Yellow, microcrystalline needles.—Sol. in water.—Uses and Dose: Same as berberine carbonate.
Berberine Phosphate Merck.—Cryst.
Yellow powd.—Sol. in water.—Most sol. salt of berberine, and easiest to administer, in pills, hydro-alcoholic solut., or aromatic syrup.—-Uses and Dose: Same as berberine carbonate.
Berberine Sulphate Merck.—Cryst.
Yellow needles.—Sol. with difficulty in water; almost insol. in alcohol.—Uses and Dose: Same as berberine carbonate.
Betol Merck.
Naphtalol; Naphto-salol; Sali-naphtol; Beta-naphtol Salicylate.—White powd.; odorl.; tastel.—Sol. in boiling alcohol, in ether, benzene; insol. in water, glycerin.—Internal Antiseptic, Antizymotic, Antirheumatic.—Uses: Putrid processes of intestinal tract, cystic catarrh, rheumatism, etc.—Dose: 4—8 grn., 4 t. daily, in wafers, milk or emulsion.
Bismal.
Bismuth Methylene-digallate, Merck.—Gray-blue powd.—Sol. in alkalies; insol. in water or gastric juice.—Intestinal Astringent (especially in diarrheas not benefited by opiates).—Dose: 2—5 grn. every 3 hours, in wafers or powd.
Bismuth Benzoate Merck.—C.P.