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PAREIRA BRAVA.
8 «%n e /,-f e< ? dle discovery of a new vegetable alkali, which he calls cis-l »n tliis root.
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* Vrih^ C "'f c ! ers d’ e yellow bitter matter t° be the active principle of the root. It.'I’itatetl by t* ^ ein ™ s "hible in both alcohol and water. From its solution it was pre-a Ppears tr U1CtUre . mil n‘dls as well, as by subacetate of lead. In these properties,^fal Sl| b$tane^ lt;e ca diartine (see p. 1167); but it is, probably, a mixture of
°f pissampelin have not been described. Wingers says it is a stronglate, l by r a !.t, 01u 1 e ”* elber and in acetic acid. From its acetic solution it is precipi-
3 Carb »nate of soda.
S,1( Hv,fh ICAr ' 9 Haracteiiistics -—The presence of starch in the root isa d(liti 0n infusion of the root yields a precipitate on the
°f i ron ol fusion of galls, and is rendered brown by the sesquichloride
l ba(le\ Sl0l i 0GICAL Effects.—I ant unacquainted with any experimentsi* D Jy_ 0 determine the effects of this root in the healthy state of theappears « r01n * ts laste > botanical affinities, and effects in diseases, iti ^ Ur ther ° P os . sess a tonic power, and occasionally to act as a diuretic.^Uces u m ° re ’ * ts efficacy in certain maladies of the urinary organs in-f fl|i C0lls S a scribe an almost specific influence to this root over thel ° hav-Q P lem brane lining the urinary passages. It certainly does appeard °Sfs e P°wer of altering the quality of the urinary secretion. Large
a P erient ;
bs p 0 ■' .*• was originally introduced into medicine as a lithontriptic.
j 9’ e n wf 8 ln way were at one time highly vaunted, and Helvetius ( ' Sa Ppe Ut i S ° ^ ar as to assert that calculi, the size of an olive, hadl! . w loL ared un der its use, and that the operation for lithotomy wasr 'm J ^ ne cessary! We now employ it almost solely in dischargese urino-genital mucous membrane. — It has been used in^ CUc orrh(£a, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. In the
! 1 at j Je d‘ese diseases Sir B. Brodie {Land. Med. Gaz. i. 300) states,
I a aas -■ "on/l done by this root than by the Uva-ursi.
e bce “ it has a great iuflu-
^at,
1 Pbiger Ti UUutJ1 lto
y -on t] le Ilec essary! We now employ it aimw. _
° Il0r J'hm V , rtno 'genital mucous membrane. — It has been i
'ffiei- a > Icucorrhcea, and chronic inflammation of the bladder,at } le g lese diseases Sir B. Brodie {Land. Med. Gaz. i. 30C,
I at n as see n more good done by this root than by the Uva-ursi.•'-e 0v ^ Is hed,” says this eminent surgeon, “ that it has a great influ-Lte r i a jj j e disease which is now under consideration, lessening verydi, at, ( / r ! G secretion of the ropy mucus, which is itself a very great1 a d(] er j 1 believe, diminishing the inflammation and irritability of theHe recommends it to be taken in the form of a concen-h!^ ffi th C ° Ctl0n ’ to which may be added some tincture of hyoscyamus;fIiUr iati c ^ se ,? ases > in which there is a deposit of the triple phosphates,
a dduted n Hric acid may be added.
- drac hm 1; TRation -—The powder has been given in doses of from half
“ 51 drachm. But the infusion or decoction, to which some
**— A A tincture or essence has
c —Ufifid
• *' * ic and anticatarrnai. ..... .
[ e . r . a te ior S \ M ^ ar eimje, L. E. (Pareira,3vi.; Boiling Water , Oj. iua-st e °j -6 ] tU T ? houf s in a lightly covered vessel, and strain [throughp ri b'th oft] • ,SC ’ t0 TSiij- It will be advisable to increase theUs decoction by the addition of some extract of pareira to it.<u> ae d acco% narcodcs ( as °pi um or hyoscyamus) or acids may be con-l >(ir eir a f U S lo circumstances. Sir B. Brodie employs a decoction^prepared by boiling half an ounce of the root in three pints
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