Origin. - The dried, unripe, but fully grown fruit of Piper Cubeba Linn. fil., a climbing diaecious shrub about 20 feet (6 M.) high, indigenous in Java.

Description and Properties. - Globular, about1/6 or 1/5 inch (4 or 5 Mm.) in diameter, contracted at the base into a rounded stipe about 1/4 or 2/5 inch (6or 10 Mm.) long, reticulately wrinkled, blackish-gray, internally whitish and hollow; odor strong, spicy; taste aromatic and pungent. It contains from 5 to 15 per cent. of a volatile oil, an odorous principle, cubebin, and a diuretic principle, cubebic acid, besides resin, fat, wax, and starch.

Dose. - 5-60 grains (0.32-4.0 Gm.) [15 grains (1 Gm.), U. S. P.].

Official Preparations

Fluidextractum Cubebae - Fluidextralcti Cubebae - Fluidextract of Cubeb. - Dose, 5-60 minims (0.2-4.0 Cc.) [15 minims (I Cc.), U. S. P.J.

Oleoresina Cubebae - Oleoresinae Cubebae - Oleoresin of Cubeb. - Dose, 15-30 minims (0.32-2.0 Cc.) [71/2 grains (0.5 Gm.), U. S. P.].

Trochisci Cubebae - Trochiscos (acc.) Cubebae - Troches of Cubeb.(Each troche contains 1/3 minim (0.02 Cc.) of the oleoresin.) - Dose, 1-6 troches.