in pharmacy, an inspissated juice, obtained from the sessile asarum, much resembling the true Egyptian acacia.

They gather the fruit, while unripe, and express the juice, which they evaporate over a very gentle fire, to the consistence of an extract, and then form into cakes, and expose them to the sun to dry.

Hypocyst is an astringent, and that of considerable power; it is good against diarrhoeas and hemorrhages of all kinds, and may be used in repellent gargarisms in the manner of the acacia; but it is very rarely met with genuine in our shops, the german acacia being usually sold under its name.