CANNABIS INDICA. 341 



Mori Succus MULBERRY JUICE. The Juice of 

 the ripe fruit of Morus nigra. 



Characters. Of a dark violet colour, -with a faint odour, 

 and an acidulous sweet taste. 



Preparation. 

 Syrupua Mori. Dose, 1 to 2 fl.dr. 



ACTION AND USE. ~ 



Mulberry juice is a pleasant flavouring and colouring agent. 



CANNABINACE^B. 



Cannabis Indica INDIAN HEMP. The dried 

 flowering tops of the female plants of Gannabis sativa. 

 For medicinal use that which is grown in India, and 

 from which the resin has not been removed, is alone 

 to be employed. 



Characters. Tops consisting of one or more alternate 

 branches, bearing the remains of the flowers and smaller leaves 

 and a few ripe fruits, pressed together in masses which are 

 about two inches long, harsh, of a dusky-green colour and a 

 characteristic odour. Various preparations are known in 

 different parts of the East, as Bang, Hashish, Churrus, and 

 Gun j ah. 



Composition. Cannabis indica contains a brown amorphous 

 resin, cannabin, and a volatile oil, cannaben, either or both of 

 which may be the active principle. 



Preparations. 



1. Extraction Cannabis Indica. Alcoholic. 6 in 1. Dose, % 



to Igr. 



2. Tinctura. nannfl.hiH Tndip.fla. 1 in 20. Incompatible*, water 



and watery infusions. Dose, 5 to 20 min. rubbed with 

 1 fl.dr. of mucilage. 



ACTION AND USES. 

 1. IMMEDIATE LOCAL ACTION, AND ACTION ON THE BLOOD. 



Positive knowledge on these points is wanting ; but the 

 drug certainly does not derange the stomach and intestines like 

 opium. It is never used externally. Internally the extract 



