250 SAVINE SAVORY, SUMMER. 



S A VINE. Juniperus Sab/na, Linn. 



N.O. Pinaceo;. 

 Syn. Savinetops. 



Part used Tops or herb. 



Action Emmenagogue, diuretic, anthelmintic. Is 

 sometimes combined with Tansy, Pennyroyal, and 

 Hemlock. Although uncertain in its action, it has been 

 used for worms in conjunction with Spigelia and Senna. 



Preparations Fluid extract U.S. P. : Dose, 5-15 

 drops. Oil: Dose, 1-3 drops. 



Distinctive character The herb as imported from 

 Italy consists of small, broken, nearly cylindrical, or 

 slightly quadrangular twigs, with deeply imbricated 

 scale-like leaves about A inch long and lanceolate, 

 rhombic in shape, with an oblong gland sessile in the 

 back of the midrib. Taste, disagreeable, resinous, and 

 bitter. Odour, recalling turpentine, but quite charac- 

 teristic. The fresh plant as sold in England consists of 

 tufts of the terminal branches about 6 inches long with 

 the leaves longer acute and spreading, especially below, 

 but the taste is the same. The twigs of Juniperus Vir- 

 ginana, Linn., and /. phanicea, Linn., are different in 

 taste, and the latter has the leaves arranged in three, 

 not four, rows. 



SAVORY, SUMMER. Satareia hortensis, Linn. 



N.O. Labiate. 

 Syn. Garden Savory. 



Part used Herb. 



Action Aromatic, carminative. Chiefly used as 

 a culinary herb, but may be added to medicines for its 

 aromatic and warming qualities. 



Distinctive character Stem woody and oppositely 

 branched, about 10 inches high, with linear entire 



