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Felter's Materia Medica on Galla
GALLA
An excrescence on Quercus infectoria, Olivier, and other allied species of Quercus (Nat. Ord. Fagaceae), caused by the punctures and deposited ova... / ...onstituents.Tannin (24 to 80 per cent) and gallic acid (1 1/2 per cent). Preparations.1. Pulvis Gallae, Pulverized Galls. Dose, 5 to 20 grains. 2. Unguentum Gallae, Ointment of Nutgall (20 per cen... / ...by many as a local application, in ointment, in preference to the acids named. They are commonly associated with opium for the same purpose.1
An excrescence on Quercus infectoria, Olivier, and other allied species of Quercus (Nat. Ord. Fagaceae), caused by the punctures and deposited ova... / ...onstituents.Tannin (24 to 80 per cent) and gallic acid (1 1/2 per cent). Preparations.1. Pulvis Gallae, Pulverized Galls. Dose, 5 to 20 grains. 2. Unguentum Gallae, Ointment of Nutgall (20 per cen... / ...by many as a local application, in ointment, in preference to the acids named. They are commonly associated with opium for the same purpose.1
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.