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powerfully resolvent, emmenagoguc, carminative, diuretic ; also 

 alexiteriai, nervine, cephalic, antispasmodic, and anaphrodisiac ; 

 dose gr. xv to 3ij ; externally rubefacient. 



Naekow-leaved rue. Ruta aiigustifolia. Vermifuge. 



Wild rue, Harmel^ Ruta sj/Ivestn's, Peranum harmala. Seeds 

 very inebriating, soporific, causing a happy forgetfulness and 

 pleasant delirium. 



169. ZYGOPHYLLE^. 



Caltrops, Trihulus terrestr'is. Herb detersive, astringent, 

 vermifuge ; seeds cordial. 



Bean caper, Zygophjilum fabago. Vermifuge. 



Lignum vit.e tree, Guaiacum, G. officinale; — Ligmim sane- 

 tiimf G, sanctum. Wood, guaiaci lignum, resinous, hot, aromatic, 

 diaphoretic, diuretic, when used in dropsy, gout, and especially 

 in the venereal disease in warm climates ; yields gum guaiacum ; 

 leaves detergent, used in scouring floors, and washing printed 

 linens. Officinal preparations of the wood. — Aqua calcis comp., Z). 

 Decoctum guaiaci comp., D, E. 



Porliera hygrometra. AVood sudorific, antirheumatic. 



no. SIMAROUBE.E. 

 Bark and wood intensely bitter, and devoid of astringency. 



Stave wood, Mountain damson^ Simarouha, Quassia simarouha. 



l^ark, simaroulxB cortex, inodorous, bitter, astringent, useful in 



ntery, intermittent fever, dyspepsia, the whites ; dose 3j to 



From the West Indies. Officinal preparation. — Infus. 



imaroubse, D. L. 



Quassia, Coissi, Qitassia amara. Wood of the root, quassicB 

 lignum, very bitter, febrifuge, stomachic, used in gout ; dose gr. x 

 to .^j, three or four times a day, or in infusion : used by brewers 

 instead of hops ; and pastry-cooks, &c. put a few chips into a 

 plate of water, as a poison for flies: baric of the root esteemed 

 in Surinam the most powerful, but not to be had in Europe. 



Qi'AssiA excelsa. The same qualities, but weaker. Officinal 

 preparation. — Infus. quassiae, D, L. Tinct. quassiae, D. E. 



Bitter wood, Quassia polggama. Wood makes a good bitter 

 infusion, jij — iv to lib. cold water; or the jx)wder, gr. xv, may 

 \k' taken. 



171. OCHNACEiE. 



Walkkua r.i.i,i^^i\^ Meesia serrata* Root and leaves bitter, 

 tonicy stomachic^ and anti-emetic. 



