286 TURKEY CORN. 



tery, diarrhoea, gonorrhoea, leucorrhcea, and also for 

 tapeworm ; but its nauseating effects upon human 

 beings render it undesirable. The rootbark is employed 

 in heart complaints, asthma, and epilepsy. The doses 

 should not exceed 20 grains of the powder. 



Distinctive character Bark brownish grey, with 

 numerous warts, and on some pieces large, triangular 

 scars of leaf bases ; the inner surface is striated longi- 

 tudinally. Fracture short, in the outer, pale buff- 

 coloured, and fibrous in the inner part, the fibres form- 

 ing a porous layer. Taste, bitter and slightly acrid. 

 Odour, scarcely any. 



TURKEY CORN. Dicentra Caaadenais, DC . 



N.O. Fumariacex. 



Syn. Turkey Pea, Squirrel Corn, Staggerweed, 

 Corydalis, Corydalis Canadensis, Gold. 



Part used Root. 



Action Tonic, diuretic, alterative, antisyphilitic. In 

 the treatment of syphilitic disorders, it is generally 

 combined with other remedies, and acts especially well 

 in conjunction with Queen's Delight, Burdock, or Prickly 

 Ash. Is also recommended in menstrual complaints. 

 The infusion of ounce to a pint of boiling water is 

 taken in wineglassful doses. 



Preparations Fluid extract : Dose, $-1 drachm. 

 Corydalin : Dose, 2 grains. 



Distinctive character Tubers tawny yellow, about 

 J inch in diameter, globose-depressed, with a scar on 

 both the depressed sides, internally horny, or somewhat 

 mealy as well. Taste, bitter. Inodorous. 



