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which it increases and quickens, while they, by diminishing d s s0 a 0 rin the juices of the stomach, lessen its tendency to create n aU dvomiting. The pilules cathartics composite, Ph . U. S. (see p- ' ’ Q aSthe pilules cambogicc composite, L. D. (p. 1232), may be referrepreparations in which these objects have been kept in view. <rar nbog e >
2. In cerebral affections, as apoplexy, or a tendency thereto, 0 .^jy
usually associated with other purgatives as above stated, is a . „ D th evaluable counter-irritant purgative. By stimulating and 1 °*'q s < oft t>11nerves, blood-vessels, and secretory apparatus of the abdomen, icalculated to relieve determinations of blood to other parts. p its
3. In dropsies gamboge has been employed, on accoun ^ catt . ( fliydragogue operation, where the use of drastic purgatives is ia ] l0 w -To its efficacy numerous practitioners have borne testimony- 1 , ’ n ;j ( lciever, rarely given alone, but usually in combination with other an ^ pgremedies (as jalap and bitartrate of potash) of the same class. jj a sdesirable to act also on the kidneys, an alkaline solution of g a j n ”. v jcC'been recommended. Gamboge has been thought more especially sable in those forms of dropsy connected with hepatic obstruction- a
4. As an anthelmintic. —Gamboge has been frequently elll P g llC cess-remedy for tape-worm, and not unfrequently with considerableSeveral empirical anthelmintic remedies (see Murray, App- j in por'et seq.) are said to owe their efficacy to this substance. It i s aU
tant constituent of Madame Noutfer’s specific (see p. 578). ... ga iid
Administration.— On account of its tendency to occasion voini 1 ~f ol irgriping, gamboge is usually given in small doses, as from one to ^ ireC j u piisgrains, in the form of pill, and repeated every four or six hours- pillway it may be given with safety and without inconvenience. 0 iuti u11 .dose of it is said to be from ten to fifteen grains. An alkaline g 0 tof gamboge has been long known on the continent under the D ‘ j. jj.tincture of gamboge ( tinctura gummi guttes, in Voigtel’s Arznef 1 ".Abt. ii. S. 203) and has been employed as a powerful diuretic mIt consists of gamboge, in powder, 3ss.; carbonate of potasln J’ „tle
mately mixed with the gamboge); and brandy, jxij. Digest wheat for four days. Dose f’sss. to f5j. (G a,a "
Pilulje Cambogije compositm, L. D. Pilules Cambogiee, E- a j ot >sboge,bruised, 5j. [5j- A.] ; Aloes bruised, giss. [East Indian orAloes, 5j. E .—Hepatic Aloes, 3iss. D.]; Ginger , bruised, sss. L* (r(jl ],gr,powder, 3j. E.]; Castile Soap, jij. [*ij. E.] Mix the powders t all clthen add the soap [and then a sufficiency of syrup, E. treacle, • t j ia itbeat them into one mass). Cathartic; considerably more actl .'„ a tiofl-the pilules allies composites (p. 649). Employed in obstinate cons T^. p,cDose, grs. x. to grs. xv.—The aloes, by diminishing the solubiH q’)icgamboge, renders the latter less likely to irritate the stoniac ^. eor gcformula is said to be a simplification of one proposed by E r- 1Fordyce. . . nllS t t )C
Antidote. —In poisoning by gamboge our chief reliance eU pliOi"placed on the palliatives already mentioned for poisoning Ip with fbium (p. 775) and elatenum (p. 1088). I am acquaintedwell-ascertained antidote, though the alkalies (carbonate °p cCll