Sarsiparilla is diaphoretic, alterative, diuretic, and tonic.
It is given _internally_ in cutaneous diseases, old-standing
rheumatism, scrofula, and debility.
_Dose_, of the _decoction_, from four to eight ounces; of the
_compound decoction_, from four to eight ounces; of the _extract_,
from five grains to one drachm.