Caraway
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Caraway
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British Pharmacopoeia 1867
Caraway Fruit Carui Fructus
The dried fruit (sometimes called seeds) of Carum carui that are cultivated in England and Germany[1] Characteristics “Fruit usually separation into two parts which are about two lines long, curved, tapering at each end, brown, with five paler longitudinal ridges; having an agreeable aromatic odous and spicy taste.” [2]
Preparations of Caraway
Caraway Water / Aqua Carui [3]
- one pound of caraway fruit, bruised, distilled in two gallons of water to make one gallon of the water
Confection of Opium / Confectio Opii [4]
- compound powder of opium (192 grains) and 1 fl oz of syrup mixed
- caraway is included in the compound powder of opium
- the dose given is 5-20 grains
Confection of Pepper / Confectio Piperia (syn: electuarium piperis) [5]
- black pepper in fine powder (2 oz), caraway fruit in fine powder (3 oz), and clarified honey (15 oz) combined together in a mortar
- taken in a dose of 60-120 grains
Confection of Scammony / Confectio Scammonii [6]
- Scammony, in fine powder (3 oz), ginger in fine powder (1 ½ oz), oil of caraway (1 fl drachm), oil of cloves (1/2 fl drachm), syrup (3 fl oz), and clarified honey (1 ½ oz)
- Dose given is 10-30 grains
Oil of Caraway / Oleum Carui [7]
- “the oil distilled in Britain from caraway fruit… clourless or pale yellow, odour armotic, and taste spicy”
- used in the preparations of Confectio Scammonii, and Pilula Aloes Barbadenis
Pill of Barbadoes Aloes / Pilula Aloes Barbadensis [8]
- Barbadoes aloes, in powder (2 oz), hard soap (1 oz), oil of caraway (1 fl drachm), and confection of roses (1 oz)
- the given dose is 5-10 grains
Compound Powder of Opium / Pulvis Opii compositus [9]
- opium in powder (1 ½ oz), black pepper in powder (2 oz), ginger in powder (5 oz), caraway fruit in powder (6 oz), and tragacanth in powder (1/2 oz)
- the dose given in 2-5 grains
- included in the preparation of Confecto Opii
Compound Tincture of Cardmoms / Tinctura Cadamomi composita [10]
- cardamom seeds frees from the pericarps and bruised (1/4 oz), caraway fruit bruised (1/4 oz), raisins freed from their seeds (2 oz), cinnamon bark bruised (1/2 oz), cochineal in powder (60 grains), and proof spirit (1 pint)
- the dose is ½ -2 fl drachms
- used in the preparation of Decoctum Aloes compositum, Mistura Ferri Aromatica, Mistura Sennae composite, and Tinctura Chloroformi composita
Tincture of Senna / Tinctura Sennae [11]
- Senna broken small (2 ½ oz), raisins freed from seeds (2 oz), caraway fruit bruised (1/2 oz), coriander fruit bruised (1/2 oz), and proof spirit (1 pint)
- The dose given in 1-4 fl drachms
- used in the preparation of Mistura Sennae composita
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
Primarily used as a carminative, noted for its ability to relieve griping [12]
Remedies Containing or to be used with Caraway
- Ether, Compound Spirit of: oil of caraway in included in a mixture to treat flatulent colic. [13]
- Oli of Caraway: has the same properties as oil of aniseed. [14]
- Soluble Tartar: caraway water used in an aperient given to children. [15]
Prescriptions Containing Caraway
Antacids
- Antacid and Carminative Mixture: spirit of caraway [16]
- Aromatic Magnesia Mixture: spirit of caraway [17]
Aperients and Cathartics
- Aperient Mixture (Another): caraway water [18]
- Aperient Mixture (Another): caraway seeds [19]
- Dr. James Johnson’s Aperient Pills: oil of caraway [20]
- Purgative Pills for General Use: oil of caraway [21]
Carminatives
Demulcents
- Cough Mixture (Another): spirit of caraway [24]
Diuretics
- Diuretic Mixture (Another): bruised caraway seeds [25]
Expectorants
- Expectorant Pills: oil of caraway [26]
Stimulants
- Stimulant Mixture (Another): oil of caraway [27]
References
- ↑ General Medical Council of Great Britain, British Pharmacopeia, (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 71 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene
- ↑ GMCGB, 71
- ↑ GMCGB, 43
- ↑ GMCGB, 87
- ↑ GMCGB, 87
- ↑ GMCGB, 88-89
- ↑ GMCGB, 221
- ↑ GMCGB, 234
- ↑ GMCGB, 265
- ↑ GMCGB, 324
- ↑ GMCGB, 341
- ↑ Savory, John. A Compendium of Domestic Medicine (London: John Churchill and Sons, 1865), 391. https://books.google.ca/books?id=VxoDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ Savory, 60
- ↑ Savory, 106
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