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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    tions. It has proved to be of considerable value in acute erysipelas, cramps, flatulency, pleurisy and night-sweats. So marked an effect has this remedy over fevers, that it constitutes the fever powders of several practitioners. But it is thought by many that this remedy also possesses tonic and sedative properties, but I consider these as insignificant when compared with its diaphoretic and febrifuge properties. In all cases where a cooling, non-exciting, but efficient diaphoretic is indicated, it is a highly appropriate remedy. When combined with caulophyllin, it is one of the very best agents we possess in the cure of amenorrhcea, dysmenorrhea, in after-pains occurring after the parturient period, and for the suppression of lochia. Preparations and Doses : Tinctura corallorhizse, ten to forty drops ; Extractum corallorhizae fiuidum, five to twenty drops. CORIANDRUM. CORIANDER. The fruit of Coriandrum Sativum. Cultivated from the Orient. Fruit globular, not readily splitting in two; indistinctly many-ribbed; a pair of oil tubes on the inner face of each carpel. Flowers white; leaves pinnately compound; plant strong scented. Properties: Stimulant and carminative. Employed principally in connection with other drugs. Preparations and Doses : Pulveres coriandri, one drachm ; Tinctura coriandri, one-half to one ounce. CARIARIA. REDOUL. The leaves and seeds of Cariaria Myrtifolia. A shrub indigenous to Barbary. A violent narcotic poison. For uses and doses see Urare. CORNU CERVINiE USTTTM. CALCINED DEER'S HORN. The calcined horns of the Cervus Virginianus. Properties: Styptic. Employed in uterine hemorrhage, menorrha- gia, dysentery, hemoptysis, and other hemorrhages. Preparations and Doses .- Comu Ustum, one-half to two drachms. CORNUS. DOGWOOD. The bark of Cornus Florida. Habitat: Rocky wood. A tree from twelve to thirty feet high.