Foreign Vegetables. 105 
Junker moreover afferts, that this Bark is good 
in all Inflammations, except the Quinfey, where it 
is fomewhat too acrid •, that it is of Service alfo 
in Pains, hypochondriack and hyfterick Spafms, 
Excefs of the menftrual and hasmorrhoidal Fluxes, 
internal Haemorrhages, Vomiting of Blood, Flood- 
ing, and Spitting of Blood •, likewife in an Hemi- 
crania , Debility of the Stomach remaining after 
Difeafes, exceflive Vomiting, all Fluxes of the Belly 
and others. And though it does not always pro- 
duce its Effedt immediately, yet by its tonic and 
gently anodyne Quality it affords fome Relief to 
the Patient, and is fafer, at lead, and more conve- 
nient than Opiates. 
In Regard of its Ufe, we need only be cautious 
to give it in a convenient Time and proper Me- 
thod ; and not to be over liberal in the Quantity, 
becaufe it is heating. 
When Cafcaril is burnt it emits a Fume of a 
pleafant Smell, though difagreeing with many Per- 
sons, being obferved to affedt the Plead. 
As to the reft, the Germans ufe it in Powder, 
Tindture, Extradf, and Infuflon. The Powder is 
prefcribed in thefe Affedtions from gr. vj. to 9fs. 
or 9j. the Infuflon from ^fs. to 3J. in a proper Li- 
quor, the Tindture prepared with Spirit of Wine, 
from gut. x. to xx. and the Extradt from gr. iij. to 
vj. or viij. 
Michael Albert us ^ Profeffor of Phyflck at Halle , 
in his Introduction to Phyfick , gives the fame Ac- 
count of this Bark. He likewife adds, that it has 
no fuch fpecifick Virtue in curing epidemical Fe- 
vers, as Apinus afcribes to it ; but that it is of fome 
Service, after due Evacuations, in fubduing the 
milder intermitting Fevers. 
C H A P. 
