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==British Pharmacopoeia 1867== | ==British Pharmacopoeia 1867== | ||
=== Cubebs '' Cubeba ''=== | === Cubebs '' Cubeba ''=== | ||
− | “The dried unripe fruit of Cubeba officinalis… Cultivated in Java.” | + | “The dried unripe fruit of Cubeba officinalis… Cultivated in Java.”<ref> General Medical Council of Great Britain, ''British Pharmacopeia'', (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 94 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene</ref> |
'''Characteristics''' | '''Characteristics''' | ||
− | “The size of black pepper, globular, wrinkled, blackish, supported on a stalk of rather more than its own length; has a warm camphoraceous taste and characteristic odour.” Given in dose of 30-120 grains, in powder. Used in the preparations of: | + | “The size of black pepper, globular, wrinkled, blackish, supported on a stalk of rather more than its own length; has a warm camphoraceous taste and characteristic odour.” Given in dose of 30-120 grains, in powder. Used in the preparations of:<ref>GMCGB, 94</ref> |
* Oleum Cubebae | * Oleum Cubebae | ||
* Tinctura Cubebae | * Tinctura Cubebae | ||
===Preparations of Cubebs === | ===Preparations of Cubebs === | ||
− | ''' Oil of Cubebs ''' / Oleum Cubebae | + | ''' Oil of Cubebs ''' / Oleum Cubebae<ref>GMCGB, 222-23</ref> |
* “The oil distilled in Britain from cubebs… Colourless or pale greenish-yellow, having the peculiar odour and taste of cubebs.” | * “The oil distilled in Britain from cubebs… Colourless or pale greenish-yellow, having the peculiar odour and taste of cubebs.” | ||
* dose: 5-20 minims | * dose: 5-20 minims | ||
− | ''' Tincture of Cubebs ''' / Tinctura Cubebae | + | ''' Tincture of Cubebs ''' / Tinctura Cubebae<ref>GMCGB, 329-30</ref> |
* cubebs, in power (2 ½ oz), rectified spirit (1 pint) | * cubebs, in power (2 ½ oz), rectified spirit (1 pint) | ||
* dose: ½ - 2 fl drachms | * dose: ½ - 2 fl drachms | ||
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==A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865 Cubebs== | ==A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865 Cubebs== | ||
All page numbers are recorded as (PDF #/SOURCE #) | All page numbers are recorded as (PDF #/SOURCE #) | ||
− | Classified as a Diuretic (Remedies Which Cause an Increased Secretion of Urine) by Savory ( | + | Classified as a Diuretic (Remedies Which Cause an Increased Secretion of Urine) by Savory<ref> Savory, John. ''A Compendium of Domestic Medicine'' (London: John Churchill and Sons, 1865), 392. https://books.google.ca/books?id=VxoDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> |
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+ | Also known as Java Pepper, Cubebs are “diuretic and slightly purgative.” They have been used to treat gonorrhoea and gleets by Oriental practitioners, and used to season food in Arabic cuisine. <ref>Savory, 52</ref> | ||
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===Remedies Containing or to be used with Cubebs === | ===Remedies Containing or to be used with Cubebs === | ||
− | * Balsam, Copaiva | + | * Balsam, Copaiva: combined with cubebs to treat gleets, and fluor albus.<ref>Savory, 25</ref> |
− | * Cubeb, or Java Pepper | + | * Cubeb, or Java Pepper: can be administered either in the form of a volatile oil or powder, the former being preferred by Savory as due to “not losing its properties by keeping.”<ref>Savory, 52</ref> |
− | * Tincture of Buchu Leaves | + | * Tincture of Buchu Leaves: tincture of cubebs included in Buchu Mixture, used to treat “urinary irritation, gravel, spasmodic stricture, gleet, fluor albus &c.”<ref>Savory, 155</ref> |
− | * Tincture of Cubebs | + | * Tincture of Cubebs: used in a mixture to treat “diseases of the bladder and of the urinary passage, and in gonorrhoea and gleet.”<ref>Savory, 158</ref> |
===Prescriptions Containing Cubebs=== | ===Prescriptions Containing Cubebs=== | ||
'''Diuretics''' | '''Diuretics''' | ||
− | * Buchu Mixture for Chronic Inflammation of the Bladder | + | * Buchu Mixture for Chronic Inflammation of the Bladder: tincture of cubebs<ref>Savory, 356</ref> |
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+ | == References == | ||
+ | <references/> | ||
+ | |||
|comes from=Holland, Mauritius, India, Singapore, Ceylon, Eastern Straits Settlements | |comes from=Holland, Mauritius, India, Singapore, Ceylon, Eastern Straits Settlements | ||
|has_commodity_id=937 | |has_commodity_id=937 | ||
}} | }} |
Revision as of 14:54, 25 August 2016
Cubibs
Recorded as Cubebs
Contents
British Pharmacopoeia 1867
Cubebs Cubeba
“The dried unripe fruit of Cubeba officinalis… Cultivated in Java.”[1]
Characteristics
“The size of black pepper, globular, wrinkled, blackish, supported on a stalk of rather more than its own length; has a warm camphoraceous taste and characteristic odour.” Given in dose of 30-120 grains, in powder. Used in the preparations of:[2]
- Oleum Cubebae
- Tinctura Cubebae
Preparations of Cubebs
Oil of Cubebs / Oleum Cubebae[3]
- “The oil distilled in Britain from cubebs… Colourless or pale greenish-yellow, having the peculiar odour and taste of cubebs.”
- dose: 5-20 minims
Tincture of Cubebs / Tinctura Cubebae[4]
- cubebs, in power (2 ½ oz), rectified spirit (1 pint)
- dose: ½ - 2 fl drachms
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865 Cubebs
All page numbers are recorded as (PDF #/SOURCE #)
Classified as a Diuretic (Remedies Which Cause an Increased Secretion of Urine) by Savory[5]
Also known as Java Pepper, Cubebs are “diuretic and slightly purgative.” They have been used to treat gonorrhoea and gleets by Oriental practitioners, and used to season food in Arabic cuisine. [6]
Remedies Containing or to be used with Cubebs
- Balsam, Copaiva: combined with cubebs to treat gleets, and fluor albus.[7]
- Cubeb, or Java Pepper: can be administered either in the form of a volatile oil or powder, the former being preferred by Savory as due to “not losing its properties by keeping.”[8]
- Tincture of Buchu Leaves: tincture of cubebs included in Buchu Mixture, used to treat “urinary irritation, gravel, spasmodic stricture, gleet, fluor albus &c.”[9]
- Tincture of Cubebs: used in a mixture to treat “diseases of the bladder and of the urinary passage, and in gonorrhoea and gleet.”[10]
Prescriptions Containing Cubebs
Diuretics
- Buchu Mixture for Chronic Inflammation of the Bladder: tincture of cubebs[11]
References
- ↑ General Medical Council of Great Britain, British Pharmacopeia, (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 94 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene
- ↑ GMCGB, 94
- ↑ GMCGB, 222-23
- ↑ GMCGB, 329-30
- ↑ Savory, John. A Compendium of Domestic Medicine (London: John Churchill and Sons, 1865), 392. https://books.google.ca/books?id=VxoDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ Savory, 52
- ↑ Savory, 25
- ↑ Savory, 52
- ↑ Savory, 155
- ↑ Savory, 158
- ↑ Savory, 356