SCOPARIUS
\skəpˈe͡əɹɪəs], \skəpˈeəɹɪəs], \s_k_ə_p_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]\
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Scoparii cacumina (Br.), broom, besom, the dried tops of Cytisus scoparius, a shrub of Europe and northwestern Asia, containing sparteine; diuretic in cardiac dropsy and chronic Bright's disease in doses of gr. 10-15 (0.6-1.0).
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn.: scoparii cacumina [Br. Ph.], broom. The dried tops of Citysus scoparius. They contain scoparin and spartein. They are diuretic (see scoparin), but are not like digitalis in action (see spartein). The fluidextract of scoparius is official in the U. S. Ph.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
