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Physician's Materia Medica on Elaterium
ELATERIUM
A preparation from the fruit of ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM, (Lin.) A. Rich. A prompt and powerful hydragogue cathartic, used chiefly for removal of dropsical effusions. The active principle elaterin is to be preferred to the crude drug as more uniform in activity. Dose of Elaterium, 0.006 to 0.02 Grm. (1-10 to 1-3 gr.), of Elaterin; 0.0016 to 0.004 Grm. (1-40 to 1-15 gr.).1
A preparation from the fruit of ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM, (Lin.) A. Rich. A prompt and powerful hydragogue cathartic, used chiefly for removal of dropsical effusions. The active principle elaterin is to be preferred to the crude drug as more uniform in activity. Dose of Elaterium, 0.006 to 0.02 Grm. (1-10 to 1-3 gr.), of Elaterin; 0.0016 to 0.004 Grm. (1-40 to 1-15 gr.).1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.