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Its preparations are not very stable and it is being 

 displaced by other agents. 



CUMINUM CYMINUM, Belgium and Mexico. CUMIN, 

 a stimulating aromatic. 



CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS, Mexico and Spain. 

 CYPRESS, a terebinthinate. See "Abies." 



CURCUMA LONGA, four countries. TURMERIC, a 

 yellow coloring agent and condiment. 



CURCUMA ZEDVARIA, ten countries. ZEDVARY, a 

 stimulating aromatic much inferior to ginger. 



CYCLAMEN EUROPAENUM, Spain only. Sow BREAD, 

 our common greenhouse cyclamen, a drastic cathartic 

 and dangerous abortifacient, used in homeopathic 

 practice in the treatment of anemia. Strange to say, 

 wild hogs are not poisoned by it; they eat it freely. 



CYDONIA VULGARIS, Belgium, France, and Mexico. 

 QUINCE and quince seed. Flavor and demulcent, 

 respectively. 



CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS, British only. Oil of 

 LEMON GRASS, used pharmaceutically. 



CYNANCHUM VINCETOXICUM, France only. SWAL- 

 LOW-WORT. An irritating emetic agent. 



CYNOGLOSSUM OFFICINALE, five countries. 

 HOUND'S TONGUE, a sedative demulcent. 



DOREMA AMMONIACUM, widely official as GUM AM- 

 MONIAC. Similar in action to asafetida, but used as 

 an expectorant in the form of an emulsion, that of 

 the U. S. P. 1890 being given in % to 1 fluidounce 

 doses. 



DORSTENIA BRAZILIENSIS, Spain only. CONTRA- 

 YERVA, a stimulant, tonic, and diuretic. 



DRIMYS WINTERI, France and Mexico. WINTER'S 

 BARK, a stimulant aromatic tonic. Was advocated 

 as an iron-bearing tonic in a proprietary specialty. 

 Contains a mere trace of iron. 



