This section is from the book "Practical Materia Medica And Prescription Writing", by Oscar W. Bethea. Also available from Amazon: Practical Materia Medica and Prescription Writing.
Latin, Cubeba
Eng., Cubeb. The dried, unripe but fully grown fruit of Piper Cubeba.
15 grains (1 Gm.).
Official Preparations and Constituents.
Eng., Oleoresin of Cubeb. Average Dose.-8 grains (0.5 Gm.).
Eng., Troches of Cubeb. Each troche contains about 0.02 mil ( 1/3 minim) of Oleoresin of Cubeb.
Eng., Oil of Cubeb. Average Dose.-8 minims (0.5 mil).
Diuretic, urinary antiseptic, irritant.
By mouth for gonorrhea, cystitis, etc. By mouth or inhalation for bronchitis, asthma, hay fever, nasal catarrh, etc.
By mouth it is usually prescribed in the form of the ready-prepared capsules, either alone or more frequently with other agents, as copaiba, salol or santal oil. It is used for inhalation in the form of cigarettes or of powders to be smoked in a pipe.
 
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