Alstonia Scholaris

Alstonia Scholaris, R. Br. Nat. order , Apocyneae, (A large tree growing in India and Malabar). Preparation , From the bark.

Authority. Month. Hom. Rev., 10, 508.

Violent purging and cramp in the bowels, vertigo, and general weakness. Lt. Col. D. l'Haste (from the tincture, in water).

Editor of M. H. R. took a part of a grain; it had a bitter taste; induced sharp purging, with considerable pain, uneasiness in the bowels, and great sense of heat and irritation in the lower bowel. *Dysentery, [°] (Col. D. l'Haste.)