Thymelaceae. Mezerei Cortex, B.P.; Mezereum, U.S.P. Mezereon Bark, B.P.; Mezereum, U.S.P
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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.
Thymelaceae. Mezerei Cortex, B.P.; Mezereum, U.S.P. Mezereon Bark, B.P.; Mezereum, U.S.P
The dried bark of Daphne Mezereum, or of Daphne Laureola.
Characters. - In long thin more or less flattened strips, which are commonly folded or rolled into disks; or in small quills of various lengths. Inner surface whitish, silky, very tough, and covered externally by an olive-brown, or somewhat reddish-brown, readily separable corky layer. No marked odour; taste burning and acrid.
Preparations.
B.P
Decoctum Sarsae Compositum. Extractum Mezerei aethereum. Linimentum Sinapis Compositum (p. 516). (Contains Extract.)
U.S.P
Decoctum Sarsaparillae Compositum. Extractum Sarsaparillae Compositum
Fluidum. Extractum Mezerei.
,, „ Fluidum.
Action. - Externally it is irritant. Internally it is supposed to be diuretic and alterative.
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