Cascarilla
From London's Ghost Acres
Description
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
page numbers come from the pdf file, not actual document
Bark, Cascarilla
Carminative (reduces gas) and tonic. When combined with Peruvian bark (cinchona) it can make PB more agreeable to the stomach, and increased the properties of PB. As a tincture used as a vehicle for preparations including iron, bismuth, other metallic tonics.
Treats: dyspepsia, flatulent colic, dysentery, diarrhoea, gangrenous thrush (esp in children).
(CDM 50)
Remedies Containing or to be used with Aloes Listed in CDM1865
- Infusions, Concentrated (105): of Cloves, Calumbo, Cascarilla, Chamomile, Gentian, Orange Peel, Quassia, Rhubarb, Roses, and Senna. Use of concentrated infusions allow for large doses of medicines to be administered, therefore, these medicines are well designed for medicine chests, and can be diluted depending on the required treatment.
- Tincture of Cascarilla (157): "exhibited in the debility of the bowels and stomach," also used in the place of Peruvian bark when PB acts as a purgative.