_Wild Cinnamon._
QUALITIES. _Form_; it occurs in quilled and flat pieces; the former are
of a whitish-yellow colour, considerably thicker than cinnamon; the
latter, which are probably the bark of the larger branches, or of the
stem of the tree, are yellow on the outside, and pale brown within.
_Odour_, resembling that of cloves. _Taste_, warm, pungent, and slightly
bitter. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION. Its virtues depend upon an essential oil,
and a bitter resin. SOLUBILITY. Water extracts only the bitterness, but
proof spirits both the bitterness and aroma. MEDICINAL USES. As a warm
stimulant to the stomach, and as a corrigent to other medicines. In
America it is considered as a powerful antiscorbutic. DOSE of the
powdered bark gr. x to ʒss. Officinal Preparations. _Tinct. Gentian.
comp._ (=B. G.=) E. _Vinum Aloes_, (=G=) L.D. _Pulv. Aloes cum canella_,
(=G=) D.