The dispensatory and pharmacopoeia of North America and Great Britain / by John Buchanan and John J. Siggins.

  • Buchanan, John.
Date:
1878
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    same time promote nutrition in nervous dyspepsia, brought about by masturbation. Preparations and Doses: Tinctura cardui, one to four drachms; Tinctura cardui et hydrastis, one to two drachms. CAROTA, CARROT. The root and seeds of Daucus Carota. Cultivated from Europe. Leaves cut into fine divisions; umbel concave and dense in fruit, like a bird's nest, involucre of pinnatifid leaves. Properties: Stimulant and diuretic. Employed in dropsy, chronic nephritic affections and gravel; externally applied as a poultice to pha- gedenic cancerous, malignant and indolent ulcers, relieving the brain and correcting the fetor. Its antiseptic properties are such that it is capable of destroying living parasites on ulcers or in the alimentary canal. A strong decoction is very useful in gonorrhaea. Preparations and Doses: Carota, forty to one hundred and twenty grains; Tinctura carota?, one-half to one drachm. CARTHAMUS. dyer's saffron. The flowers of Carthamus Tinctorius: smooth, six to twelve inches high, with ovate-oblong leaves and large head in summer, Properties : Emmenagogue and diaphoretic. Employed in suppressed menstrual discharge caused by cold, in scarlatina, measles and other eruptive fevers. It is a remedy too much neglected. It is equal, if not superior, to asclepias as a diaphoretic. Preparations and Doses: Infusum carthami, one to six drachms; Extractum carthami fluidum, one-half to one drachm. CARTJM. CARRAWAY. The seeds of Carum Carui. Cultivated from Europe. Fruit ovate or oblong, flattish on the sides, each carpel with five narrow ribs and a single oil tube in the intervals, the axis from which the carpels separate splitting in two flowers, mostly white; leaves decompound ; fruit or fo- liage aromatic. Properties : Aromatic and carminative. Employed in flatulency and to flavor medicinal compounds. Preparations and Doses : Carum, ten to sixty grains ; Oleum cari, one to ten drops.