Baptisia

(bap-tiz'-e-ah). Wild Indigo. The root bark of B. tinct or i a with properties due to an impure glucosid, the so-called Baptisin. It is laxative and stimulant in moderate doses; emetic and cathartic in large doses, and is valuable in amenorrhea, typhus and typhoid fevers. It is excellent for local application to indolent ulcers and gangrenous sores. B., Extract. Dose gr. j-x. B., Ext. Fid. Dose B., Tinct. Dose Dose of the resin gr. j-v. All unof.