142 IGNATIUS BEANS INDIAN HEMP. 



IGNATIUS BEANS. Strychnos Ignatll, Berg. 



N.O. Loganioct*. 



Syn Saint Ignatius Beans, Ignatia amara, Linn. f. 

 Part used Seeds. 



Action Stimulant, tonic. Its properties are similar 

 to Nux Vomica, possibly more active, and it is used in 

 functional nervous disorders, neuralgia, and debility, 

 &c. It also contains Brucine and Strychnine, poisonous 

 alkaloids. 



Distinctive character Seeds ovoid, irregularly 

 angular, about i inch long and ii inch in diameter, 

 with a definite hilum at one end. Externally dull 

 grey, granular, with occasionally fragments of brown 

 epidermis still adhering to the surface. Internally 

 hard, horny. Taste, intensely bitter. Odour, none. 



INDIAN HEMP. Cannabls sativa, Linn. 



N.O. Urticacea. 



Syn. Cannabis Indica, Lamk.,Guaza,Ganjah, Bhang, 

 Dagga. 



Part used Tops. 



Action Anodyne, hypnotic, antispasmodic. Is 

 principally used to allay spasmodic pains of nervous 

 origin where there is a marked nervous depression. It 

 produces sleep without derangement of the digestive 

 organs and is therefore more suitable, in many cases, 

 than Opium. Used for smoking by the Arabs and 

 other Eastern tribes. 



Preparations Fluid extract : Dose, 1-3 drops. 

 Tincture B.P. and U.S. P.: Dose, 5-15 drops. Solid 

 extract B.P. : Dose, J-i grain. 



Distinctive character The herb is usually sold in 

 the form of the dried tops of the female flowering plant, 



