THE LIQUIDAMBAR TRIBE. 727
^ demulcent drinks should then be given. The warm bath may bei ^ntageously employed. Bloodletting should be resorted to, if theUll »natory symptoms indicate, and the condition of system permit, it.
Other Medicinal Products of Conferee.
Part 6 * ea f'buils of the Norway Spruce Fir (gemma seu turiones abietis), and the sameli )rm °* the Silver Fir (gemmae seu turiones pini ), are used, on the continent, in theb er • 0 decoction or beer; or, with the woods of guaiacum and sassafras, and juniperin es ' 1,1 the form of tincture (tinctura pini composita, Ph . Bor.) They are employed^orbutic, rheumatic, and gouty complaints,t. of Spruce (essentia abietis seu essentia pini) is prepared by boiling the young
jf e °‘ some coniferous plant (in America , those of Abies nigra or Black Spruce,)iq u j 1 ? e< b in water, and concentrating the decoction by evaporation. “ It is a thicktf itio- ’ ^ av * n ff the colour and consistence of molasses, with a bitterish, acidulous, as-tast e” {.United States Dispensatory). It is used in the preparation of spruce
of ^ r,ice Beer (cerevisia abietis seu cerevisia pini) is thus prepared :—“ Take of Essenceoon^ce, half a pint; Pimento, bruised; Ginger , bruised; Hops, of each, fourWater , three gallons. Boil for five or ten minutes; then strain, and add, of’*ater, eleven gallons; Yeast, a pint; Molasses, six pints. Mix, and allow thetiq, es Ure to ferment for twenty-four hours” (United States Dispensatory). It is sotne-8eo f b .ken as an agreeable and wholesome drink in summer. It is diuretic and anti-ut »c, and is, in consequence, employed in long sea-voyages as a preventive of
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fr 0 ' lia r esin called sandarach ( sandaraca ), or gum juniper (gummi juniperi), is importedI) e V'hrgadore. It is the produce of Callitris quadrivalvis, Vent. (Thuja articulata,It;.’ Though sold by chemists and apothecaries, it is not employed in-medicine.s Use d in the manufacture of varnishes. Its powder is pounce.
®Rder 22 . Balsama'c,®, Lindley . —The Liquidam'bar Tribe.
BALSAMiFLUiE, Blume.
Th
C "Ptei° U ^ l kis order yields no officinal substance contained in the British pharma-hl ttr , as > yet the two balsamic oleo -resins, liquidambar and liquid storax (especially theI p re frequently met with in the shops, and, therefore, require to be noticed.
°f Liquidambar (Balsamum liquidambar , T. W. C. Martius; Liquid-BiaLi ’ yuibourt; Copalm balsam ).—This is procured in Mexico and Louisiana by0 \uifi f. incisions into the stem of Liquidam'bar Styraci'flua. The liquid balsam*k>n s i ^Vddambar, or cil of liquidambar, Guib.) is transparent, amber-yellow, has theS °^'d /, l ? Ce °f a thick oil, a balsamic odour, and an aromatic, acrid, bitter taste. The
Soft
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(soft or white liquidambar, Guibourt; white balsam of Peru, Auctor.) is a
a!) Ur is ‘ n ? st . i °paque, solid, very similar in
appearance to concrete turpentine.
Its
S=»dmiUi to, though weaker, than the liquid balsam. Its taste is balsamic and^ 0|, iia'• Bonastre analyzed a very fluid sample, recently received from America , ami
trj s , R to consist of —Volatile oil 7 - 0, semi-concrete matter 1P1, benzoic acid Ft),Qe 0 a . e matter soluble in water and alcohol 53, yellow colouring matter 2'05,U** 49'0, styracin 24-0, loss 0 55. The volatile oil consists, according to^Ooh^i’ f' 10 H7. Styracin is a fusible, crystalline substance, soluble in boilinga nd composed, according to Henry, of C*t H 5 02. The effects and uses ofit j s j. Hrr| bar are similar to those of other balsamic substances (vide p. 74). The dose ol1. T 0 - 111 *. en t° twenty grains.
hor n ~f'i u id Balsam of Storax (Styrax liquidus, officin).—This is said to be procured. Liquidambar Altingia, Blume, (Altingia excelsa, Noronha), a native of Java,[be |j„ Ris called Ras-sama-la (Rasamalla or Rosa rnallas, Auct.) But, on referring tobus b,. ,°f a wholesale druggist, I find that all the storax (liquid ai
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and solid), which