Gum Tragacanth

Imported from

• Germany
• Italy
• Turkey
• Levant
• East Indies
• China

A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865

"As an article of Material Medica its virtures resemble those of gum arabic, to which it is sometimes preferred, forming a more tenacious mucilage." (99)

Used to thicken water (one drachm of tragacanth has the same thickening abilities of one ounce of gum arabic per pint of water).

Remedies Containing or to be used with Gum Tragacanth Listed in CDM1865

• Balsam, Copiva (46): tragacanth used in a mixture to deliver Copiva Balsam
• Buchu Leaves (55): tragacanth used in treatment for rheumatism and affections of the mucous surfaces (esp urinary organs)
• Glycerine (91): combined with tragacanth and other waters to form a jelly topically applied to treat "superficial burns, scalds, or excoriations, tetters of the lips, noes, &c., and after colds"

Diseases Treated with Gum Tragacanthas listed in CDM1865

• Cough (240): Linctus used at St. Bartholomew's Hospital contains Gum Tragacanth

Prescriptions Containing Opium as listed in CDM1865

Antacid

• Antacid Powder for the Diarrhoea of Children (326)

Demulcents

• Demulcent Mixture (Another) (343)
• Cough Mixture (344)

Diaphoretic

• Diaphoretic Powders (348)