Botanic Remedies 



CA8CARA 



CASCARA SAGRADA, Rhamnus Purshiana. The 

 U. S. P. directs that the bark be collected at least 

 one year before being used. 



Anthraquinone derivatives are present, but no 

 active principle has been isolated. Anthraquinone 

 is closely identified with phenolphthalein. 



Cascara is the most generally useful laxative of 

 the whole botanic class, especially in chronic con- 

 stipation. Fl. 10 to 60 minims. Various flavored 

 or aromatized products are available. 



CATHA EDULI8 



KAT. A stimulant narcotic long used in Africa, 

 and important because of its containing definite 

 alkaloids allied in action to cocaine and caffeine. 

 Their influence, however, is more upon the mus- 

 cular than the nervous system. This agent will 

 find its way into medical practice. See Jour, of 

 Pharmacology and Exper. Ther., March, 1913. 



CAULOPHYLLUM 



BLUE COHOSH, SQUAW ROOT, Caulophyllum thal- 

 ictroides. A substance named leontin is a glucosid 

 representative of the activities of the drug. It is 

 an acrid substance discovered by J. U. Lloyd. It 

 is marketed in 1 per cent solution. 



Pilcher (Jour, of Phar. and Ex. Ther., Feb. 1916) 

 stated that, in his experiments on strips of the excised 

 uterus, caulophyllum caused an increase in tone in 

 all cases, with a prompt or often more gradual de- 

 crease in the amplitude of excursion. The strips 

 remained in tonic contraction from twenty to sixty 

 minutes in one-third of the experiments. 



