OPOPONAX.
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Petals of Red Roses, \
------------- Violets, J
Seeds of White Henbane, "Poppy,
Lettuce,Fleaseed,
of each,six drams.
of each,
halfan ounce.
of each,
threedrams.
of each,two drams.
Bark of Mandrake Root.
Nutmegs,
Cinnamon,
Ginger,
Puritied Opium,
AVhite Sanders,
Red Sanders,
Gum Tragacanth,
Ivory, burnt to whiteness, J
White Sugar, twenty ounces.
Dissolve the opium in three ounces ofwhite wine, add the powders, and incorpo-rate the sugar, dissolved in ten ounces ofrose water. (Wiktem.)
R. Root of Mandrake, ~Petals of Roses,---------- Violets,
Seeds of Henbane,
---------- Poppies,
---------- Endive,
---------- Lettuce,
---------- Purslane,
---------- Fleaseed,
Opium,
Nutmegs,
Cinnamon,
Ginger,
White Sanders,
Red Sanders,
Ivory, burnt to whiteness,
Gum Tragacanth,
of each,y one ounce anda half.
of each,six drams.
R.
Sugar Candy, one ounce.
Rose Julep, ' twenty-four ounces.
Mix. (Spielmann)
Gum Arabic, c , . ,
n ■ ' > of each, two drams.
Opium, J '
N^t^e I °^ eacn > three drams.
Cinnamon, six drams.
Red Roses, fourteen drams.
Seeds of White Poppy, eighteen drams.
Honey, fourteen ounces.
Mix the powdered gum and seeds with
the opium ; then triturate the whole with
the honey, adding the other powders mixed
together. (Van Mons)
R. Honey,
Seeds of Anise,
Subcarbonate of Lime, f eight parts.
Opium, one part.
Cinnamon, ] of each,
Nutmegs, J twenty-five parts.
Triturate the opium with the subearbo-
nate till it is reduced to powder, then add
the other ingredients in powder, and finally
incorporate the honey. (Van Mons)
It is rather remarkable that no other vir-tue has ever been attributed to this electua-ry than that of being sedative and soporific.It is nearly disused at the present day,though it formerly enjoyed a great cele-brity. It used particularly to be given tochildren as an emetic ; and it used also tobe applied to the temples. — Dose, from halfa dram to two drams and a half. — Eachounce, in the formula of Wirtem., containsfive grains of opium.
forty-eight parts.of each,
OPOPONAX.
Stnonimes :— Gummi Panaris. — Opopa-nax, Fr. ; Heilwurzgummi, Opopanax-harz ; Panaxgummi, Opopanax gummi,Germ.; Panaxgummi, Dan. ; Opopa-naco, Port. ; and Span.
Lond. ; Duel. ; Amst. ; Ant. ; Batav. ;Belg. ; Bruns.; Dan. ; Hisp. ; Gall.;Ferr. ; Gknev. ; Hann. ; Lipp. ; Ol-den ; Ll'sit. ; Pol. ; Borus. ; Sax. ;Wirtem. ; Herbip. ; Bergius; Brug-natelli ; Coxe ; Gijibourt ; Murrayand Gmelin ; Spielmann; Zarda.
This gum resin is in irregular pieces,seldom in tears, of a reddish-yellow colourexternally, and of a dull white varied withred and yellow internally ; it is opaque, dry,and friable. It has a rather strong, aro-matic, but not very agreeable odour, and anacrid and warm taste.
Vol. II.
It is the inspissated milky juice which isobtained from incisions made in the root ofthe Pastinaca Opoponajc, Linn. ; a plant ofthe south of Europe and of the East Indies.{Fig. Gouan, Iliustr. t. 13 and 14). But itis only yielded by the plant which grows inthe east, from whence it comes to us bySyria.
It contains, according to Pelletier, re-sin, gnm, and a little starch.
It is excitant. — Dose, from a scruple tohalf a dram.
detergent fomentation. (Brf.ra)
R. Root of Round Birthwort, "1 of each,
---------- Long Birthwort, > half
- Florentine Iris, J an ounce.
Opoponax,Sagapenum, JGuaiac,2T
of each, two drams,four scruples.