Agaric

[ag-ar’-ik). Touchwood; Spunk; Tinder; the product of different species of Boletus, a genus of mushrooms. Boletus laricis, Polvporus officinal is — is the white or purging agaric. Agaric in is an impure alcoholic extract, which in doses of 1-3 grains (0.065-0.19) [U. S. Dispensatory] gr. ^-\ (0.005-0.01) [Brunton] is valuable in the night-sweats of pulmonary tuberculosis. Agaric or Agaricinic acid, in doses of gr. Ti__i (0.0038-0.02) is also useful in night sweats. A., Ext. Dose gr. iij— vj (0.19- 0.39). A.,Tinct. Dose nyij-xx (0.19-1.3). A. chirurgoru?7i, Boletus chirurgorum, Surgeon’s Agaric, a parasitic fungus formerly used for Moxa. Soaked in solution of A. mus pota ium nitrate it forms spunk. carius, Fly Agaric, a poisonous mushroom, contains an alkaloid, Muscarin. Dose of AGARIC IN the alkaloid gr. ^$-ij (0.008-0. 13). Muscarin Nitrate, used hypo dermatic ally. Dose grtVI (0.0065-0.048). 38