Latin, Pilocarpi foliola ;
Vernacular, Jaborandi.
This is a small branched shrub, 4 to 6 feet high, having a smooth,
gray bark, spotted with white dots. The alternate, imparipinnate
leaves, 12 to 18 inches long, are made up of for to ten short-stalked,
ovate, or ovate-oblong, coriaceous leaflets, 3 to 4 inches in length,
green and shining above, paler and smooth, or hairy, beneath, with a
prominent midrib and many minute, pellucid glands, common to the
entire blade. The small flowers are on thick pedicels. The foliage
is nearly odour less, or slightly aromatic when bruised, having an
aromatic warm and somewhat bitter taste. The alkaloid, pilocarpine,
is obtained from the aqueous solution of the alcoholic extract of the
leaflets.
Found in :-
Brazil, especially near Pernambuco.
The dried leaves.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Jaborandi, in moderately coarse powder | 100 gm
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Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity |
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
(c) Triturations: 1x and higher.
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