CARUM COPTICUM 137 



when fresh but soon turns yellow ; possesses the odor of the 

 fruit and an acrid, burning taste. Aqua 600 grams of the 

 fruit ground and mixed with 9 liters of water ; this is distilled 

 till 4J liters have gone over, these constituting the " aqua cari." 



DOSE. 12 drops of the essential oil in emulsion or on a 

 piece of sugar. Of the " aqua," 30-60 grams as a carminative 

 or to disguise the taste of other drugs (such as castor oil), thus 

 frequently preventing nausea or vomiting. 



BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION. Leaves finely pinnately com- 

 pound. Common petiole clasps the stem at the base. Flowers 

 white, in flat compound umbels. The secondary peduncles 12. 

 Flowerets of each partial umbel about 16. Calyx of flowerets 

 superior, 5 globose sepals. Corolla, 5 equal petals, with 

 rounded lobules. Stamens 5. Ovary tuberculate. Styles 2, 

 very short. Seeds 2, united, furrowed and nearly glabrous at 

 maturity. 



HABITAT. Cultivated in gardens. Blooms in October. 



Fceniculum vulgare, Gaertii. (F. qfficinale, Allion ; F. pan- 

 morium, DC.; Anethum foeniculiim, Blanco.) 



NOM. YULG. Anis, Sp.; Fennel, Eng. 



Coriandrum sativum, L. (Ciimmum cynimum, Wall.) 



NOM. VULG. Cominos, Calantro, Sp.; Coriander, Eng. 



USES. The fruit of both species has the same therapeutical 

 application being stomachic and carminative par excellence. It 

 yields an aromatic essential oil with stimulant properties, pop- 

 ular because of its agreeable odor and taste. 



As a rule the infusion is given in doses of one liter a day 

 (15-30 grams of the seeds to one liter of water). The essence 

 and the alcoholate are also employed, the former obtained by 

 distillation, the latter by macerating the fresh seeds in alcohol. 

 The dose of the essence, 48 drops on a piece of sugar or in 

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