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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==
 
==British Pharmacopoeia 1867==
 
=== Logwood '' Haematoxyli Lignum ''===
 
=== Logwood '' Haematoxyli Lignum ''===
“The slices heart-wood of Haematoxylum campechianum… Imported from Campeachy, Honduras, and Jamaica.” (148)
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“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>
  
 
'''Characteristics'''
 
'''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.” (148) Used in the preparations of:
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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
 
* Decoctum Haematoxyli
 
* Extractum Haematoxyli  
 
* Extractum Haematoxyli  
  
 
===Preparations of Logwood  ===
 
===Preparations of Logwood  ===
''' Decoction of Logwood ''' / Decoctum Haematoxyli (98)
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''' 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)
 
* Logwood, in chips (1 oz), cinnamon bark, in coarse powder (60 grains), distilled water (1 pint)
 
* Dose: 1-2 fl oz
 
* Dose: 1-2 fl oz
  
''' Extract of Logwood ''' / Extractum Haematoxyli 120
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''' Extract of Logwood ''' / Extractum Haematoxyli <ref>GMCGB, 120</ref>
 
* logwood, in fine chips (1 lb), boiling distilled water (1 gallon)
 
* logwood, in fine chips (1 lb), boiling distilled water (1 gallon)
 
* dose: 10-30 grains
 
* dose: 10-30 grains
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==A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865==
 
==A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865==
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“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. (119/98)
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===Remedies Containing or to be used with Logwood ===
 
===Remedies Containing or to be used with Logwood ===
* Extract of Logwood (87/66): an astringent used in the treatment for diarrhoea.
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* Extract of Logwood: an astringent used in the treatment for diarrhoea.<ref>Savory, 66</ref>
* Galls (89/68): '''non-medical''' used in the production of ink
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* Galls: '''non-medical''' used in the production of ink<ref>Savory, 68</ref>
* Logwood (119/98): see def
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* Logwood: see def<ref>Savory, 98</ref>
  
 
===Prescriptions Containing Logwood ===
 
===Prescriptions Containing Logwood ===
 
'''Antacids'''
 
'''Antacids'''
* Hooper’s Mixture for Diarrhoea (329/308): extract of logwood
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* Hooper’s Mixture for Diarrhoea: extract of logwood<ref>Savory, 308</ref>
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== References ==
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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.


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

  1. General Medical Council of Great Britain, British Pharmacopeia, (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 148 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene
  2. GMCGB, 148
  3. GMCGB, 98
  4. GMCGB, 120
  5. 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
  6. Savory, 66
  7. Savory, 68
  8. Savory, 98
  9. Savory, 308


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