Andira Inermis

This is a native of Senegambia. Its bark is

anthelmintic, but requires care in its administration, being

powerfully narcotic. It has a sweetish taste, but a disagreeable

smell, and is generally given in the form of a decoction, which is

made by boiling an ounce of the dried bark in a quart of water

until it assumes the color of Madeira wine. Three or four grains

of the powdered bark acts as a powerful purgative. The bark is

known as bastard cabbage bark, or worm bark. It is almost obsolete

in medicine.