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Quassia                             Quassia Amara 

Synonyms - Bitter Wood, Jamaica Quassia, Bitter Ash, Quassia Lignum

Constituents : Volatile oil, quassin, gummy extractive pectin, woody fibre, tartrate and sulphate of lime, chlorides of calcium, and sodium, various salts such as oxalate and ammoniacal salt, nitrate of potassa and sulphate of soda. 

Uses : Quassia in the form of chips has no smell but an intense bitter taste, which will always distinguish the pure herb from adulterations; the infusion of these by persalt of iron gives a bluish-black color, but as the blue Quassia chips contain no tannic acid, no result is produced in the infusion. Quassia wood is a pure bitter tonic and stomachic; it is also a vermicide and slight narcotic; it acts on flies and some of the higher animals as a narcotic poison. It is a valuable remedy in convalescence, after acute disease and in debility and atonic dyspepsia; an antispasmodic in fever. Having no tannic acid, it is frequently given with chalybeates and therefore can be prescribed with salts of iron; as an aromatic bitter stomachic it acts in the same way as calumba. In small doses Quassia increases the appetite; large doses act as an irritant and cause vomiting; its action probably lessens putrefaction in the stomach, and prevents the formation of acid substances during digestion. 

!!Caution : Not to be used during pregnancy. Do not exceed recommended dosage.

Please note that this item is only available in 8oz and 16oz amounts.

BH365      Quassia Wood Chips !!    $7.40/8oz

BH365P   Quassia Wood Chips !!    $13.20/16oz

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