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Decoction of SoLANUii CRiSPUM

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Historical use wording: asthma

Source: Gray's supplement to the pharmacopoeia : being a concise but comprehensive dispensatory and manual of facts and formulae, for the chemist and druggist and medical practitioner by Gray, Samuel Frederick, 1766-1828; Redwood, Theophilus, 1806 - 1892; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1848), narrative-offset-1024798.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • SoLANUii CRiSPUM: Twigs, Dulcamara caules, diuretic, depurative, in chronic eruptions, its taste being co%^ered with milk; the form in which it has been used is chiefly that of decoction, two or three ounces of that of the London Pharmacopoeia may be given thrice a day. (G.) The root and young branches in the form of a decoction, much diluted with milk, have been recommended in scrofulous or glandular obstructions. (Smith.) The plant

Method as extracted

  1. Boil according to the source passage: Twigs, Dulcamara caules, diuretic, depurative, in chronic eruptions, its taste being co%^ered with milk; the form in which it has been used is chiefly that of decoction, two or three ounces of that of the London Pharmacopoeia may be given thrice a day. (G.) The root and young branches in the form of a decoction, much diluted with milk, have been recommended in scrofulous or glandular obstructions. (Smith.) The plant is a dangerous narcotic, and its gay tempting berries have occasionally caused serious accidents among children and others who 400 VEGETABLES. — solane^. have eaten them; in medicine the plant has been considered serviceable, both internally, and used as a wash in lepra, psoriasis, and other cutane- ous disorders; it is diaphoretic, and is said to have been advantageously exhibited in asthma. (L.) Dulcamara has been thought serviceable in chronic pulmonary catarrhs, in rheumatic gouty complaints, in chronic skin diseases, in lepra, and in various cachectic conditions of the system, in which sai'saparilla has been found beneficial. (Pereira.) SOLANUM INCANUM.

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Modern safety boundary

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  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
  • Automated review flags: pediatric or infant use, serious disease claim.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. Gray's supplement to the pharmacopoeia : being a concise but comprehensive dispensatory and manual of facts and formulae, for the chemist and druggist and medical practitioner — Gray's supplement to the pharmacopoeia : being a concise but comprehensive dispensatory and manual of facts and formulae, for the chemist and druggist and medical practitionerPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-1024798.
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