American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy

Therapy—The influence of the agent is exercised directly upon the
stomach as a tonic and corrective of perverted action. It is of service in
gastric ulcer and in the early stages of cancer of the stomach, for which
it was originally lauded as a cure. It is depended upon. by some
enthusiastic users to retard progress of some cases of this disease, and to
relieve distress and urgent symptoms when fully developed. It cannot be
curative. It will be found of service, probably, in catarrhal gastritis with
extreme atonicity and threatened ulceration. In these cases its virtues as
a tonic and restorative will find exercise to the full extent of their
influence.
It deserves thorough investigation and faithful trial. It may be given in the
form of a warm decoction with excellent advantage. A wine of condurango
is prepared which has good influence upon the stomach. Half an ounce
may be taken with the meals.
A Homeopathic writer gave condurango internally to a man 74 years of
age who had small crusts forming on his lower lip for a long time
suggesting the beginning of cancer. He gave a Homeopathic trituration
and satisfactorily cured the case. This remedy being recommended
externally should be tried internally for other cancerous conditions. In
the above case a chronic catarrh of the stomach where there was vomiting
of a green slime after dinner with hyperacidity and emaciation was
inadvertently cured with the treatment as stated.
GOSSYPIUM. Gossypium herbaceum.
Synonym—Cotton.
CONSTITUENTS—
An acrid resin, glucose, starch, fixed oil, tannin.
PREPARATIONS—
Extractum Gossypii Radicis Fluidum. Fluid Extract of Cotton-root
Bark. Dose, from one-half to one dram.
Specific Medicine Gossypium. Dose, from five to twenty minims.
Purified cotton (Surgeon's cotton), collodion.
Therapy—Gossypium is used as an emmenagogue and parturient.
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