Squills is diuretic and expectorant when given in small doses; and emetic and purgative when given in large doses.
It is
used internally
in dropsy, in combination with calomel and opium; in asthma, with ammoniacum; in catarrh, in the form of oxymel.
Dose
, of the
dried bulb powdered
, from one to two grains every six hours; of the
compound pill
, from ten to fifteen grains; of the