agaric

(ag-arik) [Gr. ἀγαρικόν]. 1. Any mushroom; more especially any species of Agaric us. 2. The tinder or punk prepared from dried mushrooms. @., a poisonous species used like white agaric. purging a., white a., the Polyp’- or us of ficin a’lis, a spongy ma growing on larch trees. It is used to check exce ive secretion, as in the night-sweats of phthisis, bronchorrhea, and diarrhea. Dose, 3-10 gr. (0.2-0.65 gm.). sUurgeons’ a., the Polyp'or us of ficin a’lis from beech and oak trees: used as a hemostatic.