Phytol acc a

(fi-to-lak’ ’-ah) [tyvrov, plant; /acca, lac]. The poke, P. decandra, a plant of the natural order Phytolaccaceoe, the fruit (Phytol acc a fructus, or poke-berry) and root of which (Phytol acc a radix, or poke-root) are official in the U. S. P. Poke is eme to cathartic and slightly narcotic. It has been used in rheumatism, and locally in granular conjunctivitis and parasitic skin-diseases. Do of the powdered root gr. x-xxx (0.65-2.0). Extractum phytolaccse radicis fluidum (U. S. P.). Dose rr^v-xxx (0.32-2.0). 499