Scammony is a drastic purgative, generally acting quickly and powerfully; sometimes producing nausea, and even vomiting, and being very apt to gripe. It is _used internally_, to produce watery evacuations in dropsy, to remove intestinal worms, and correct the slimy motions of children. _Dose_, of the _powder_, from five to sixteen grains, given in liquorice water, treacle, or honey; of the _confection_, from twenty to thirty grains. _Caution._--Do not give it in an irritable or inflamed state of the bowels.