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Physician's Materia Medica on Salicin
SALICIN
Bitter principle obtained from various species of SALIX and PoPULUs. Bitter tonic, antiseptic, antipyretic. Used to abort an incipient cold, in influenza and hay asthma, in neuralgia and as a substitute for salicylic acid in rheumatism. It sometimes cures obstinate diarrheas, and is a useful succedaneum for quinine where that remedy is not well borne. Dose. 0.6 to 2.0 Grm. (10 to 30 grs.), every one, two or four hours.1
Bitter principle obtained from various species of SALIX and PoPULUs. Bitter tonic, antiseptic, antipyretic. Used to abort an incipient cold, in influenza and hay asthma, in neuralgia and as a substitute for salicylic acid in rheumatism. It sometimes cures obstinate diarrheas, and is a useful succedaneum for quinine where that remedy is not well borne. Dose. 0.6 to 2.0 Grm. (10 to 30 grs.), every one, two or four hours.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.