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“The concrete turpentine of Pinus Taeda… the Frankincense pine, and Pinus palustris… [and] the Swamp pine… From the Southern States of North America.<ref> General Medical Council of Great Britain, ''British Pharmacopeia'', (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 318 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene</ref> | “The concrete turpentine of Pinus Taeda… the Frankincense pine, and Pinus palustris… [and] the Swamp pine… From the Southern States of North America.<ref> General Medical Council of Great Britain, ''British Pharmacopeia'', (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 318 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene</ref> | ||
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Frankincense is an aromatic resin obtained from trees in the Burseracae family. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankincense)
Contents
British Pharmacopoeia 1867
Common Frankincense Thus Americanum
“The concrete turpentine of Pinus Taeda… the Frankincense pine, and Pinus palustris… [and] the Swamp pine… From the Southern States of North America.[1]
Characteristics
“A softish bright-yellow opaque solid, resinous but tough, having the odour of American turpentine.” [2]. Used in the preparation of:
- Emplastrum Picis
Preparations of Frankincense
Pitch Plaster / Emplastrum Picis [3]
- Burgundy pitch (26 oz), common frankincense (13 oz), resin (4 ½ oz), yellow wax (4 ½ oz), olive oil (2 fl oz), water (2 fl oz)
References
- ↑ General Medical Council of Great Britain, British Pharmacopeia, (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 318 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene
- ↑ GMCGB, 318
- ↑ GMCGB, 108