VACCINIUM.

DIAPHORETIC DECOCTION.

Decoctum diaphoreticum. (Brera)R. Elm Bark, two ounces

701

Dock,Water,

one ounce,a sufficient quantity

to obtain three pounds of strained liquor.

It is prescribed in chronic exanthemata.

URTICA.— NETTLE.

Three species of this genus are used inmedicine :

1. Urtica urens, Linn. — Stinging Nettle.

Ant.; Bavar. ; Bruns.; Gall. ; Ferr. ;

Lipp. ; Brugnatelli ; Murray and

Gmelin.

A very common plant of Europe. (Mo-nœcia Tetrandria, Linn. ; Urtica, Juss. ;Fig. (Ed. Fl. Dan. t. 739)

The herb, flowers, and seeds are cm-ployed.

The herb (Heroa Urtica! minoris) pre-sents a branching stem and oval, deeply-toothed leaves bristled with extremely acutehairs. It has a bitterish taste.

The flowers are green and assembled inshort axillary racemes, nearly sessile.

The seeds are oval, shining, and of alight brown colour.

2. Urtica dioica, Linn. — Common Nettle.

Synonimes :— Ortie dioïque, Fr. ; GrosseBrennessel, Germ. ; Kopriwa paliwanefwetssj, Bohem. ; Stör braendenelde,Dan. ; Ortiga mayor, Span. ; Groótebrandenatel, Dut. ; Ortica, Ital. ; Po-krzywa, Pol. ; Ortiga major, Port. ;Braenn œtsta, Swed.

Amst. ; Bavar. ; Bruns. ; Dan. ; Hisp. ;Gall. ; Ferr. ; Genev. ; Hass. ; Wir-tem. ; Herbip. ; Bergius ; Murrayand Gmelin ; Spielmann ; Zarda.

A plant of Europe. (Fig. Zorn, le. pi.t. 465)

The root and herb are employed.

The root (Radix Urtica majoris) is long,ligneous, and branching ; of a brownishcolour without, and whitish within.

The herb consists of a quadrangular stemfurnished with petiolated, cordiform, point-ed, serrated leaves, covered with pricklyhairs.

3. Urtica Pilulifera, Linn.

Bruns. ; Wirtem. ; Murray and Gme-lin ; Spielmann.

A plant of the south of Europe. (Fig.Blackw. Herb. tab. 321)

The seeds (Semen Urtica Romana senHispánica seu pilulifera) are employed.They are rounded, flattish, of a blackish-brown colour, somewhat resembling linseedbut smaller.

extract of nettle.

Inspissamentum Urticarum. (Hisp.)

R. Leaves and Stalks of Nettle,

any quantity.Bruise them in a stone mortar ; then ex-press the juice, and evaporate it when de-fecated, to the consistence of thick honey,in a water-bath.

SYRUP OE NETTLE.

Syrupus de Urtica seu Urticarum. (Hisp. ;•Gall.)

R. Juice of Nettle, depurated "I of each,by boiling and strained, V anWhite Sugar, J equal part.

Boil slowly to the consistence of syrup.(Gall.)

Hisp. directs equal parts of nettle juiceand of white sugar, to be clarified and'boiled to a syrup with a sufficient quantity,of water.

This syrup is considered diuretic.

VACCINIUM.

Three species of this genus are employedin medicine :

1. Vaccinium Myrtillus, Linn. — CommonBlueberry.

Synonimes : Airelle, Myrtille, Raisin desbois, Fr. ; Heidilbeere, Germ. ; Myr-tus, Gahody cerne, Wranj oka, Bohem. ;Blaîbar, Dan. ; Mirtillo, Arándano,

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