130 HEMLOCK HEMP AGRIMONY. 



about i inch long. Leaves alternate, finely divided in 

 a pinnate manner into linear segments, sheathing at 

 the base, the whole plant not hairy. Taste, slight. 

 Odour, none. 



HEMLOCK. Conium maculatum, Linn. 



N.O. Umbelliferce. 



Syn. Poison Hemlock, Poison Parsley, Conium, 

 Spotted Hemlock. 



Parts used Leaves, seeds. 



Action Sedative, anodyne. Is of particular service 

 in all spasmodic affections, such as chorea, epilepsy, acute 

 mania, &c. Also used with advantage in whooping 

 cough. Should be administered with care as overdoses 

 produce paralysis. 



Preparations Powdered leaves: Dose, 1-3 grains. 

 Fluid extract, leaves : Dose, 5-10 drops. Fluid extract, 

 seeds : Dose, 2-5 drops. Tincture, seeds, B.P. : Dose, 

 ^-i drachm. Juice of leaves B.P. : Dose, 1-2 drachms. 

 Solid extract : Dose, 2-6 grains. Ointment B.P. 



Distinctive character Leaves hairless, repeatedly 

 pinnate, a foot long or more, angular in outline, the 

 stem hollow, spotted, as well as the large leafstalks, 

 with purplish spots ; the tips of the leaflets end in a 

 white point. Taste, unpleasant. Odour, disagreeable, 

 mousey when the leaves are rubbed with Liquor Potassae. 

 The fruits are ovate, plano-convex, indented on the flat 

 surface, with five crenate ridges on the back. Odour, 

 none, unless rubbed with alkali, then mousey like the 

 leaves. 



HEMP AGRIMONY. 



Eupatorlum cannabinum, Linn. 



N.O. Composite. 

 Part used Herb. 



Action Antiscorbutic, cathartic, diuretic. A good 

 remedy for impurity of the blood. May be used by 



