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Show 416 RHUBARB. site. EK.) Comvounn Pruxs or Ravsars. (Pilule Rhei Compo Take of rhubarb, in powder, one ounce; socotrine aloes, six drachms ; ——— myrrh, half an ounce ; volatile oil of peppermint, half a drachm: of Make theminto a mass, with a sufficient quantity of syrup orange-peel. This pill is intended for moderately warming andstrengthening the stomach, and gently opening the belly. A scruple of the mass may be takennight and morning. PRESCRIPTIONS. R. 1. Take of rhubarb, in powder, colombo, in powder, equal parts, grains 3: To be given every three hours. Most excellent in diarrhoeas. RK. 2. Take of rhubarb, in powder, grains 3, opiate confection - grains 6: To be given everyfour hours in the same disease. - - grains 15, R.. 3. Take of rhubarb, inpowder compound powder of scammony, grains 5: To be given at bed-time for costive habits. R. 4. Take ofsliced rhubarb - - - drachms 2, colombo, gentian, rind of orange, equal parts, drachm 4, raspings of quassia - - drachm 4, coriander, bruised - drachms 2, boiling water - - = = a pint: Make an infusion, and take half a wine glass occasionally when costive. Excellent in gouty habits. R.. 5. Take of compound tincture of rhubarb, drachms 2, tincture of catechu tincture of opium - - - - drachm 1, - drops 10: Make into a draught, to be taken three times a day in loosenesscs. SENNA, or AXGYPTIAN CASSIA. Class X. Decandria. Order I. Monogynia. Essent. Gen. Cuar. Calyx five-leaved: Petals five: Anthers above ste~ rile, the lowerones three-beaked: Fruit a legume. Srec. Coan. Leaves subovate: Petioles with glands. DESCRIPTION. Ture stalk rises from two to four feet, resembling a shrub, and sending out hollow woody stems. Leaves in alternate order, and compound, composedof several pair of oval, pointed, and nerved pinne, of a yellowish green colour. Flowers yellow, forming a spike, consisting of five petals. The podis curved andshort. HISTORY. It grows principally in Upper Aigypt, from whence the leaves ere brought, dried, and picked from the stalks, to Alexandria in Agypt, and thence imported into Europe. 2E Theyare of an |