SPECIFICS FOR THE ALIMENTARY TRACT 



Preparations and Doses. 



Galla 3 ij— iv; 8—16. 



* Tinctura Gallaj 20 per cent. 

 Unguentum Gallse 20 per cent. 



* Unguentum Gallse cum Opii B. P. 7/4 per cent, opium. 



Galls and its preparations are little used internally. The oint- 

 ment with equal parts of stramonium ointment or as the British 

 official is often very serviceable in painful hemorrhoids. 



KINO 



Kino is official as the spontaneously dried juice of Pterocarpus 

 Marsupium, a large tree of India. 

 Preparations. 



Kino H. % ss— j; 15.— 30. D. gx. v— xxx; 0.3—2. 

 Tinctura Kino D. 3 % — j ; 2. — 4. 



* Fluidextract H. § ss — j ; 2. — 4. D. xv— xxx; 0.3 — 2. 



* Tinctura Kino Compositus B. P. 5 per cent, of opium. 



=<= KRAMERIA 



Synonym: Ehatany 



This is the root of Krameria triandra, a low shrub of the moun- 

 tains of Peru and Bolivia. It contains about 20 per cent, of a 

 peculiar tannic acid, " Krameria-tannic acid." 



Preparations. 



* Extractum Kramerise. A dried watery extract. H. 3 ij — 



iij; 8.-12. D. grs. v— x; 0.3— 0.6. 



* Pluidextr actum Kramer ise. H. § ss — j. D. V([, v — ^xx; 



0.3—1.3. 



* Tinctura Kramerise. H. § j — ij. D. 3 ss — ij. 



* Syrupus Kramerise 45 per cent, of fluidextract. 



* Trochisci Kramerise each 1 grain, 



GAMBIR 



This is an extract prepared from the leaves and twigs of Ourou- 

 paria Gambir, a climber of the East Indies. It was introduced into 

 the pharmacopoeia of 1890 to replace catechu on account of the scarc- 

 ity of that drug. It contains from 33 to 47 per cent, of catechu- 

 tannic acid, catechin, etc. 



Preparations. 



Gambir. Double those of Tannic acid. 



Tinctura Gambir Compositus (5 per cent, of gambir, 2.5 

 per cent, of Cinnamon). Dog. 3 ss — j ; 2. — 4. 

 • * Trochisci, Gavibir. Each 1 grain. 

 * Unofficial. 



