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use. Occasionally the extract is rubbed down with soap and " aadministered as an enema (see Enema Colocynthidis.) j 0) in
3. In Diseases of the Brain .—In apoplexy, or a tendency t e) n-paralysis, insanity, violent headache, &c- colocynth is sonieti coUn teT'ployed with good effect, on the principle of revulsion orirritation. e j as a
4. In Dropsy . —In dropsical affections, colocynth has been l j s t ],js
hydragogue. But in this country it is less frequently employe^ ' ulllthan for other purposes : various other hydragogues (especially e ^ aS aand jalap) being usually preferred. It is sometimes employ® it » 5diuretic, being given in the form of decoction. Hufeland regar ^odya most effectual diuretic in persons of a cold and sluggish habit o(Eberle, Mat. Med. i. 119, 2nd ed.) j jjiefl'
5. In Amenorrheea and Chlorosis . —In some cases of obstruc ^ jj],estruation, benefit is obtained by the use of drastic purgati' Effectcolocynth, w’hich act on the rectum, and, by contiguous sympat „ >
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Administration. —The powder, which is rarely used, ma nJ j S edministered in doses of from two to eight or ten grains, intimate „ .
with some mild powder (gum, or starch). Tlie decoction (p re Pboiling 3ij. of colocynth in Oj. of water for six minutes, and, ae ^to Hufeland , adding to the strained liquor, f5ij. of the spirit of,.* g thr eeether, and f3j. of syrup of orange peel) is given in doses of p]j ar) iia(times a day. The tincture (prepared according to the Prussian i lb-j- ofcopoeia, by digesting 3j. of colocynth pulp and 3j. of star-anise ne jirrectified spirit) is given in doses of twenty drops. Colocynth has jy.i).ployed iatraleptically (see p. 48) by Dr. Chrestien ( Meth . Iatra -y^ w -jthThe tincture of colocynth, or twenty grains of the powder nil*- g ; ( lehog’s-lard, were used "by way of friction on the abdomen and IUD . wa sof the thighs, in disorders of the intellectual functions. Dm r ofa common effect. The following arc the officinal preparcolocynth. ,. e ce®>
1. Extractum Colocyntiiidis, L. E. D. (Colocynth pulp L 1 t,od
L.] lb.j.; Water [Distilled, L.] Cong. ij. [Cong. j. D.] 3 that
with a slow fire for six hours, frequently adding distilled water, lastly'’may always fill the same measure. Strain the liquor while hoevaporate it to a proper consistence, L .—The directions of the & jj re ctedCollege are essentially the same, except that the evaporation i®
to be effected by the vapour bath.—The Dublin College directs ^ j )0 t;ture to be boiled down to four pints, and the liquor filtered " 1 . g ve rv'then evaporated to a proper consistence.)—When the decoction ^ ^ jo
concentrated, it readily gelatinizes on cooling; hence it is uece- •' 0 fstrain it while hot. At Apothecaries’ Hall, the produce of 1 _ fiepulp is about 65 lbs. of extract (Barker and Montgomery, aS
Dub. Pharm.) Extract of colocynth is an objectionable preparit is very apt to become either mouldy or tough and hard byThe dose of it is grs. v. to 3j.
2 . Extractum Colocynthidis compositum, L . D . Pilule
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