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convex, with numerous wiry rootlets on the lower side, 

 about 1 1 inch long and inch thick, indistinctly jointed. 

 Fracture mealy, white, somewhat fibrous. Taste, bitter. 

 Inodorous. 



UVA-URSI. Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, Spreng. 



N.O. Ericacece. 



Syn. Bearberry. 

 Part used Leaves. 



Action Mucilaginous, astringent, diuretic. Has a 

 specific action on the urinary organs and is especially 

 useful in cases of gravel, ulceration of kidneys or 

 bladder, catarrh, gleet, leucorrhoaa and menorrhagia. 

 The infusion of i ounce to a pint of boiling water is 

 taken in wineglassful doses three to four times a day. 



Preparations Fluid extract : Dose, -1 drachm. 

 Infusion B.P. : Dose, -1 ounce. 



Distinctive character Leaves leathery, obovate or 

 oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, dark green and 

 shining above, and tessellated by sunken veinlets, paler 

 beneath and reticulated, with dark veinlets ; margin 

 entire and reflexed, about f-i inch long and --f inch 

 broad. Taste, astringent. Odour, faintly tea-like. 



VALERIAN. Valeriana officinalis, Linn. 



N.O. Volwianacea. 



Syn. Great Wild Valerian. 

 Part used Root. 



Action Anodyne, antispasmodic, nervine. May 

 be given in all cases of nervous debility and irritation, 

 also in hysterical affections. It allays pain and pro- 

 motes sleep. Is strongly nervine without any narcotic 

 effects, and enters into various herbal nervine and anti- 



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