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Alant, Alantwurzel, Alantwurz, Bousta-land, Oland, Helenenkraut, Germ. ; U-sululrasun, Arab. ; Women, Bohem. ;Aland Sanet Ellensron, Dan. ; Enulacampana, Span. ; and Port.; Alants-worte], Dut. ; Enula campana, Elenio,Ital. ; Bekhisanjubischami, Pers. ; Oma-nowy, Pol. ; Aland, Swkd.
Dubl. ; Amer. ; Amst. ; Ant. ; Austr. ;Batav. ; Bavar. ; Belg. ; Bruns. ;Dan.; Hisp. ; Gall.; Fenn.; Ferr. ;Form. Hôp. Fr. ; Fuld. ; Genev. ;Hamb. ; Hann. ; Hass. ; Lipp. ; Ol-den. ; LusiT. ; Pol.; Borus. ; Ross. ;Sax. ; Suec. ; Wirtem. ; Herbip. ;Bergius ; Brugnatelli; Coxe; Gui-bourt ; Murray and Gmelin ; Pide-rit ; Spielmann ; Zarda.
A plant of every part of Europe. (Fig.Flore Medic. 1. 48.)
The root (Radix Enula? seu Enulœ cam-pana! seu Heleniï) is employed. It is fusi-form, of the thickness of the thumb, fleshy,branching, furnished with a few fibrils,fawn-coloured or brown without, and whitewithin. When fresh, it has, a strong andpenetrating odour, but after desiccation, oneresembling that of violets. Its taste is pe-culiar, bitterish, aromatic, and lively.
It contains a volatile oil, a kind of féculacalled Inuline, a bitter substance, and a re-sinous matter.
It is tonic, diuretic, sudorific, expecto-rant, anthelmintic, and emmenagogue. —Dose, from half a dram to two drams ofthe powder.
I. Preparations which contain Elecampanein substance.
CONSERVE OF ELECAMPANE.
R. Fresh Root of Elecampane, one pound.Water, eight pounds.
Macerate for several days ; then softenthe root by boiling ; and clarify in the de-coction,
White Sugar, half a pound.
Digest the root in the syrup for threedays ; then boil till this becomes very thick,and preserve the root in it, or dry it in astove. (Sard.)
R. Root of Elecampane, any quantity.
Boil it in a sufficient quantity of water,till it may be bruised between the fingers ;pound it in a marble mortar ; strain thepulp through a silken sieve, and add to ittwice its weight of syrup, boiled á la plume.(Sard.)
Gall, directs one part of pulp and fourparts of sugar boiled to the consistence of
an electuary in decoction of the root. — VanMons — one of pulp and three of white sugar.
aromatic powder of elecampane.(Saunders)
R. Powdered Root of Elecampane,
six parts.
------------------------ Angelica, one part.
Mix.
anti-lyssic powder.
Pulvis anti-
sicus Ormskirkianus. (Niemann)
R. Root of Elecampane, one dram.
Chalk, half an ounce.
Armenian Bole, three drams.
Alum, ten grains.
Oil of Anise, fire drops.Pulverize and mix.
This powder was formerly celebrated, butlike all those of the same kind, its pretend-ed virtues have all gradually become obso-lete.
ointment of elecampane.
Unguentum Inulœ seu Helenii seu enulatum.(Bruns. ; Hisp. ; Wirtem. ; Augus-tin ; Hufeland; Niemann; Spiel-mann; Swediaur)
R. Root of Elecampane, half a pound.
Spring Water,one hundred and twenty-eight ounces.Boil, reduce to pulp, and add
Fresh Butter, four ounces.
Mix. (Niemann)
Swediaur directs half a pound of rootto be boiled in one pound of water, andthree ounces of butter to be added to thepulp. — Augustin; and Hufeland — theroot to be boiled in a sufficient quantity ofwater, and reduced to pulp, and then a suf-ficient quantity of lard to be added.
R. Root of Elecampane, one pound.
Lard, half a pound.
Olive Oil, four ounces.
Triturate in a stone mortar; then boilover a slow fire to the consumption of thehumidity, express, strain, and add,
Yellow Wax, 1 , ,Turpentine, j of each, one ounce.
Mix. (Bruns. ; Wirtem. ; Spiel-mann)
R. Compound Oil of Elecampane,
four pounds.
Yellow Wax, one pound.
Lard, four ounces.
Melt together, and add to the mass when
half cold,