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potent an antiseptic as it was at one time thought 

 to be. The fluidextract is hard to manage pharma- 

 ceutically and it is disagreeable to take. 



EUONYMUS 



WAHOO, Euonymus atropurpureus. Official in 

 England and France. Belongs to the digitalis group, 

 but its purgative properties exclude it from use as 

 a cardiac remedy. It is classed as one of the anhy- 

 drid group of purgatives. EUONYMIN, its most 

 active principle, acts much like digitalis; it is es- 

 teemed in Homeopathic practice as a remedy for 

 albuminuria in doses of 1-10 grain or more, the full 

 dose being 2 grains. It is little employed, but the 

 Homeopathic use of it is rational, owing to the 

 combination of diuretic and tonic-purgative prop- 

 erties in the drug. 



Euonymus is a mild purgative, somewhat uncer- 

 tain in action, probably due to its not being absorbed 

 and its action interfered with by the presence of 

 bile. Indeed, the purgatives of the digitalis group 

 are all uncertain. Sufficiently large dosage is apt 

 to induce gastroenteric irritation. Euonymus is, 

 however, in small doses, a tonic laxative with mild 

 cholagogue properties, and it often serves well in 

 combination with other agents, especially mer- 

 curials, and in chronic constipation with inactive liver. 

 Give 5- to 10-minim doses fl. for continuous admin- 

 istration. Large doses, as a prompt purgative, are 

 not to be commended. 



EUPATORIUM 



BONESET, Eupatorium perfoliatum. Was official in 

 the eighth U. S. P. Not now official in any country. 



