This section is from the book "Recent Materia Medica: Notes On Their Origin And Therapeutics", by F. Harwood Lescher. Also available from Amazon: Recent materia medica.
(Or C8 H13 N. Dragendorff)From Spartium Scoparium, (Cytisus scoparius).
Another alkaloid and a stronger diuretic than Scoparine. A colourless liquid; the sulphate is a white crystallisable powder, easily soluble in water.
Therapeutics. The Sulphate works on the kidneys, by contracting them, without disturbance or pain. Dose, 1/4 grain hypodermically injected; or 1/2 grain in pill or solution. A heart tonic, good in dropsy.
"A safe drug - 5-grain doses have no bad effect. A fairly powerful diuretic in cardiac cases, with no effect on brain or cord. Is useful in chronic, but useless in acute, kidney disease. Occasionally gives slight dyspeptic trouble." - Prof. Leech, Lancet, August 13th, 1887.
 
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