JABORANDI. PILOCARPUS PENNATIFOLIUS. 



Besides pilocarpine, Jaborandi contains a volatile oil and various 

 : salts. 



PROPERTIES AND USES. 



.Jaborandi has been proved by a number of observers to 

 be a valuable diaphoretic. Pilocarpine has been found by some 

 to be specifically antagonistic to atropia. Murrell concludes that 

 the alkaloid is capable of producing, in a much smaller dose, 

 the full effects of the drug itself. Harley states "that diseases 

 associated with or dependent upon imperfect action of the 



-salivary glands and the skin, are those which we may expect to 



ibe benefited by its use." 



