Gaultheria

(gawl-the’re-ah) [after Gaultier]. A genus of ericaceous plants. The leaves of G. procum’bens, of North America, teaberry, checkerberry, or wintergreen, afford a fragrant volatile oil rich in methyl salicylate. The oil is used as a flavoring agent, in acute rheumatism, and as a local antiseptic in wounds and in cystitis. Dose of oil (o’leum gaultheria), 3-10 min. (0.2-0.666 c.c.); of e ence (spir’it us gault he’rie), 10-20 min. (0.666-1.333 ς.ς.).