Rhamnus

(ram'-nus) [pap.vog, buckthorn]. A genus of trees and shrubs; buckthorns. R. purshiana (U. S. P.), cascara sagrada. The dried bark of R. purshiana, the California buckthorn. It is used as a laxative in habit- ual constipation. Dose 15 gr. (1 Gm.). Dose of the extract (extractum rhamni pur- shiana, U. S. P.) 4 gr. (0.25 Gm.); of the ■fluidextract (jluidextr actum rhamni purshiana, U. S. P.) 15 min. (1 Cc); of the aromatic fluidextract (fluidextr actum rhamni purshiana aromaticum, U. S. P.) 15 min. (1 Cc). See also Cascara sagrada.

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