Cocculus Indicus.—See [Picrotoxin].
Colchicum—Meadow Saffron—Colchicum Wine, Tincture, &c.
Use stomach-pump or tube, or empty the stomach by emetics, such as sulphate of zinc, or mustard, or ipecacuanha; or, better than all, give a hypodermic injection of 4 or 5 drops of the solution of apomorphine.
Give tannin or gallic acid in 1⁄2-drachm doses, or strong tea or coffee.
Allay the pain in the bowels and purging by small doses of opium or morphine.
Keep the extremities warm, apply hot fomentations to the abdomen; stimulants may be used, give plenty of water and demulcent drinks.
Colocynth.
Treatment on the same lines as that for [Colchicum].