Succus Scoparii. Br. Juice of Broom.

Related entry: Scoparius

Sue de Genet a Balais, Fr.; Besenginstersaft, G.

"Bruise fresh Broom Tops; press out the juice; to every three volumes of juice add one volume of Alcohol (90 per cent.); set aside for seven days; filter." Br.

In large doses this juice is prone to disturb the stomach and bowels. It is more appropriately used as an adjuvant to other diuretics than alone.

Dose, as a diuretic, one to two fluidrachms (3.75-7.5 mils).

The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, was edited by Joseph P. Remington, Horatio C. Wood and others.