QUASSIA

(Lat.), n. f. Kwa2s(kwa )'si2-a3. From Qua i, a Surinam negro, who used Surinam q. for fever. Fr., q., qua ie, qua ier (1st def.). q. de la Jamaique[Fr. Cod.] (2d def.), bois amer de Surinam [Fr. Cod.] (3d def.), qua ie amere [Fr. Cod.] (3d def.). Ger., Qua ie, jamaikanisches (oder dickes) Qua ienholz (Oder Bitterholz) [2d def.], sur in a misc hes Qua ienholz (oder Bitterholz) [3d def.]. Sp., cuasia, cuasia de Jamaica [Mex. Ph.] (2d def.), cuasia amarga [Sp. Ph.] (4th def.). 1. Of Linnaeus, a genus of the Simarubece. 2. Of the U. S. Ph., Jamaica q. (wood), bitter wood (or ash); the wood of Picrcena excels a. In the shops it is usually met with in chips or raspings; it is also made into cups, called q. cups or bitter cups. It is without smell, but is intensely bitter, and was formerly used to replace hops in beer. Its medicinal properties are due to the presence of qua in (q. v.). It is used as a stomachic and tonic, and against constipation due to intestinal atony. It is narcotic to insects, and is used to poison flies and to expel thread-worms. 3. Of the Austr. Ph. and Hung. Ph., the bitter wood of Surinam, or Surinam q.; the wood of Q. amara. It has the same properties as the Jamaica q., but is somewhat denser. 4. Of the Netherl. Ph., the wood derived from both Picrcena excels a and Q. amara (see 2d and 3d defs). [a, 35.] Aqua qua iae [Belg. Ph., Swi Ph.]. A preparation made by extracting q.-wood or q.-bark and q.-wood together with alcohol and water. [B, 95 (a, 38).] Aqueous extract of q. See Extractum qua ioz. Cortex qua iae. The bark of Q. amara. [B, 95 (a, 38).] Decoction of q., Decoctum ligni qua iae. See Infusum qua ias,. Decoct ii in qua iae ligni compos i tum. Syn.: decoctum amarum. Compound decoction of q.; made by macerating 4 parts of q. shavings, 6 of chamomile-flowers, and 1 part of pota ium carbonate in 192 parts of water, boiling down to three fourths, and straining. [B, 97 (a, 14).] E entia qua iae. See Tinctura qua ias.- Extractum ligni qua iae [Gr. Ph., Ru . Ph.], Extractum qua iae [U. S. Ph., Br. Ph.. Ger. Ph., Belg. Ph., Austr. Ph., Dan. Ph., Gr. Ph., Swi Ph., Hung. Ph., Netherl. Ph.]. Fr., extrait de q. amara [Fr. Cod.], extrait (aqueux) de qua ie (bois amer). Ger., Qua ienextrakt. Sp., extracto de cuasia amarga [Sp. Ph.]. An extract made from q.-wood (wood and bark in 'equal parts [Roum. Ph.]) with cold or hot water and brought to a thick [U. S. Ph., Austr. Ph., Belg. Ph., Dan. Ph., Gr. Ph., Sp. Ph., Netherl. Ph.] (a dry [Ger. Ph., Ru . Ph., Roum. Ph.], a pilular [Br. Ph., Swi Ph.], a half thick [Hung. Ph.], a soft [Fr. Cod.]) consistence. [B, 95 (a, 38).] Extractum qua iae alcohol i cum. Fr., extrait alcool i que de qua ie. A preparation made by digesting 1 part of q.-wopd with 4 parts of 22-per-cent. alcohol, repeating the proce three times, distilling off the alcohol, and evaporating. [B, 119 (a, 38).] Extractum qua iae aquosum. See Extractum qua ioe.'Extractum qua iae fluidum [U. S. Ph.]. Fr., extrait liquide de qua ie. Ger., flil iges Qua ienextrakt. A preparation made from 100 grammes of Jamaica q.-wood in No. 60 powder by treatment in a percolator in the usual way, and, after evaporation to the consistence of a soft extract, bringing up to 100 c. cm. with alcohol. [B, 95 (a, 38).] Extrait de q. amara [Fr. Cod.]. See Extractum qua ice. Infusum qua iae [Br. Ph.]. Fr., tisane de q. amara [Fr. Cod.], hydrole de qua ie. Sp., infusion de cuasia amarga [Sp. Ph.], A preparation made by macerating 1 part of q.- wood 'with 138 parts of water [Sp. Ph.] (80 parts for half an hour [Br. Ph.], 200 for four hours [Fr. Cod.]), and straining. The older ph's ordered boiling water. [B, 95, 119 (a, 38).] Infusum qua iae cum natro. Fr., eau stomach i que. A preparation made by infusing 2 parts of q.-wood and 3 of sodium carbonate in 120 of boiling water, and straining. [B, 119 (a, 38).]--Lignum qua iae. See under Q. (2d def.). Lignum qiia iae jam a i cense. See Q. (3d def.). Lignum qua iae sur in a mens is (seu veruin). See Q. (3d def.). Poudre de q. amara [Fr. Cod.] (Fr.). A preparation consisting of q.-wood crushed, dried at a temperature of 40 C., powdered in an iron mortar, and sifted through a No. 120 silk sieve. |B, 95 (a. 38).] Q. african a. A tree of southern tropical Africa. The wood has the same bitterne as that of Q. amara and probably the same properties. [B, 42, 121 (a, 35).] Q. amara. Fr., qua ier amer (1st def. ), bois (amer) de Surinam. Ger., Bitterholz, bittere Qua ie (1st def.), dchter Qua ienbaum (1st def.), Bitterqua ienrinde (2d def.). Sp., cuasia amarga de Surinam [Sp. Ph.]. 1. A branching shrub or small tree growing in Surinam. Its wood constitutes q. (3d def.); its bark, cortex qua ice amarce (seu surtnamenxis), has the same medicinal properties as the wood; its root is used in dysentery, and the flowers are stomachic. 2. Of the Roum. Ph., see Q. (3d def.). [B, 5, 18, 19, 173, 180, 185 (a, 35).]-Q. cup. See under Q. (2ddef.). Q. de la Jamalqne [Fr. Cod.] (Fr.). Qua iae lignum [Br. Ph., Gr. Ph.]. See Q. (2d def.). Q. officinal is. The Simaruba guianensis. [B, 173 (a, 35).] Q. simaruba. The Simaruba guianensis and Picrcena excels a. [B, 180 (a, 35).] Q. sur in a mense. See Q. amara. Tinctura qua iae. Fr., teinture de q. amara [Fr. Cod.]. A preparation made by macerating 1 part of q.-wood in No. 40 powder with alcohol for one day, and treating in a percolator with enough more alcohol to make 10 parts [U. S. U2, blue; U3. lull; U4, full; U6, urn; U", like u (German). [s. 369]