA. Paullinia Cupana, H.B. & K. 



N.O. 



Syn. Brazilian Cocoa, Uabano, Uaranazeiro, Paul- 

 linia sorbtlis, Mart. 



Part used Seeds. 



Action Nervine tonic, stimulant. This drug owes 

 its properties to the Caffeine it contains, and for this 

 reason will be found serviceable in most cases of head- 

 ache, particularly those caused by menstrual derange- 

 ments. Its action is in some cases diuretic, and as 

 such it finds use in rheumatic complaints and lumbago. 

 Dose, 5-30 grains. 



Preparation Fluid extract U.S. P. : Dose, $ drachm. 



Distinctive character Usually in cylindrical rolls, 

 about i inch thick and several inches long, formed of 

 the broken seeds beaten into a paste and dried. Taste, 

 astringent and bitterish, then sweet. Odour, recalling 

 that of chocolate. 



HAIR CAP MOSS. 



Polytrlchum Jualperinum, Willd. 

 N.O. Musci. 

 Syn. Bearsbed, Ground Moss, Robinsrye. 



Part used Plant. 



Action Diuretic. Possessing but very little smell 

 and taste, it produces no disagreeable sensations. It is 

 a very valuable and important remedy in dropsy, 

 urinary obstruction and suppression. The infusion 

 is taken in wineglassful doses. 



Distinctive character Stems slender, unbranched, 

 2-3 inches long, with small short awl-shaped, red-tipped 

 leaves, overlapping, and crowded in the upper part of 

 the stem. Fruit stalks when present terminating in a 

 cylindrical, four-angled capsule containing spores. 



