Bamboo

[barn-boo’) [E. Ind., bambu]. A popular name for many tree-like, woody stemmed gra es, especially those of the genus Bambusa. B. a rund it i ace a is employed as an alterative, anthelmintic, and depurative. Unof. B. Brier, the root of Smilax sarsaparilla, habitat, Southern United States. Its properties are identical with those of sarsaparilla. Dose of the fid. ext. f^ -ij (2.0-8.0). Unof. 136