112 ORANGE, BITTER — ORANGE, SWEET — ORRIS. 



in domestic medication. Who has not heard of roasted 

 Onion as a poultice for suppurating tumours or earache ? 

 The juice, made into a syrup, is beneficial as a cough 

 medicine. Onions are macerated in Holland gin, and 

 the resulting tincture is serviceable in gravel and 

 dropsical affections. 



ORANGE, BITTER. Citrus vulgaris. 



Synonym — Seville Orange, Bigarade Orange, Citrus 

 Aurantium amara, Citrus Bigaradia. 



Part used — Fruit rind. 



Action — Tonic, stomachic, carminative. Orange 

 peel is mostly used as an agreeable flavour for bitter 

 medicinal compounds and to allay a tendency to nausea. 

 It can be used with most forms of medications, especially 

 in infusions, decoctions, tinctures, and syrups. 



Preparations — Comp. tinct. of Cinchona, B.P. 1898 : 

 Dose, £-1 drachm. Comp. tinct. of Gentian, B.P. 1898 : 

 Dose, £- 1 drachm. Syrup B.P. 1898: Dose, £-1 drachm. 

 Tincture B.P. 1898: Dose, ^-1 drachm. Infusion of 

 Orange, B.P. 1898: Dose, 4-8 drachms. Infusion of 

 Orange comp., B.P. 1898 : Dose, 4-8 drachms. Infusion 

 of Gentian comp., B.P. 1898: Dose, 4-8 drachms. 



ORANGE, SWEET. Citrus Aurantium dulcls. 



Synonym — Portugal Orange, China Orange, Citrus 

 dulcis. 



Part used — Peel, flowers. 



Action — Aromatic, carminative. Possesses the same 

 properties as Bitter Orange and is used for similar pur- 

 poses. Orange Water is made from the flowers by 

 distillation and used for flavouring. 



ORRIS. iris Florentina. 



Synonym — Florentine Orris, Orris Root. 



Part used — Root. Mostly used, on account of its 

 fragrancy, in dusting powders, toilet powders, dentifrices, 

 cachous, &c. 



