Herb - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 47226 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 114.01 SOLANACEAE Solanum crispum | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Herb | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Chile | TDWG Region | Chile | ||
| Parts Held | Herb | Geography Description | Chile | ||
| Uses | HerbUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 15 D 5 | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: Three species of Solanum appear to be used under this name in Chili (sic), viz. S.crispum, R et P., S.gayanum, Remy., S.tomatillo, Remy. The drug received appears to belong to the last named species. The stems are cylindrical and longitudin, ally wrinkled, more or less forked, with erect branches, the leaves alternate, linear lanceolate 1 1/2 to 2 inches long, and 1/3 to 2/3 of an inch in diameter, coriaceous, brittle and minutely wrinkled. The taste is persistently bitter. The plant has an, excellent reputation. No one in Chile, says Dr. Murillo, is ignorant of its beneficial effects. It is chiefly used as a febrifuge and tonic in the bilious fever of a typhoid character common in the country, especially amongst those exposed for a length o, f time to solar heat. This fever is known as 'Chavalongo'. In all fevers of a typhoid character it is given with good results in the form of a decoction of infusion in small repeated doses. The plant has naturally attracted the attention of scientific men, in Chile. Chemical investigation of the plant has been made independently by Drs. Miranda and Larenas. They found an alkaloid to which Dr Miranda gave the name of Natrina and Dr Larenas the name of Witheringina. Both agree that it possesses the followi, ng properties :- (Unfortunately the rest is missing) | ||||