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+ | Logwood comes from a flowering tree native to Mexico and Central America. It was primarily used for dyeing textiles, but its bark and leaves were also used in medical practises. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haematoxylum_campechianum) | ||
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+ | Its primary medicinal uses in the Compendium were listed as an astringent and a corroborant, being used to treat diarrhoea, the later stages of dysentery, and infants suffering from cholera. | ||
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+ | It is also part of a non-medical mixture included in the Compendium for producing ink when combined with galls. | ||
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+ | ==British Pharmacopoeia 1867== | ||
+ | === Logwood '' Haematoxyli Lignum ''=== | ||
+ | “The slices heart-wood of Haematoxylum campechianum… Imported from Campeachy, Honduras, and Jamaica.”<ref> General Medical Council of Great Britain, ''British Pharmacopeia'', (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 148 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene</ref> | ||
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+ | '''Characteristics''' | ||
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+ | “The logs are externally of a dark colour, internally they are reddish-brown; the chips have a feeble agreeable odour, and a sweetish taste; a small portion chewed imparts to the saliva a dark pink colour.” Used in the preparations of:<ref>GMCGB, 148</ref> | ||
+ | * Decoctum Haematoxyli | ||
+ | * Extractum Haematoxyli | ||
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+ | ===Preparations of Logwood === | ||
+ | ''' Decoction of Logwood ''' / Decoctum Haematoxyli <ref>GMCGB, 98</ref> | ||
+ | * Logwood, in chips (1 oz), cinnamon bark, in coarse powder (60 grains), distilled water (1 pint) | ||
+ | * Dose: 1-2 fl oz | ||
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+ | ''' Extract of Logwood ''' / Extractum Haematoxyli <ref>GMCGB, 120</ref> | ||
+ | * logwood, in fine chips (1 lb), boiling distilled water (1 gallon) | ||
+ | * dose: 10-30 grains | ||
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==A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865== | ==A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865== | ||
− | + | “It is employed medicinally as an astringent and corroborant.” It can be used in treatment for diarrhoea, and the latter stages of dysentery. As a decoction, it can be administered to infants as a treatment for cholera.<ref> Savory, John. ''A Compendium of Domestic Medicine'' (London: John Churchill and Sons, 1865), 98. https://books.google.ca/books?id=VxoDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> | |
− | “It is employed medicinally as an astringent and corroborant.” It can be used in treatment for diarrhoea, and the latter stages of dysentery. As a decoction, it can be administered to infants as a treatment for cholera. ( | + | |
===Remedies Containing or to be used with Logwood === | ===Remedies Containing or to be used with Logwood === | ||
− | * Extract of Logwood | + | * Extract of Logwood: an astringent used in the treatment for diarrhoea.<ref>Savory, 66</ref> |
− | * Galls | + | * Galls: '''non-medical''' used in the production of ink<ref>Savory, 68</ref> |
− | * Logwood | + | * Logwood: see def<ref>Savory, 98</ref> |
===Prescriptions Containing Logwood === | ===Prescriptions Containing Logwood === | ||
'''Antacids''' | '''Antacids''' | ||
− | * Hooper’s Mixture for Diarrhoea | + | * Hooper’s Mixture for Diarrhoea: extract of logwood<ref>Savory, 308</ref> |
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+ | == References == | ||
+ | <references/> | ||
+ | |comes from=Hayti and St. Domingo, British West India Islands, Mexico | ||
+ | |has_commodity_id=971 | ||
+ | }} |
Latest revision as of 12:12, 8 September 2016
A dye created from the logwood tree, used to dye black Morocco leather (Yeats 1878, 297).
Database name: Dyewoods Logwood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haematoxylum_campechianum
https://archive.org/details/aeu3853.0001.001.umich.edu
Logwood comes from a flowering tree native to Mexico and Central America. It was primarily used for dyeing textiles, but its bark and leaves were also used in medical practises. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haematoxylum_campechianum)
Its primary medicinal uses in the Compendium were listed as an astringent and a corroborant, being used to treat diarrhoea, the later stages of dysentery, and infants suffering from cholera.
It is also part of a non-medical mixture included in the Compendium for producing ink when combined with galls.
Contents
British Pharmacopoeia 1867
Logwood Haematoxyli Lignum
“The slices heart-wood of Haematoxylum campechianum… Imported from Campeachy, Honduras, and Jamaica.”[1]
Characteristics
“The logs are externally of a dark colour, internally they are reddish-brown; the chips have a feeble agreeable odour, and a sweetish taste; a small portion chewed imparts to the saliva a dark pink colour.” Used in the preparations of:[2]
- Decoctum Haematoxyli
- Extractum Haematoxyli
Preparations of Logwood
Decoction of Logwood / Decoctum Haematoxyli [3]
- Logwood, in chips (1 oz), cinnamon bark, in coarse powder (60 grains), distilled water (1 pint)
- Dose: 1-2 fl oz
Extract of Logwood / Extractum Haematoxyli [4]
- logwood, in fine chips (1 lb), boiling distilled water (1 gallon)
- dose: 10-30 grains
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
“It is employed medicinally as an astringent and corroborant.” It can be used in treatment for diarrhoea, and the latter stages of dysentery. As a decoction, it can be administered to infants as a treatment for cholera.[5]
Remedies Containing or to be used with Logwood
- Extract of Logwood: an astringent used in the treatment for diarrhoea.[6]
- Galls: non-medical used in the production of ink[7]
- Logwood: see def[8]
Prescriptions Containing Logwood
Antacids
- Hooper’s Mixture for Diarrhoea: extract of logwood[9]
References
- ↑ General Medical Council of Great Britain, British Pharmacopeia, (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 148 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene
- ↑ GMCGB, 148
- ↑ GMCGB, 98
- ↑ GMCGB, 120
- ↑ Savory, John. A Compendium of Domestic Medicine (London: John Churchill and Sons, 1865), 98. https://books.google.ca/books?id=VxoDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ Savory, 66
- ↑ Savory, 68
- ↑ Savory, 98
- ↑ Savory, 308
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