Fraxin

(fraks'-in), A glucosid from the bark of certain species of ash (Fraxinus excelsior, etc.). It forms fine, white, four sided prisms, of a bitter taste. It has been proposed as a remedy for gout, rheumatism, etc. Fraxinus (fraks-in'-us). A genus of trees, order to which the various species of the ash belong. F. american a, is useful in dysmenorrhea. A wine (Vinum fraxini american a, N. F.) is prepared from its inner bark. Dose, one flu i drachm. F. excelsior, of Europe, affords a medicinal bark, its leaves, and wood formerly being official. Chinese wax is collected from the branches of F. chinensis; and manna from F. ornus and F. rotund i folia.