166 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR, 
Xalapa. Jalapisa brisk purgative, causing watery discharge, 
much allied to but less irritant than scammony. Jalap is 
used as an ordinary purgative in costiveness and imflammatory 
affections, especially when combined with aromatics, which 
diminish the griping. Itis also given as a hydragogue in 
dropsies. Dose of the powder, 10 to 30 grains. Of the 
tincture, + to 2 teaspoonfuls. 6d per ounce. Safe in above 
doses. 
KamatA.—The powder, consisting of minute glands and 
hairs obtained from the surface of the fruits of Mallotus 
Philippinensis (rottlera tinctoria), imported from India. A 
powerful anthelmintic found very efficacious in India in the 
treatment of tape-worms. It usually purges freely. Dose, 
30 grains to } ounce in honey or thick gruel. Safe. 6d per 
ounce. 
Kino.—The juice hardened in the sun, flowing from the 
incised bark of pterocarpus marsupium or Indian kino tree, 
growing near the Malabar coast. A powerful astringent. 
May be given whon tannin is indicated. Often employed in 
pyrosis and diarrhoea, and as a gargle in relaxed throat. 
Dose of powdered kino, 10 to 30 grains. Of tincture, } to 
two teaspoontfuls. Use carefully. 
Kousso.—The dried panicles, chiefly of the female flowers 
of Hagenia Abyssinica, native of Abyssinia. Kousso acts as an 
efficient anthelmintic; whether it is superior to other remedies 
of the same class is as yet doubtful. It has little or no 
cathartic power, and the subsequent administration of a 
purgative is generally required to bring away the entozoa 
which the kousso seems to destroy. Dose of the infusion, 4 
to 8 fluid ounces. Safe. 1s per oz. | 
Kramerta Raprx (Rhatany Root) —The dried root of 
Peruvian rhatany, growing in New Granada and Brazil. A 
powerful astringent. It is used in chronic forms of diarrhoea 
and dysentery, and may be given in the various forms of 
hemorrhage. The powder has much repute asa dentifrice 
