Liquidambar Styraciflua. (Sweet Gum.)
Botanical name:
Some years since we had sweet gum, the exudation from this tree, recommended for the cure of asthma, and a number of cases from the South were given as proof. But experiments in the Northern States were not favorable. I judge, however, from some reports of Southern physicians, that the recent bark contains valuable medicinal properties, as does the fresh exudation. For experiment I would suggest the preparation of a tincture from the fresh bark, using Alcohol of 76°. Its influence is probably most marked on mucous membranes, and probably it influences innervation from the pneumogastric and from the spinal cord.
Specific Medication and Specific Medicines, 1870, was written by John M. Scudder, M.D.
