This section is from the book "Botanic Drugs Their Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics", by Thomas S. Blair. Also available from Amazon: Botanic Drugs, Their Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Columbo, jateorhiza palmata. Official in all nations except Serbia.
Calumba is a valuable tannin-free bitter containing berberine, as well as its own essential bitter, columbin.
For a discussion of the bitters, see "Gentian," and for the berberine-bearing bitters see "Berberis" and "Hydrastis." The therapeutics need not be repeated here. Dose: fl. 10 to 30 minims.
 
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