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Felter's Materia Medica on Inulin
IMPATIENS
The plants Impatiens pallida, Nuttall; and Impatiens capensis, Meerb., (Nat. Ord. Balsaminaceae). Moist shady places and rich soils in the United... / ...America. Dose, 1 to 60 grains. Common Names: Elecampane, Scabwort. Principal Constituents.Resins, inulin (30 to 40 per cent), a starch-like body, and helenin (Alant camphor). Preparations.1. Speci... / ...symptoms is concerned, is unquestioned, but so far we are skeptical concerning its power to destroy the tubercle bacillus within the body.1
The plants Impatiens pallida, Nuttall; and Impatiens capensis, Meerb., (Nat. Ord. Balsaminaceae). Moist shady places and rich soils in the United... / ...America. Dose, 1 to 60 grains. Common Names: Elecampane, Scabwort. Principal Constituents.Resins, inulin (30 to 40 per cent), a starch-like body, and helenin (Alant camphor). Preparations.1. Speci... / ...symptoms is concerned, is unquestioned, but so far we are skeptical concerning its power to destroy the tubercle bacillus within the body.1
LAPPA (Arctium lappa)ARLA3
The root and seeds of Arctium Lappa, Linné (Nat. Ord. Compositae). Europe, Asia, and America.... / ...se, 5 to 60 grains. Common Name: Burdock. Principal Constituents.The glucoside lappin, fixed oil, inulin, and an altered tannin called phlobaphene. Preparations.1. Specific Medicine Lappa. Dose, I... / ...with tendency to dry, scaly, cutaneous eruption and low grades of cellular inflammation, with feeble circulation in the skin.1
The root and seeds of Arctium Lappa, Linné (Nat. Ord. Compositae). Europe, Asia, and America.... / ...se, 5 to 60 grains. Common Name: Burdock. Principal Constituents.The glucoside lappin, fixed oil, inulin, and an altered tannin called phlobaphene. Preparations.1. Specific Medicine Lappa. Dose, I... / ...with tendency to dry, scaly, cutaneous eruption and low grades of cellular inflammation, with feeble circulation in the skin.1
TARAXACUM
The root of Taraxacum officinale, Weber, gathered in the autumn (Nat. Ord. Compositae). Native of Greece and a wayside weed in... / ...urope and the United States. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Name: Dandelion. Principal Constituents.Inulin, sugar, laevulin, and an amorphous, bitter taraxacin. Preparation.Specific Medicine Taraxac... / ...conditions of the stomach and bowels, causing flatulence, pain, indigestion, and diarrhea. The best preparation is an extract of the fresh root.1
The root of Taraxacum officinale, Weber, gathered in the autumn (Nat. Ord. Compositae). Native of Greece and a wayside weed in... / ...urope and the United States. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Name: Dandelion. Principal Constituents.Inulin, sugar, laevulin, and an amorphous, bitter taraxacin. Preparation.Specific Medicine Taraxac... / ...conditions of the stomach and bowels, causing flatulence, pain, indigestion, and diarrhea. The best preparation is an extract of the fresh root.1
TRITICUM (Agropyron repens)AGRE2
The dried rhizome and roots of Agropyron repens (Linné), Beauvois (Triticum repens, Linné); (Nat. Ord. Gramineae). A native of Europe and... / ... Names: Couch-Grass, Quick-Grass, Quitch, Dog-Grass. Principal Constituents.A hygroscopic, gummy, inulin-like principle, triticin (8 to 11 per cent), lavulose (2 to 4 per cent), and acid malates. Pr... / ...mucus, pus, or blood is passed in the urine. Indirectly it acts as an alterative by washing away broken-down material by way of the renal organs.1
The dried rhizome and roots of Agropyron repens (Linné), Beauvois (Triticum repens, Linné); (Nat. Ord. Gramineae). A native of Europe and... / ... Names: Couch-Grass, Quick-Grass, Quitch, Dog-Grass. Principal Constituents.A hygroscopic, gummy, inulin-like principle, triticin (8 to 11 per cent), lavulose (2 to 4 per cent), and acid malates. Pr... / ...mucus, pus, or blood is passed in the urine. Indirectly it acts as an alterative by washing away broken-down material by way of the renal organs.1
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.