292. Cascara amarga.—Honduras bark.

Botanical name: 
Picramnia antidesma

292. CASCARA AMARGA.—HONDURAS BARK. From undetermined species of Picram'naea.—A valuable alterative, claimed to be almost a specific in syphilitic affections; it contains an alkaloid, picramnine. The use of tobacco and alcohol is said to counteract its action. Dose: 30 to 60 gr. (2 to 4 Gm.).

A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 1917, was written by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M.