. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . ning the oil of cubebs, are prepared by Mr. Willdenow. The modeof preparing these will be described when noticing the gelatinous capsules ofcopaiva. A combination of oil of cubebs and oil of copaiva forms a very usefulmedicine in some cases of gonorrhoea. On the continent, a preparation, called the oleo-resinous extract of cubebs, isused. It is prepared by adding the oil to the resinous extract of cubebs, whichis prepared by digesting the cake left after the distillation of the oil in alcohol, anddistilling off the spirit. (Journ.
. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . ning the oil of cubebs, are prepared by Mr. Willdenow. The modeof preparing these will be described when noticing the gelatinous capsules ofcopaiva. A combination of oil of cubebs and oil of copaiva forms a very usefulmedicine in some cases of gonorrhoea. On the continent, a preparation, called the oleo-resinous extract of cubebs, isused. It is prepared by adding the oil to the resinous extract of cubebs, whichis prepared by digesting the cake left after the distillation of the oil in alcohol, anddistilling off the spirit. (Journ. de Pharm. t. xiv. p. 40.) 2. TINCTURA CUBEB Jil, L.; Tinctura Piperis Cubebce, D. Tincture of Cubebs.—(Cubebs, 3v. [3iv. I). ;] Rectified [Proof, Z>.] Spirit, Oij. [tcine measure, D.]Macerate for fourteen days, and filler.)—Dr. Montgomery (Observ. on the p. 439, Lond.) says, I have found this tincture cure gonorrhoea bothspeedily and satisfactorily. The dose of it is one or two drachms, three timesa day. 19* 222 ELEMENTS OF MATERIA OTHER NON-OFFICIXAIi PIPERACE^. The Piper Betle is extensively used by the Malays and other nations of the East, who con- sider it as a necessary of life. The mode of takingFlG. 184 l n Sumatra consists simply in spreading on the sirih (the leaf of the Piper Betle) a small quantity of chu-nam (quick-lime prepared from calcined shells) andfolding it up with a slice of pinong or Areca the mastication there proceeds a juice whichtinges the saliva of a bright red, and which the leafand nut, without the lime, will not yield. This huebeing communicated to the mouth and lips, is esteemedornamental, and an agreeable flavour is imparled tothe breath. The juice is usually, but not always,swallowed. To persons who are not habituated tof mi ^§Ml vX^Hi *ns composition, it causes giddiness, astringes and excoriates the mouth and fauces, and deadens for atime the faculty of taste. Individuals, when toothless,have the ingredient
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