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Show BLACK PEPPER. BLACK PEPPER. parts: for resinoous part the resin n the acidee iin : Sane particles seem principally to resid pound of black pepper a Cartheuser observes, < that from a obtained.” Authors diifer drachm or twoof essential oil m ay be mentioning a drachm, others about the exact quantity, some though it smells sttrongly three drachms ; and this essential oil, muct nuch of thenant acrid qualities of the pepperreside s in this coat, it . is no wonder that the white€ pepperis found to bee€ theneD iaadie milde iilde2S ct st st of 82ne acrimony; and a watery inof the pepper, yet has but little fusion, though it extracts a great quantity of gummy or an ounce, yet mucilaginous parts, three or four drachms from of the resinous has little or no acrimony unless it carries some the spirits, with drawn tincture a particles along with it: but from grains few a and drachm a though it extracts only about set it of fewdrops a that an ounce, yet is so fiery andhot, drawn, is tincture this the mouth as it were in a flame; andafter and inert. whatever is obtained afterw ards is always quite mild parresinous To show how muchthe virtues of pepperlie in the waof ticles, if some black pepper be boiled in fresh parcels ter, it will not have lost its flavour, but i mpart it to the water even to the forty-third boiling. Wemayhere remark, that pepper, infused in water, impregnates the menstruumpretty strongly withits flavour, but w eakly withits taste: byboiling for some time, a little more of its pune gent matter is extracted, andits flavour dissipated. Oncollecting the fluid that exhales in theboiling, the water is found agrees ably impregnated with the odour of the spice, but :scarcely dis« covers anytaste: the essential oil, which rises to the surface of the water, is thin, light, and limpid, with a strong agreeable smell, and of a mild taste; a drop or two on the tongue ime prints only a moderate grateful warmth. On inspissating the decoction, a part of the pungency ofthe pepper is found in the mucilaginous extract, for a larger part is retained by the pepper itself. The tincture, on the contrary, is extremely hot and fiery, 4 few drops producing a most violent effect. Inspissated it leaves anextract still more fiery. The quantity of the extract from both the black and white pepper is thesame, but thatfrom the white is weaker than fromthe other. In fact, the commonwhite pepper usually met with is spurious, and only orepared fromthe black in the Indies. Theysteep the black pepper-corns in sea water, exposed to the heat of the sum for several days, till they find the arillus, or outer coat, loose on it; this they remove, and it appears afterwards white. 3 As 33 Sir John sir uae John Hill Hil ment menti entio ions in his ns, in hi 3 Materi ria Medica, i that t there are actually plants which produce a true whit V fe e peppe pep} r, 5 and and that 1at the genui paige ne fruit is son ietimesiimpor ted to us 35; but but it is itis Most most pr pro. bable, that this is only when thebei ies of the black pep i per, having become too ripe, drop upon the ground, and by a nae tural proc ess are de prived of their | i their covering ring, Ltt ast is to be considered as aninferior kind ; bu t is soldat treb ; le the price off the other Resp ects eSea hitie peppaA er as a medicine, it cannot be donbted that j t has a warn varm une , ree cordial effec : t upon the stomach: but as it does not on the blood to attract mor e oxygen; therefore it does not ini ame it, and henceaccelerates not the circulation, But it i vigorates the powers of digestio n, st imulates the faucesn to pou s r out an abundant supply of s aliv a, and the stomach thegast ric solvent, and finally the bowe Is toa better peristaltic motion. It is mostly used 4s a correcti ve of the cold ne of a vegetable diet, and seem s admirably etaauae L e arm climates, where the fobat1s naturally aque ous, and of a CCbid nature. Hence weuse it with most vege tables, especially ie cumbers and peas, It serves as a condimen ttofis h, In gout, :dropsy, rheumatism, cold phlegmatic habits > the use of pepper is ady takenin a large dose is i said to cureintermittents, Ta ix = quinsies, before the a tum e our has brokeen, .a bason I s wea : soned with pepper, taken at bed.time, will resolve, it ree use of pepper p comes 2 natu{ rally recommendedin palsy¢y |