The British pharmaceutical codex : an imperial dispensatory for the use of medical practitioners and pharmacists / by authority of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

Date:
1907
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    convulsions, and may bite his tongue, pass water, and foam at the mouth. This drug is rarely employed, but it might be of value in nervous diseases such as neurasthenia, or in any condition in which a direct stimulation of the cortex cerebri is desirable. For internal administration absinthium is used in the form of tincture (i in 8 or 10), and infusion (i in 10 or 20). It was formerly an ingredient of various vinous preparations, of which absinthe is the present representative. ACACI.E CORTEX. Acacia Bark. Synonym.—Babul Bark. Acacia bark is obtained from Acacia arabica, Willd., or A. decurrens, Willd. (N.O. Leguminosas). The former grows in India, Arabia, and Africa; the latter is indigenous to Australia. The bark is collected from both wild and cultivated trees not less than seven years old. It is then dried and should be kept for a year before use. The bark of Acacia arabica occurs in hard and woody pieces, rugged externally, with longitudinal and transverse fissures and cracks. The inner surface is rusty red in colour, very fibrous, and marked with longitudinal striations. The taste is astringent and mucilaginous. The bark of Acacia deciirrens, or black wattle,- also occurs in hard and woody pieces, from 2-5 to 5 centimetres broad and 1-5 to 3 millimetres thick. Externally it is rugged and of a greyish-brown colour; the inner surface is dark reddish-brown and longitudinally striated. The fracture is brittle and coarsely fibrous ; the odour faint; taste astringent. Acacia bark contains tannin (about 22 per cent.) and gallic acid, Decoctuni Acaciae Corticis (i in 16) is used as a substitute for the decoction of oak bark ; it is of service as an astringent gargle, lotion, or injection. Note.—Acacia bark is used in India and the Australasian and Eastern Colonies instead of oak bark. ACACIyE GUMMI. Gum Acacia.. Synonyms.—Acacia ; Gum Arabic. Gum acacia is obtained from certain species of Acacia, the chief being Acacia Senegal, Willd. (N.O. Leguminosa^), a small tree indigenous to East and West Africa. The gum exudes from the stem and branches spontaneously, but the flow is often stimulated by mcisions m the bark. The exuded gum hardens on exposure to me air, and is then collected, dried, and exported. Much is sent to Irieste, where it is sorted for the European and other markets. . i he gum occurs m rounded or ovoid brittle tears, varying much m diameter. They are either colourless or of a pale yellowish