This section is from the book "A Text-Book Of Pharmacology, Therapeutics And Materia Medica", by T. Lauder Brunton. Also available from Amazon: A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica.
The dried single and double flower-heads of the common chamomile, Anthemis nobilis, collected from cultivated plants.
Characters. - Subglobular heads, about three-quarters of an inch (2 centimetres) broad. The single variety consists of both yellow tubular and white strap-shaped florets; the double of white strap-shaped florets only; all arising from a conical scaly receptacle; both varieties, but especially the single, are bitter and very aromatic.
Composition. - Essential oil, removed by distillation, also a bitter acid in small quantity.
Preparations. | |
B.P. | Dose. |
Extractum Anthemidis .............................. | 2-10 gr. |
Infusum " ............................. | 1-4 fl. oz. |
Oleum " ........................ | 1-4 min. |
U.S.P
None.
 
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