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536 — DENTAL MEDICINE.

Medical Properties and Action.— Quillaia bark, when bruised and
macerated in water, imparts to that liquid the property of frothing
like soap solution when agitated, which is owing to the saponaria
in the bark, the same principle which imparts a similar property
to soapwort saponaria officinalis. Quillaia contains no tannic
acid or other bitter principle, and is an article of commerce, be-
ing imported in large quantities for cleansing grease from cloth,
as it does not change the color of silken or woolen goods ; it is
also used for cleansing the hair, which it is supposed to preserve
and beautify. When the powder is snuffed up the nostrils, it
causes sneezing and a profuse nasal discharge.
Therapeutic Uses.—Quillaia bark has been employed as a
febrifuge, to arrest excessive secretion, as an application to ulcers,
as a remedy for colds in the head, when it is used as a sternutatory,
in the form of powder.
The tincture is composed of quillaia bark i part ; alcohol 5
parts ; it is also used in the form of infusion and fluid extract.
Dental Uses.—Quillaia bark, in the form of powder, tincture
and fluid extract, is employed as an ingredient of mouth washes,
for its frothy and detergent properties ; it is also used as an Ap-
plication to chronic ulcers of the mouth, and to arrest excessive
secretion of the mucous membrane of the mouth.

DENTAL FORMULA.

Detergent Mouth Wash. For a Mouth Wash.
Am. Journ. Pharm.
R . Pulv. quillaia^ sapona-
R. Pulv. potassii bicar- riae .^iv
bonatis ^^ss Glycerini ^ iij
Mellis ^iv Alcoholis dilutus suffi-
Alcoholis ^ij cient for two pints.
Olei caryophylli . . q. s. Olei gaultherijE . . gtt.xx
Olei gaultheriae, Olei menthse . . . gtt.xx. M.
Quillaiae saponarise Macerate tlie soap bark in the mix-
(fluid ext.) . aa . ture of glycerine and alcohol for three
.^j
Aqua destillatse . . 3 ix. M. days, and filter through a little mag-
To be used after the removal of sali- nesia previously triturated with the vol-
vary calculus. atile oils.