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KOUSSO (Kosso or Cusso)

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 921 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: KHA-KRI
KOUSSO (Kosso or Cusso) , a
drug
  which consists of the panicles of the pistillate
flowers
  of Brayera anthelmintica, a handsome rosaceous tree 6o ft. high, growing throughout the table-
land
  of Abyssinia, at an
elevation
  of 3000 to 8000 ft. above the sea-Level. The
drug
  as imported is in the form of cylindrical rolls, about 18 in. in length and 2 in. in
diameter
 , and comprises the entire inflorescence or panicle kept in form by a band wound transversely
round
  it. The active principle is koussin or kosin, C31H33O1o, which is soluble in
alcohol
  and alkalis, and may be given in doses of thirty grains. Kousso is also used in the form of an unstrained infusion of- 4 to z oz. of the coarsely powdered
flowers
 , which are swallowed with the liquid. It is considered to be an effectual vermifuge for
Taenia
  solium. In its anthelmintic action it is nearly allied to male
fern
 , but it is much inferior to that drug and is very rarely used in
Great
  Britain.


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