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Felter's Materia Medica on Triticum (agropyron Repens)
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 naturalized in the United States, where it has become a nuisance. Dose, 120 to 240 grains. Common 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. Preparations.1. Infusum Tritici, Infusion of Triticum (Triticum...1
The dried rhizome and roots of Agropyron repens (Linné), Beauvois (Triticum repens, Linné); (Nat. Ord. Gramineae). A native of Europe and naturalized in the United States, where it has become a nuisance. Dose, 120 to 240 grains. Common 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. Preparations.1. Infusum Tritici, Infusion of Triticum (Triticum...1
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.