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THE OEGANIC MATEEIA MEDICA. 



GROUP I. 

 THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



Aconiti Folia ACONITE LEAVES. The fresh 

 leaves and flowering tops of A con itu m Napellus. 

 Gathered when about one-third of the flowers are ex- 

 panded, from plants cultivated in Britain. 



Characters. Leaves smooth, palmate, divided into five 

 deeply cut wedge-shaped segments; exciting slowly, when 

 chewed, a sensation of tingling. Flowers numerous, irregular, 

 deep blue, in dense racemes. 



Aconiti Radix ACONITE ROOT. The dried 

 root of Aconitum Napellus. Imported from Ger- 

 many. or cultivated in Britain. Collected in the winter 

 ly spring before the leaves have appeared. 



Characters. Usually from one to three inches long, not 

 thicker than the finger at the crown, tapering, blackish-brown, 

 internally whitish. A minute portion, cautiously chewed, 

 s prolonged tingling and numbness. 



iance resembling Aconite Root : Armoracea. (See page 202.) 



Composition . The active constituent of aconite is aeon it ia 



"tin, C 30 H 47 X0 7 , an amorphous or crystalline alkaloid, 



forming salts with acids. The names of pseud-aconitin, 



napellin, nepallin, napalm, aconellin, etc., have been given to 



other more or less identical active principles obtained from the 



same plant or its botanical allies. They are combined with a 



ar acid, aconitic acid. 



Preparations. 

 A. Of the Leaves : 

 L Extractum Aconiti. A green extract. Dose, 1 to 2 gr. 



