DIAPHORETICS., 85 
JABORANDI LEAVES. 
The plant is found in Brazil. The dried leaves are 
smooth, pale green, hard and tough, varying in size from one 
to four inches long and half to two broad ; no smell and when 
chewed, a slight balsamic taste. The infusion of the powdered 
leaves is the best way to administer it. One teaspoonful in 
half a pint of boiling water, strained and sweetened if patient 
prefers, will in about ten minutes bring out a profuse 
perspiration, beginning at the face and neck and spreading 
all over the skin. It has been estimated that in a robust 
person the amount of sweat poured out is nine to fifteen 
ounces. The temperature is slightly raised at first, but after 
the pores are opened it falls. From two to three hours the 
sweating usually lasts, after which the patient is more or less 
exhausted. To keep upa milder perspiration smaller doses are 
recommended. The indications for jalorandi are a hot dry 
skin, watery effusions in any part of the body, Bright’s 
disease, acute inflammation of the kidneys. The sweats may 
be repeated daily, every other day, or as often as required. 
A tablespoonful dose, frequently repeated, acts as a gentle 
diaphoretic. The active principle (pilocarpine) is used as a 
hypodermic injection, when it is desired to induce 
perspiration immediately. This should only be done by an 
experienced person. 
