A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . Sw.; JuniperBerries. Origin.—Juniperus communis, Linne (Coniferce). Habitat.—The Northern hemisphere. Part used.—The ripe fruit. Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page 188. Italian Juniper Berries are the best. Constituents.—From one to two and a half per cent. volatile oil, and about fifteen to thirty per cent, sugar, some -saaiu*- x^ resin, etc. Medicinal Uses.—Stimu-lant, diuretic, and emmena- Figs. 337-342.—Juniper Berries, natural size and gogue, useful in dropsies dueenlarged; transverse section, enlarged; seeds, nat- . „ , , ?, * ural si
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . Sw.; JuniperBerries. Origin.—Juniperus communis, Linne (Coniferce). Habitat.—The Northern hemisphere. Part used.—The ripe fruit. Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page 188. Italian Juniper Berries are the best. Constituents.—From one to two and a half per cent. volatile oil, and about fifteen to thirty per cent, sugar, some -saaiu*- x^ resin, etc. Medicinal Uses.—Stimu-lant, diuretic, and emmena- Figs. 337-342.—Juniper Berries, natural size and gogue, useful in dropsies dueenlarged; transverse section, enlarged; seeds, nat- . „ , , ?, * ural size, enlarged, and transverse section enlarged, to obstruction ot the tubules otshowing resin glands. the kidneys, as in scarlatina, etc. A popular method of using this drug is to make a strong tincture bymacerating sixty grams (2 ounces) of the bruised berries in five hun-dred cubic centimeters (1 pint) of whiskey or gin, and giving it in table-spoonful doses. Juniper berries are often employed for fumigation by throwing a. UNITED STATES PHAHMACOPCEIA. 625 handful on live coals, or on a hot stove or coal shovel, under the mis-taken notion that they are disinfectants when thus used. The fumes simply act by overcoming the sickening odors of thesick-room, substituting another scarcely less disagreeable smell. JUNIPERI FRUCTUS EXTEACTUM FLUIDUM. Fluid Extract of Juniper Berries. To make five hundred cubic centimeters (or its equivalent—17 U. ), use five hundred grams (or its equivalent—17§ avoirdupoisounces) of the drug, in No. 30 powder. As a menstruum use diluted alcohol. Dose.—Two to five cubic centimeters (30 to 75 minims). JUNIPERI of Juniper Berries. From thirty grams (about 1 avoirdupois ounce) of the drug makefive hundred grams (equal to about 17 U. S. fluidounces). About the same strength as the preparation of 1870. Dose.—Fifty to seventy-five cubic centimeters (12 to 18 fluidrachms),or about a wineglassful four or fiv
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