MUIRA-PUAMA MULBERRY IQ3 



struation, usually in combination with Pennyroyal and 

 Southernwood. The infusion of i ounce to a pint of 

 boiling water is taken in wineglassful doses. 



Preparation Fluid extract: Dose, -1 drachm. 



Distinctive character Stem angular, furrowed 

 longitudinally. Leaves dark green above, alternate, 

 pinnatisect, with five to seven lobes, which are semi- 

 erect, decurrent, deeply incised, with sharply serrate 

 teeth, nearly smooth above, but silvery white, with 

 appressed, bifid, cottony hairs beneath. Taste, bitterish 

 and aromatic. Odour, aromatic. 



MUIRA-PUAMA. Liriosma ovata, Miers. 



N.O. Olacacea. 

 Part used Root. 



Action Aphrodisiac, nerve stimulant. Is reputed 

 in Brazil, its native place, as one of the most powerful 

 aphrodisiacs. 



Preparation Fluid extract : Dose, 10-60 drops. 



Distinctive character The root as met with in 

 commerce occurs in light brown woody splinters 2-3 

 inches long and J inch in diameter, without any root 

 bark. These splinters are hard, very tough, and 

 coarsely fibrous. The transverse section shows few 

 porous vessels, and crowded slender medullary rays. 

 Taste, slightly astringent. Odour, none. 



MULBERRY. Morus nigra, Linn. 



N.O. Urticacea. 

 Syn. Black Mulberry. 



Part used Fruit. 



Action Nutritive, refrigerant, laxative. The "fruit 

 juice forms a grateful drink for convalescents from 

 febrile diseases, as it checks the thirst and cools the 

 blood. It was official in B.P. 1885 in the form of 



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