Action and Uses: Astringent and in strong solutions corrosive. In large doses a gastric and intestinal irritant producing violent vomiting and purging. Considered one of the best antidotes in phosphorus poisoning.
Dosage: Emetic, 0.25 Gm. or 4 grains (U.S.P.).
Mistura Adstringens (Mist. Adstring.), Astringent Mixture, N.F. (Mistura Adstringens et Escharotica, N.F. III, Villate’s Mixture).—A needlessly complex mixture containing the acetates and sulphates of copper and zinc in dilute acetic acid solution with lead sulphate in suspension.
Cypripedium (Cypriped.), Cypripedium, N.F. (Lady Slipper Root).—Rhizome and roots.
Action and Uses: No definite indications for its use. Has been described as “tonic, stimulant and diaphoretic.”
Dosage: 1 Gm. or 15 grains (U.S.P.).
Fluidextractum Cypripedii (Fldext. Cypriped.), Fluidextract of Cypripedium, N.F.—Cypripedium (100%). Absolute alcohol content about 40 per cent.
Dosage: 1 Cc. or 15 minims (N.F.).
Damiana (Damiana), Damiana, N.F. (Turnera).—Leaves.
Action and Uses: Ingredient of “lost manhood” nostrums; mildly irritant, but otherwise probably inert.