This section is from the "A Practical Treatise On Materia Medica And Therapeutics" book, by Roberts Bartholow. Also available from Amazon: A Practical Treatise On Materia Medica And Therapeutics
Uva ursi. The leaves of Arctostaphylos uva ursi Sprengel (Nat. Ord. Ericaceae). (IT. S. P.) Feuilles de busserole, Fr.; Bärentraubenblätter, Ger.
Extract of uva ursi. Dose, gr. j—gr. v.
Fluid extract of uva ursi. Dose, 3 ss—ij.
Uva ursi contains a bitter, neutral, crystallizable substance, arbutin; a very bitter amorphous principle, ericolin; and a tasteless, crystallizable, neutral principle, ursone. It is rich in gallic and tannic acids. Its therapeutical properties are due to these several constituents.
 
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