BRYONIA ALBA bry There are three species of the Bryonia; so nearly identical are they, that Allen has classed them under one heading in his Encyclopaedia. ...

BORAX VENETA borx Borax is the biborate of soda. As a medicine, it won its first laurels in the nursery, where it has long been used in the treatment ...

BERBERIS VULGARIS berb Berberis vulgaris belongs to the order BERBERIDACEAE, along with Caulophyllum and Podophyllum. It contains an alkaloid ...

BELLADONNA bell Belladonna or the deadly nightshade was known to the medical world as early as 1500 A.D. The Venetians named the plant " HERB A BELLA ...

BARYTA CARBONICA bar-c Barium and strontium are very closely related to each other chemically. Of the elements themselves we have no provings. The ...

BAPTISIA TINCTORIA bapt I have selected for our study today a member of the leguminous plants, BAPTISIA TINCTORIA, or the wild indigo. It is a drug ...

AURUM METALLICUM aur Aurum is a remedy of not very extensive application, but still it is well marked in its limited sphere. Its antidotes are ...

Asafoetida asaf ASAFOETIDA is a gum having a decided odor of an alliaceous kind. It is especially useful in two classes of disease: First, in nervous ...

Arum triphyllum arum-t The so-called "Jack in the pulpit" is the first drug in the order for our consideration. This drug has an interesting history. ...

Artemisia vulgaris art-v ARTEMISIA VULGARIS, another member of the order Compositae, is a very serviceable remedy in epilepsy, when the attacks have ...