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Physician's Materia Medica on Hydrastine
HYDRASTINE
An alkaloid obtained from GOLDEN SEAL, q. v. The medicinal activity of Golden-seal seems to reside chiefly in this alkaloid which is a valuable remedy in catarrhal affections of the mucous mem branes, and as a uterine hemostatic. Dose, 0.008 to 0.03 Grm. (1/8 to 1/2 grs.).1
An alkaloid obtained from GOLDEN SEAL, q. v. The medicinal activity of Golden-seal seems to reside chiefly in this alkaloid which is a valuable remedy in catarrhal affections of the mucous mem branes, and as a uterine hemostatic. Dose, 0.008 to 0.03 Grm. (1/8 to 1/2 grs.).1
HYDRASTININE
Derivative alkaloid from HYDRASTINE which it closely resembles in medicinal action. The hydrochloride is official in the U. S. P., 1890. Dose, 0.01 to 0.03 Grm. (1-6 to 1/2 gr.).1
Derivative alkaloid from HYDRASTINE which it closely resembles in medicinal action. The hydrochloride is official in the U. S. P., 1890. Dose, 0.01 to 0.03 Grm. (1-6 to 1/2 gr.).1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.