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Lippia | | Name : | Lippia | | Botanical : | Lippia dulcis | | Synonyms : | Yerba dulce. Mexican Lippia. | | Family : | Verbenaceae | | Parts Used : | Leaves. | | Description : | A dozen species of Lippias are utilized in medicine and in perfumery for their fragrant oils.
The drug Lippia Mexicana consists of the leaves and flowers of L. dulcis, an evergreen shrub, about 18 feet high, with rough bark, the branches and leaves in pairs, the flowerstalks in the axils of the leaves, bearing many pyramidal, scaly heads about the size of a small grey pea, in which are many small yellow flowers between the scales. The leaves are 1 to 1 1/2 inch long, ovate, narrowed into the petiole, acute, finely-toothed above, veiny and glandular-hairy. They have a peculiar, sweet and very delightful, aromatic odour and taste. | | Constituents : | In 1886, Podwisrotzki separated an essential oil from the leaves,resembling that of fennel, as well as a camphor-like substance which he named Lippiol. (According to Maish, however, the plant used was probably the Cedronella Mexicana.) | | Uses : | The drug finds employment as a stimulating expectorant, the tincture, in doses of 1/2 to 1 fluid drachm, is given as a respiratory sedative in coughs. It acts as an alterative on the mucous membranc.
Lippiol, in doses of 4 1/2 grains, causes warmth, flushing, diaphoresis and drowsiness. |
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