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is  known  as  syrupus  corrigens.  Yerba  Santa  is  often  smoked  like 
tobacco,  the  smoke  being  inhaled  and  giving  relief  in  asthma.  The 
fluid  extract  is  also  said  to  afford  relief  in  the  same  complaint.  The 
natives  of  the  Pacific  Coast  have  long  esteemed  it  as  endowed  with 
rare  value  in  all  diseases  of  the  respiratory  organs.    It  has  also  been 
Fig.  3. 
used  in  the  form  of  a  tea,  and  a  solid  extract  has  been  prepared. 
One  of  the  most  remarkable  properties  of  the  drug  is  its  power  of 
completely  destroying  the  bitter  taste  of  quinine,  and  it  is  very  often 
prescribed  with  reference  to  this  property.  The  leaves  have  an 
aromatic  odor,  and  a  balsamic  and  sweetish  taste. 
