26o 



V 



three irregular hard feeds. It grows in feveral heathy parts of England 

 and flowers in May 



V 



Juniper is fuppdfed to be the a^«i'9o^ of the ancients, who dlftia- 

 giiiihed it into two kinds.^ Both the tops and berries of this plant 



direded for ufe in our Pharmacopoeias, but the latter are ufually 



preferred, and are 



^ht to 



hielly from Holland and hal 



They have a moderately ftrong not difagreeable fmell, and 

 pungent fweetifh tafte, which if they are long chewed or previoufly 

 well bruifed, is followed by a confiderable bitternefs. The fwe 



appears to refid 



m 



the J 



or foft pulpy part of the berry; the 



bitternefs, in the feeds : and th 



om 



fl 



m 



ly veficl 



fpread throughout the fubftance both of the pulp and the feeds, ; 

 diftinguifhable even by the eye. The frefh berries yield, on expreffi 



d 



* 



rich fweet honey-like aromatic j 



if previoufly powdered fo 



thoroughly break the feeds, which is not^^done without great dilE 

 ulty, the j 



P 



tart and b 



The fa 



diffe 



obfervable alfo in tindures and infufions made from the dry b 

 according as the berry is taken entire or thoroughly bruifed 



They 



g 



out 



rly all their virtue both to water 



dified 



Diftilled with water they yield a yellowifb effential oil, 

 and pungent, in fmell greatly refembling the berr 



ery 



fiibt 



quantity (if 



they have been fufficiently bruifed) about one ounce from forty 



decodti 



piiTated to the 



onfift 



of 



a 



rob or extrad, has 



pleafant, balfamic, fweet tafte, with a greater or lefs degree of bitter 

 ilhnefs. A part of the flavour of the berries arifes alfo in diftill '^-"' 



with red:ifled fp 

 fubftances : 



the 



fpifl^ated tindur 



onfifts of two diftina 



one 



aromatic 



?5 C 



ily and fweet ; the other tenacious. 



refln 



and 



Thefe b 



are 



alfo 



hiefly ufed for th 



diuretic effed 



they 



•e 



onfidered to be ftomachic, carmmati\ 



and diapho 



Ij The odour of the J 



]y fragrant, was, by V 



b 



i3 



folet efle gravis cantantibus umbra : 



Tuniperi gravis umbra : noceht & - ^^ 



-^ ^ ^ V EcL. X. V. 75 



b 



See Plinv. L 



r/>. 25. G 



tlie perforations made by infers 



J 



Sandrach, known alfo by the r 

 ; it exudes through the crevices 



«= Lewis, Mat, Med, p, 362 



of 



Of 



\ 



^ 



