532 VEGETABLE DRUGS 



Oleum Anisl Oil of Anise. (U. S. & B. P.) 



A volatile oil distilled from anise. 



Properties. — A colorless or pale yellow, thin and strongly 

 refractive liquid, having the characteristic odor of anise, and 

 a sweetish, mildly aromatic taste. Spec. gr. about 0.980 to 

 0.990. Soluble in an equal volume of alcohol. 



Dose. -H., Hlxx.-xxx. (1.3-2.); D., 1TLi.-v. (.06-.8). 



PREPARATIONS. 



Aqua Anisi. Anise Water. (U. S. & B. P.) 



Oil of anise, 2 ; purified talc, 15 ; water to make 1000. (U. S. P.) 

 Used as vehicle. 



Spiritus Anisi. Spirit of Anise. (U. S. & B. P.) 



Oil of anise, 100 ; deo4orized alcohol, 900. (U. S. P.) 

 Dose.— D., ;i.-ii. (4.-8.). 



ACTIONS AND USES OP ANISE AND ILLICIUM. 



Oil of anise resembles iu action the other volatile oils. 

 It is employed with olive oil or alcohol (1-10) to kill fleas or 

 lice on dogs, rubbed over the skin ; and one drop of the pure 

 oil may be placed on the feathers of fowl to cause destruc- 

 tion of lice. The oil is sometimes prescribed to disguise the 

 taste or odor of drugs (see potassa sulphurata), and is 

 ordered in cough mixtures for its expectorant properties. 



Anise fruit is given to horses and ruminants on their 

 food — frequently with sodium bicarbonate and ginger — to 

 relieve mild forms of indigestion and flatulence through its 

 stomachic and carminative action. 



Caedamomum. Cardamom. 



Synonym. — Cardamomi semina, B.P.; fructus vel semen 

 cardamomi minoris, P.G. ; cardamomes, Fr. ; cardamomen, 

 kleine kardamomen, G. 



The fruit of Elettaris repens (Sonnerat) Baillon (nat. 

 ord. Scitaminese). 



Habitat. — Malabar. 



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