^bi m . lxxx. 45), and in 1819 by Braconnot {Ibid, lxviii. 52) and byLandes ( Berl. Jahrb. xxii. 275)
myrrh tree.
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a thi tl °l aiile Od of Myrrh . —Colourless, though by age it becomes yellowish. It iss °l U bl e • '*R h eav i er than water, having the odour and taste of myrrh, and beingJesid| le i! n . a R°hol, ether, and the fixed oils. It partially evaporates in the air, thelit n,„ e, ?ST a glutinous varnish-like substance. It readily distils over with water,
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With sulphuric, nitric, and hydrochloric acids, it forms red solu-
*°ltbl»** Ml Myrrh. —According to Brandes, this is of two kinds, both of which are
( a ) alcohol.
R|| Verd u -ft resin. —Odorous, soft at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether.
(J \ “fhen regards it as a mixture of hard resin and volatile oil.
Ca Usti c (Myrrhic acid?)— Inodorous, hard, insoluble in ether, soluble in
' v at er , a| kalies, forming resinates (inyrrhates?). The resiuate of baryta is soluble in, 3. q ut n °t in alcohol.
| lrt Myrrh.—Is, also of two kinds, (a.) Soluble in water: the solution form-lllei ' c UrvP lta tes with alcohol and the salts of lead, silver, the protosalts of tin, and of■f ■ (b.) Insoluble in water.
the ^ Ysior -OGicAi. Effects. —In small or moderate doses, myrrh promotescreates an agreeable warmth in the stomach, and occasionsthe a c ° ns bpation. Its continued employment in these quantities assistshfr tlr , ^dative functions, increases the muscular activity, gives greater
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t° the solids, and diminishes excessive secretion from theMembranes.
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a 8ieeaibp ,e ^ oses ( as from half a drachm to a drachm) it excites a dis-tk v is 6 Sensa fr° n of heat in the stomach, and in irritable conditions offre f ,!) US ma y cven bring on a slight inflammatory state; it accelerates^**<2 and increases the fulness of the pulse, gives rise to a febrileb'^'djrar °| the body, and creates a feeling of warmth in the mucoush Gl1 sun 6 ^ es P e cially in the membrane lining the air-passages). It hasj s i in to have a specific stimulant operation on the uterus, and
° We ° nse d uen ce, been termed emmenagogue; but it does not appear3?he j 11 ^ frdo to this appellation.
; r [[ 0, h-Tat e ° Ca 0 P ei 'ation of myrrh is that of a mild astringent and aW 0 p stl Mulant. Kraus ( Heilmittellehre) says it is very similar toW s frinu| lcll0na ' ^ ts remote effects myrrh partakes of both the tonic\, lr,iv ‘la'at - ailt ?R aracters J and hence some have denominated it a tonico-4 ^a lr , s 1 an< l as its stimulant powers are analogous to those of the’ Pas also been called a tonico-balsamic.