WILLOW, BLACK. 30! 



irritation, &c., in spasms, spasmodic asthma, vomiting, 

 and hepatic congestion. A decoction of i ounce of root 

 in a pint of water may be taken in tablespoonful doses 

 until relieved. Large doses may produce emesis. 



Preparations Fluid extract : Dose, -1 drachm. 

 Dioscorein : Dose, ^-4 grains. 



Distinctive character Tuber cylindrical com- 

 pressed, branched at intervals of about 2 inches, and 

 curved, about 4-6 inches long, and -f inch thick, pale 

 brown externally, with sunk stem scars on the upper 

 and remains of rootlets below. Fracture short, inter- 

 nally hard, white, with yellowish wood bundles. Taste, 

 insipid, afterwards acrid. Inodorous. 



WILLOW, BLACK. Salix nigra, Marsh. 



N.O. Salicacctf. 

 Syn. Pussy Willow. 



Parts used Bark, berries. 



Action Anaphrodisiac, sexual sedative, tonic. Is 

 highly recommended and largely used in the treatment 

 of spermatorrhoea, nocturnal emissions, &c. Also relieves 

 ovarian pain. The infusion of I ounce of bark to a pint 

 of boiling water is used in wineglassful doses. A 

 poultice made by simmering the powdered bark 

 in cream is unrivalled in gangrene and indolent 

 ulcers, &c. 



Preparation Fluid extract: Dose, -1 drachm. 



Distinctive character In quilled pieces, 2-6 or more 

 inches long and about inch broad, blackish grey ex- 

 ternally, with numerous dark brown, round lenticels, 

 inner surface pale buff. Transverse section pale buff, 

 rough, with flat pointed fibres. Taste, bitter, astrin- 

 gent. Odour, none. 



