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Felter's Materia Medica on Buchu (barosma)
BUCHU (Barosma)AGBE2
The dried leaves of (1) Barosma betulina (Thunberg), Bartling and Wendland, or of (2) Barosma serratifolia (Curtis), Willdenow. (Nat. Ord. Rutaceae.) South Africa. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Names: Buchu; (1) Short Buchu; (2) Long Buchu. Principal Constituents.A volatile oil, with a penetrating peppermint-like aroma, yielding diosphenol (C14 H22 O3), or barosma camphor, which may be obtained in colorless needles, of a peppermint taste. Preparation.Specific Medicine Barosma. Dose, 1 to 60 d...1
The dried leaves of (1) Barosma betulina (Thunberg), Bartling and Wendland, or of (2) Barosma serratifolia (Curtis), Willdenow. (Nat. Ord. Rutaceae.) South Africa. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Names: Buchu; (1) Short Buchu; (2) Long Buchu. Principal Constituents.A volatile oil, with a penetrating peppermint-like aroma, yielding diosphenol (C14 H22 O3), or barosma camphor, which may be obtained in colorless needles, of a peppermint taste. Preparation.Specific Medicine Barosma. Dose, 1 to 60 d...1
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.