American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy

Extractum Sarsaparillae Fluidum. Fluid Extract of Sarsaparilla.
Dose, from one-half to one dram.
Extractum Sarsaparillae Fluidum Compositum, Compound Fluid
Extract of Sarsaparilla. Dose, from one-half to one dram.
Therapy—This agent is an active eliminant, possessing diuretic and
alterative properties to a marked degree. It has long been a popular
remedy for the treatment of blood dyscrasias, but is nearly always given
in combination with other well known specific alteratives. In
combination with potassium iodide, stillingia, corydalis, phytolacca,
podophyllum, or other alteratives, it has been given in scrofula and
secondary syphilis, and especially in cutaneous diseases depending
upon blood dyscrasia, and in rheumatic and gouty conditions, with
inactive kidneys irritated from the presence of large quantities of uric
acid and the urates. It is not at present in general use.
SOLANUM. Solanum carolinensis.
Synonym—Horse nettle.
PREPARATIONS—
Tincture Solanum. Dose, from twenty to sixty minims.
Specific Solanum, made from the root. Dose from five to twenty
minims.
CONSTITUENTS—
Solnine, Solanine, Solanidine, Solanic acid.
Therapy—The remedy has been used with some success in the treatment
of epilepsy. It was used in an Eastern hospital for epileptics
experimentally, with a reduction in the number of paroxysms of twentyfive
per cent. It may be given in all forms of epilepsy in sufficient frequent
doses to produce a sensation of dullness or drowsiness. It has cured
some stubborn cases and has relieved many. Its specific field is yet to be
determined.
It has been used in the treatment of puerperal convulsions with
satisfactory results, in a few cases. In hysterical paroxysms it has been
useful.
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