Oleum Carui. Lond. Dub. Oil of Carraway

Syn. Huile de Carvi (F.), Kummelohl (G.), Olio di Carvi (I.), Azeyte de Alcorovea (S).

Six pounds of carraway-seeds yield four ounces and a half of oil1, which has an aromatic odour, and a sweetish, pungent taste; is viscid, and of a yellow colour. Its specific gravity is .946.2 W. Brande says .9310.3

Medical properties and uses. - Oil of carraway is stimulant and carminative. It is chiefly used as an adjunct to purgative pills and to cover the disagreeable flavour of other substances. The dose is from j. to x.

Oleum Seminum Foeniculi Dulcis. Dub. Oil of Fennel Seeds

Syn. Huile essentiale de Fenoule (F.), Fenchelohl (G.), Olio di Finoichio (I.), Azey de 1' Eneldo hinojo (S.).

Seventy-five pounds of fennel-seeds yield thirty ounces of oil4, which is colourless, and congeals at 50°. It has the odour of the plant; and a hot, sweetish taste. Its specific gravity is .997.5

Medical properties and uses.-The same as those of the plant: the usual dose is from ij. to xx. It is rarely used.

1 Baume 2 Ibid. 3 Manual, p. 342.

4 Dehne. 5 Lewi

Oleum Juniperi

Lond. Oleum Volatile Juni-peri communis, Edin. Oleum Baccarum Juniperi, Dub. Oil of Juniper.

Syn. Huile essentiale de Genevrier (F.), Wachholder beerohl (G.), Olio di Ginepro (I.).

Forty-eight pounds of the bruised German fruit of juniper yield six ounces of oil1, of a specific gravity .6112, according to Lewis; but Mr. Brande states that of the English to be .8688, the foreign .8834.3 As the oil is contained in the vittae of the nut, it is necessary to bruise the fruit. Its odour is similar to that of turpentine, and the taste hot and acrid. It has a greenish-yellow colour, is viscid, and deposits a feculent matter when long kept. When genuine it is soluble in alcohol.

Medical properties and uses.-This oil is carminative, diaphoretic, and diuretic. It is sometimes given in dropsy, and may be added to fox-glove when it is exhibited in the form of pills. The dose is from ij. to x., combined with water by means of sugar or of mucilage.

Oleum Lavandulae

Lond. Oleum Volatile Lavandulae Spicae, Edin. Oleum Florum Lavandulae, Dub. Oil of Lavender.

Syn. Huile essentiale de Lavande (F.), Lavendelohl (G.), Olio di La-vanda (I.) Azeyte de 1' Espliego (S).

One pound nine ounces of this oil are obtained from eighty pounds of lavender flowers. The odour is very fragrant, and the taste warm and agreeable. Its colour is a very pale, lemon-yellow: its specific gravity, according to Lewis, is .9364; but Mr. Brande says, that the specific gravity of oil obtained from the flowers only is .8960; that from the whole herb .9206.

Medical properties and uses. - This oil is stimulant and cordial. It is chiefly used in hysteria and nervous headach, in doses of from j. to v., given on a lump of sugar.