302 WILLOW, WHITE WINTER'S BARK. 



WILLOW, WHITE. Sallx alba, Linn. 



N.O. Salicacett. 

 Syn. European Willow. 



Part used Bark. 



Action Tonic, antiperiodic, astringent. Has been 

 used with benefit in febrile diseases of rheumatic or 

 gouty origin, also in diarrhoea and dysentery. The 

 usual form of administration is the decoction, given in 

 wineglassful doses four to five times a day. 



Distinctive character In quills or fragments of 

 varying length, ^-A inch thick, somewhat glossy, 

 brownish, striated longitudinally, with ellipsoid leaf 

 scars. Inner surface cinnamon brown, finely striated. 

 Fracture short, slightly laminated. Taste, bitter. 

 Inodorous. 



WINTER'S BARK. Drlmys Winter!, Forst. 



N.O. Magnoliacea. 



Syn. Wintera, Winter's Cinnamom, True Winter's 

 Bark, Wintera aromatica, Murr. 



Part used Bark. 



Action Stimulant, aromatic, stomachic. This bark 

 has been highly recommended in indigestion, flatulence, 

 colic, &c., and also as an antiscorbutic. The powdered 

 bark is given in doses of 30 grains. An infusion made 

 from i ounce of bark in a pint of boiling water is given 

 in wineglassful doses. 



Distinctive character Now very rare in commerce, 

 but sometimes imported under the name of pepper 

 bark. In short pieces f- inch in thickness, and 2-3 

 inches long, dark brown throughout. Fracture short 

 and granular, showing pale medullary rays in the bark, 

 which project on the inner surface, giving it a striated 

 appearance. Taste, very pungent. Odour, feeble. 



