Juniperus Sabina. (Savin.)
Botanical name:
Preparation.—Prepare a tincture from the Savin, in the proportion of ℥viij. to Alcohol 76° Oj. Dose from gtt. j. to gtts. v.
Thus prepared, the Savin is a stimulant. It may be employed in menorrhagia, and in atonic leucorrhoea, with advantage. It may also be used as a stimulant in vesical catarrh, and in diseases of the urethra. In some cases of amonorrhoea it may be employed as a stimulant, but never in those cases presenting excitement of the circulation.
Specific Medication and Specific Medicines, 1870, was written by John M. Scudder, M.D.
