VIBURNUM  , in See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine, the dried bark of the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black haw or Viburnum prunifolium, grown in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India and See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America . The black haw contains viburnin and valerianic, tannic, gallic, citric and malic acids . The See also:

• BRITISH

British Pharmacopoeial preparation is the Extractum Viburni Prunifolii liquidum; the See also:

• UNITED

United States preparation is the fluid See also:

• EXTRACT (from Lat. extrahere, to draw out)

extract prepared from the Viburnum opulus . The physiological See also:

• ACTION

action of viburnum is to See also:

• LOWER

lower the See also:

• BLOOD

blood pressure . In overdose it depresses the motor functions of the See also:

• SPINAL

spinal See also:

• CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

cord and so produces loss of reflex and See also:

• PARALYSIS, or PALSY (from Gr. aapal,6a , to relax; Wycliffe has palesy, and another old form of the word is parlesy)

paralysis . Therapeutically the See also:

• DRUG
• DRUG (from Fr. drogue, a word common in Romance languages, cf. Span. and Ital. droga; the origin of the word is obscure, but may possibly be connected with Dutch droog, dry)

drug is used as an See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-spasmodic in dysmenorrhoea and in menorrhagia .