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| + | === Pimento '' Pimenta ''=== | ||
| + | “The dried unripe berries of the Allspice tree, Eugenia Pimenta… West Indies.” | ||
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| + | '''Characteristics''' | ||
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| + | “Of the size of a small pea, brown, rough, crowned with the teeth of the calyx, yellowish within, and containing two dark brown seeds. Odour and taste aromatic, hot, and peculiar. 241 Used in the preparations of: | ||
| + | * Aqua Pimentae | ||
| + | * Oleum Pimentae | ||
| + | * Syrupus Rhamni | ||
| + | ===Preparations of Pimento === | ||
| + | ''' Pimento Water ''' / Aqua Pimentae 45 | ||
| + | * Pimento, bruised (14 oz), water (2 gl) | ||
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| + | ''' Oil of Pimento ''' / Oleum Pimentae 226 | ||
| + | * “The oil distilled in Britain from pimento… Colourless or slightly reddish when recent, but becoming brown by age, having the odour and taste of pimento. Sinks in water.” | ||
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| + | ''' Syrup of Buckthorne ''' / Syrupus Rhamni 313 | ||
| + | * buckthrone juice (4 pints), ginger, sliced (3/4 oz), Pimento, bruised (3/4 oz), refined sugar (5 lb, or as needed), rectified spirit (6 fl oz) | ||
| + | * Dose: 1 fl drachm | ||
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==A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865== | ==A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865== | ||
All page numbers are recorded as (PDF #/SOURCE #) | All page numbers are recorded as (PDF #/SOURCE #) | ||
Revision as of 11:57, 27 May 2016
Contents
British Pharmacopoeia 1867
Pimento Pimenta
“The dried unripe berries of the Allspice tree, Eugenia Pimenta… West Indies.”
Characteristics
“Of the size of a small pea, brown, rough, crowned with the teeth of the calyx, yellowish within, and containing two dark brown seeds. Odour and taste aromatic, hot, and peculiar. 241 Used in the preparations of:
- Aqua Pimentae
- Oleum Pimentae
- Syrupus Rhamni
Preparations of Pimento
Pimento Water / Aqua Pimentae 45
- Pimento, bruised (14 oz), water (2 gl)
Oil of Pimento / Oleum Pimentae 226
- “The oil distilled in Britain from pimento… Colourless or slightly reddish when recent, but becoming brown by age, having the odour and taste of pimento. Sinks in water.”
Syrup of Buckthorne / Syrupus Rhamni 313
- buckthrone juice (4 pints), ginger, sliced (3/4 oz), Pimento, bruised (3/4 oz), refined sugar (5 lb, or as needed), rectified spirit (6 fl oz)
- Dose: 1 fl drachm
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
All page numbers are recorded as (PDF #/SOURCE #)
Classified as a Carminative (Remdies Which Relieve Griping) (412/391)
Remedies Containing or to be used with Pimento
- Dandelion (74/53): Pimento water is used in a mixture used to treat “chronic affections of the liver”
- Senna Leaves (154/133): Pimento water is included in “Senna Mixture,” which is given to children as a purgative
- Wine of Colochicum Root (190/169): pimento water is included in a draught used to treat violent or painful paroxysms
Diseases Treated with Pimento
General Diseases
- Cholera Morbus (243/222): pimento water is included in a draught that is to be taken with pills if the disease is accompanied by violent pain and vomiting, and after initial methods of treatment provided no relief
- Gout (255/234): spirit of pimento is included in a mixture recommended by Dr. Copland, to treat the early stages of the disease “when much inflammatory excitement exists”
- Dyspepsia, or Indigestion (264/243): spirit of pimento is included in a draught given those who suffer from periodic indigestion
Prescriptions Containing Pimento
Aperients and Cathartics
- Aperient Oil Draught (333/312): pimento water
Tonics
- Tonic Mixture (Another) (355/334): spirit of pimento
- Tonic Draught for Chronic Affections of the Liver (355/334): pimento water