ASPARAGUS.Description:—Asparagus Officinalis. This vegetable requires but little, as it is well known, and often seen in markets, tied in bundles of a hundred for sale. It is cultivated in gardens; but in the south of England, near the sea coasts, it grows wild; and the roots of the wild are medicinally better than those in gardens. Herbal Remedies and Medicinal Uses of Asparagus:
The roots generally used, which are very diuretic, aperient, and alterative, or deobstruent; their action being caused by the presence of an alkaloid, called Asparagin, given chiefly for dropsy, consumption, and undue action of the heart. It has been known singly to cure the jaundice and dropsy. It is best given in decoction. The dose is a teacupful three times a day. Of the extract from 20 to 60 grains. Of the Syrup from 1 to 4 ounces a day. The latter is most useful in Phthisis. The roots decocted in white wine, is a good external remedy for pains in the kidneys, bladder, cramp, and benumbed limbs!
This is the French method of making Asparagin, which is so effectual :—Wrap the stalks of Asparagus in moistened linen for a few days in a warm place, till decomposed, which may he known by their unpleasant smell. Beat in a mortar with water sufficient to dilute the viscid juice, press the juice strongly through a cloth, and heat in order to coagulate the albumen and chlorophylle. Then filter, and concentrate in a marine bath; do it a second time, and then boil down to the consistence of syrup, and put it in a cool place. The vessel containing the liquid will be lined with crystals of asparagine, covered with extractive matter; purify them by washing in cold water, or diluted spirit.
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