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Show 306 ANISE. PREPARATIONS. EssentrAt Orr or Anise. (Oleum Volatile Pimpinelle Anisi.) This, like other essential oils, is obtained bydistillation with an alembic, anda large refrigeratory. Water must be addedto the materials in sufficient quantity to prevent their burning, and to macerate them before the distillation. The water which comes over with the oil during thedistilla. tion ought to be kept for use. Anise is a seed which has an aromatic smell and a pleasant, warm, sweetish taste; it has been used as a carminative, a core dial, and stomachic, and for: strengthening the viscera: the essential oil is amongst the mildest of this kind we have, and may be given from three to twenty drops, though common practice seldom goes beyondeight or ten. Compounp Spirit or ANIsEED. (Spiritus Anisi Compositus. L. D.) Take of aniseed, angelica seed, of each, bruised, half a pound ; proof spirit, one gallon ; —— water, suflicient.to-prevent empyreuma : Draw off one gallon bydistillation. This compoundspirit, like the simple ones, is an agreeable cordial; indeed they are too agreeable, for by some theyare so eften resorted to, on the slightest sensation of flatulence in the stomach, that their use is attended with all the pernicious consequences of dram-drinking. It may be added to purgatives, to hindér their producing colicy pains in the bowels, in the dose of from ole to two drachms, or taken alone in some water to expel flatulency. Hence Hoffman calls these seeds Solamen intestinum. AniseeD Water. (Aqua Anethi.) Take of bruised dill-seeds, a pound; of water, as muchasis sufficient to prevent burning: Distil off a gallon. This is given to infants to expel wind, and often mixed with their food: but such cordials begun early often induce an enJargement of the liver, aud dreadful atrophy. The common cause of windis a diseased state ofthe bile, to be obviated by a little magnesia, with a very small quantity of rhubarb, to be taken night and morning. This is said to augment in womenthe quantity of milk, and restore it when it has disappeared. COMMON PARSLEY. APIUM PETROSELINUM., Class V... Pentandria. Order Il. Digynia. Essent. Gen. Gen. Car. C Fruit ovate, Fruit 7 striat i e: Genera ; l Involucre monophylfous: Petals equal. Spec. Cuar, C caves caulin Leaves i e linear: i j Involucre six or eight leaflets. Partial BY Nemes 2 I : DESCRIPTION. i. feet in height. The radical leaves are without » Compound, pinnated-ia-threes. The leaflets are a seo divided into three lobes, and notched at the stdin ake are small, of a yellow colour, placed on cit ee The leaves of the general involucre vary from ‘ure, Of the partial usually six or eight. It is best distin. ie he an other umbelliferous. plants by means of the lider ibaa be discriminated from the fool’s parsley by the 6 4 partial involucre consisting of three long leaflets. It is Se iad cx ain = IST ORY: i ; imine . # 1e south of Europe, and is naturalized to > and very generally cultivated for culinary purposes. Ra e au AWG L VIRTUES. ; tied sn aa : : e diuretic, and Wecoctians ofit are often Reteesin: : . peared, and where there is a scarcity or difficulty Orhts 5 wa ® The seeds are slightly aromatic, ‘and hence ative ; ut the whole plant merits rather to be mentioned 4 2 culinary { han a medicinal plant. x2 |