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TROPvEOLUM.—NASTURTIUM.
otlier parts of water, and the mixed liquorsevaporated to the consistence of honey, orof solid extract. — Fuld. — six days' mace-ration of one pound of root in six poundsof water, then an hours' ebullition, and ex-pression ; the ebullition of the residue withthree pounds of water : the repetition ofthis till the water comes off colourless andinsipid, and the final evaporation of themixed liquors to the consistence of honey.
This extract is esteemed resolvent anddiuretic. — Dose, a spoonful.
DECOCTION OF DOG-GRASS.
Decoc/um Graminis. (Ant.; Gall.; Cast.Bords.; Cadet de Gassicourt; Ra-tier)
R. Root of Dog-grass, sliced,
eight ounces.
Water, four pounds.
Boil down to three fourths, and strain. —
Ant. — prescribes two ounces of dog-grass
and two pounds of water ; to be boiled
down to one half.
R. Root of Dog-grass, one ounce.
Boil it for a short time in a sufficientquantity of water, and reject this ; thenbruise the root, and boil it with
Water, two pounds eight ounces,
till only two pounds remain. Add towardsthe end,
Grated Liquorice, two drams.
Strain when cold. (Gall.; Cadet deGassicourt ; Disp. Cha. Paris ; Ratier)
This last decoction is only emollient;the first is slightly tonic.
COMPOUND DECOCTION OF DOG-GRASS.
Decoctum Graminis compositum. (Hisp. ;Saunders)
R. Root of Dog-grass, 1 of each,
---------- Madder, J half an ounce.
Water, three pounds.
Boil down to two thirds, and add towards
the end,
Grated Liquorice. one dram.
Express, and add
Nitrate of Potass, one dram.
Dissolve. (Hisp.)R. Root of Dog-grass
---------- Dandelion
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of each,
two ounces.
Water, a sufficient quantity,
to obtain one pound and a half of straineddecoction. Boil for half an hour, and add
Sulphate of Potass, half an ounce.
Syrup of Fumitory, two ounces.
Spirit of Nitric ¿Ether, one dram.
Mix. (Saunders)
It is excitant, and deobstruent.
ALKALINE DIURETIC DECOCTION.
Decoctum divreticvm alkalinum, (VanMons)
R. Saturated Decoction of Dog-grass
and of Dandelion, three pounds.Subcarbonate of Soda, three drams.Nitrate of Potass,
one dram and a half.Honey, one ounce and a half.
Dissolve. — It is excitant, and is recom-mended in lacteal metastasis and in ana-sarca. — Dose, a cupful, every two hours.
TROP.EOLUM MAJUS, Linn.— INDIAN CRESS, NASTURTIUM.
Synonimes :— Capucine, Cresson des In-des, Cresson du Mexique, Fr. ; Indian-ische kresse, Capucinerkresse, Germ. ;Indiansk karse, Dan. ; Capcichinos,Span.; Spaensche kers, Dut.; Capu-cino, Ital. ; Mastraceo da Paro, Port. ;Indiauisk kresse, Swed.
Bruns. ; Gall. ; Wirtem. ; Bergius ;Murray and Gmelin ; Spielmann.
A plant of South America. ( OctonariaMonogynia, Linn. ; Tropœoteœ, Cand. ;Fia. Flore Medic. II. 96)
The herb and flowers are used.
The herb (Herba Nasturtii Indici seuCardami majoris) consists of a cylindrical,glabrous stem, and of alternate, plane,rounded leaves ; they present five obscurelobes, are peltate, and supported upon longfoot stalks.
The flowers consist of five petals of anorange-yellow or scarlet colour.
The taste and odour are strong and simi-lar to those of cress.
It is excitant, and reputed anti-scorbutic.