A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . a light-yellowish color, fragrant with the odor ofjuniper turpentine. Used as an ingredient in alterative and diuretic 626 A COMPANION TO THE Juniperi Oleum;U. S. Oil of Junipek. Ju niperi JEtheroleum —Volatile Oil of Juniper,Oil of Juniper Berries. Description, etc.—Seethe Pharmacopoeia, page volatile oil distilledfrom the wood is very differ-ent from that distilled fromthe berries, which is valuedat about four times as oil of juniper wood isoften sold under the nameof oil of juniper ; but theoil of juniper, U. S. Phar.
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . a light-yellowish color, fragrant with the odor ofjuniper turpentine. Used as an ingredient in alterative and diuretic 626 A COMPANION TO THE Juniperi Oleum;U. S. Oil of Junipek. Ju niperi JEtheroleum —Volatile Oil of Juniper,Oil of Juniper Berries. Description, etc.—Seethe Pharmacopoeia, page volatile oil distilledfrom the wood is very differ-ent from that distilled fromthe berries, which is valuedat about four times as oil of juniper wood isoften sold under the nameof oil of juniper ; but theoil of juniper, U. S. Phar. 1880, is always sold under the designation Oil of Juniper Berries, Extra. Used occasionally as a carminative and — to cubic centimeter (5 to 8 minims). JUNIPERI SPIRITUS ; U. of Juniper. Mix thirty grams (1 ounce 25 grains) volatile oil of juniper ber-ries and nine hundred and seventy grams (34 ounces 100 grains, orabout 40-J- fluidounces) alcohol. Dose.—Two to four cubic centimeters (£ to 1 fluidrachm).. Fig. 343.—Juniper Wood, transverse section,nified. JUNIPERI SPIRITUS COMPOSITUS ; U. Spirit of Juniper. Mix ten grams (154 grains) volatile oil of juniper berries, one gram(15 grains) volatile oil of caraway, one gram (15 grains) volatile oil offennel, and three thousand grams (105 ounces 360 grains, or about 125fluidounces) alcohol. Then add gradually enough water to make thewhole product weigh five thousand grams (170 ounces 1G0 grains, meas-uring about 12 pints). Dose.—Ten to twenty cubic centimeters (2 to 5 fluidrachms). UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA. 627 Origin, Juniperus Virginiana. Red virginiana, Linne (Coniferce).Habitat.—North used.—The young twigs.|l Description.—The twigs are about thirty millimeters ™Hllii (1^ inch) long, having a four-sided appearance caused bythe arrangement of the leaves, which, as in savin, are have a bright green color, a terebinthinate odor, a
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