Phytol acc a

(fi-to-lak’ah) (Gr. φυτόν plant + L. lac'ca lac). A genus of plants of many species, mostly poisonous. The fruit of. dec an'dra (phytolac’ca fruc'tus), poke or skoke, also the root of the same (ῤ. ra’dix), an alterative, cathartic, emetic, and antirheumatic. They have been used in rheumatism, parasitic diseases of the skin, hemorrhoids, and granular conjunctivitis. Dose of either the fruit or root in substance, 5-30 gr. (0.333- 2 gm.); of fluidextract of root, 5-30 min. (0.333-2 c.c.); of tincture, 8-60 min. (0.533-4 c.c.).