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ELEMENTS OF MATERIA MEDICA.
as those of the Edinburgh College). Dose, gr. v. to gj. Whatever virtuthis preparation possesses is owing to the bitter principle or lupulite- ,
4. Lvpuijna : yellow powder; Lupulinic grains or glands. — (Separatefrom the strobiles by rubbing and sifting). Dose grs. vj. to grs- xlJ 'taken in the form of powder or pills.
5. Tinctura Lupulinje ; Tinctura Lupuli, E. — (Take any c ° n rvenient quantity of hops, recently dried; separate by friction and siftin'?the yellowish-brown powder attached to the scales. Then take of tn 1 *powder one ounce, and of rectified spirit eight fluidounces; and p r ®^pare the tincture by percolation or digestion, as directed for tincturecapsicum. Ph. Ed.) Dose, 3 ss. to 3ij.
Mo'rus ni'gra, Linn., L. D.— The Common Mul'berry.
Sex. Syst. Moncecia, Tetrandria.
History. — The mulberry (gopea) is mentioned by Hippocrates rictus ratione, lib. ii. p. 360, ed. Fees.) “ Mora calfaciunt et humect a °ac alvo secedunt,” says the Father of Physic. Dioscorides (lib. i- cap "180) also speaks of the mulberry.
Botany. Gen. Char. —Monoecious. Catkins unisexual. Calyx f° u ^lobed; the lobes concave. Stamens four, alternate with the segment*the calyx. Ovary free. Stigmas two. Seeds one to two, covered - ythe pulpy calyx {Bot. Gall.) ^
Sp. Char. — Leaves cordate, ovate, lobed, or unequally dentate;
j. )G 15l and thickish. Fruit dark purple (“
Gall.) .y
A small tree, with rugged bark. Fl° a ’ j egreenish. “ Fruit, consisting of the f eI ® a
flowers, become fleshy and grown tog elinclosing a dry membranous perW
theo
carp
(Lindley.)
Hab .-— Native of Persia and China ,tivated for its fruit. Flowers in May-Description. — The fruit is usua •„
but
Cid'
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Morus nigra.
called a berry (bacca mori nigra), am fact, that kind called by botanistssorosis. Its odour is peculiar and ag re ^able; its taste is peculiar, pleasant, & c \dulous, and sweet. The juice is daviolet red.
i , t. . . , Composition. —The fruit has not b eetI
n-pmcp.1 constituents a,, viole t-„d cCi, latter »/', :, T’ 'r The root has been analysed W
Wackenroder (Gmelins Handb. d. Chem 2 1324) '
^ H ?b IOL °T^L EF ? C J S -~ Mulberries are alimentary in a slightgree: they allay th lr st, dimmish febrile heat, and, in‘large quantityprove laxative. si
, are emp]0 >' ca as an agreeable aliment, and areadapted to check preternatural heat, and relieve thirst in fevers, but a jobjectionable when a tendency to diarrhoea exists. They owe th emention in the Pharmacopoeia to their colour and flavour.