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Physician's Materia Medica on Jaborandi (pilocarpus)

JABORANDI (Pilocarpus)PIJA2
   The leaves of PILOCARPUS SELLOANUS, Eng. and other species of Pilocarpus. A powerful diuretic, sialagogue and expectorant, antagonistic in action to belladonna. Increases the mammary secretion; reduces temperature and depresses the circulation. Used in dropsies and wherever a powerful eliminant is indicated. Active principle, Pilocarpine, q. v.1


References

1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.