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CYNARA.
MUCILAGE OF O.UINCE SEEDS.
Mucilago Cydoniorum seu Seminum Cydo-niorum. (Amst. ; Ant. ; Batav. ; Ba-var. ; Belg. ; Bruns. ; Ferr. ; Fuld. ;Hann. ; Hass. ; Lipp. ; Olden. ; Lu-SIT. ; Sax. ; Herbip. ; Brugnatelli ;
COXE ; PlDERIT ; S WEDIAUR ;VaN Mons)
R. Quince Seeds, two drams.
Water, a sufficient quantity.
Boil slowly to the consistence of muci-lage, and strain through a linen cloth.(Batav.)
Amst. prescribes one part of seeds, andtwelve parts of water; to be boiled veryslightly. (Ferr.; Fuld.; Hann.; Hass.;Lipp. ; Olden. ; Brugnatelli ; and Pi-DERiT — one of seeds, and eight of river orrose water : to be digested in a very mode-rate heat. — Swediaur — one part each ofseeds and of boiling water. — Lusit. — oneof seeds, and twenty-four of water ; to beboiled slightly. — Belg.; and Coxe — one ofseeds, and forty-eight of water ; to beboiled slightly. — Bavar. — one of seeds,and forty of water; to be macerated fortwo hours. — Ant. — one of seeds, and fortyof water ; to be boiled for eight minutes. —Sax. ; and Van Mons — one of seeds, andsixteen of rose-water, to be trituratedslowly. — Bruns. — one of seeds, and onehundred and forty-four of water ; to be di-gested in a moderate heat. — Herbip. — oneof seeds, and six of warm water ; to be di-gested in hot ashes. — Austr. — one of seeds,and twenty-four of water ; to be trituratedslowly.
It is demulcent, and is reputed slightlyastringent. It is employed principally ex-ternally, in ophthalmia. One part of seedsare sufficient to form a thick mucilage byboiling with forty-eight parts of water.
ACIDULATED MUCILAGE OF O.UINCE SEEDS.
Mucilago Seminum Cydoniorum acidúlala,Linctus acidus. (Suec.)
R. Quince Seeds, half a dram.
Triturate them with
River Water, a sufficient quantity
to form a mucilage. To two ounces of this,strained, add
Dilute Sulphuric Acid, one dram.
Syrup of Black Currant, one ounce.Mix.
pectoral lohoch.Quince Seeds,
(P1ERO.UIN)
two handfuls.
PtoroTwater, } of each ' two ounces "Syrup of Violets, one ounce and a half.Make a lohoch. — Dose, two spoonfuls.
DEMULCENT MIXTURE.R
(Sainte-Marie)
Mucilage of Quince Seeds, one ounce.Yolks of Eggs, two.
Honey of Roses, three ounces.
Mix. — Dose, a tea-spoonful, four, five,or six times a day. — Recommended by DeHaen in aphthœ of the pharynx, dryness ofthe throat, and the hoarseness of phthysicalpatients.
CYNANCHUM MONSPELIACUM, Linn.— MONTPELLIERCYNANCHUM.
Synonimes: — Cynanche de Montpellier,Fr. ; Rundblaettriger Hundswürger,Germ.
Gall.
This plant grows in the maritime parts ofthe middle of Europe. (Pentandria Digynia,
Linn. ; Apocyneœ, Juss. ; Fig. Cav. Ic. rar.I. t. 60.)
The herb {Herta Cynanchi) consists ofglabrous, cylindrical, sarmentous stems,furnished with oval, rounded leaves, stronglycut in form of a heart, ordinarily obtuse,and terminated by an acute point ; they areglabrous, and of an ash-grey colour.
CYNARA.
Two species of this genus of plants areemployed in medicine .
1. Cynara Cardunculus, Linn.
Synonime :— Cardon d'Espagne, Fr.
Gall. ; Bergius.
This plant is originally from the island ofCrete and Barbary ; it is cultivated inkitchen gardens. [Syngcnesia Polygamia¿Equates, Linn. ; Synanthereœ, Cass.; Fig.Mor. Hist. 3. S. 7. t. 33. f. 7.)
The flowers are employed ; they are com-