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and tops, the latter are said to have been employed with equal 
advantage. We are told by Linuaus, that the Laplanders drink an 
infusion of the juniper berries as we do tea, and that the Swedes 
prepare a beer from them, which is greatly esteemed for its diuretic 
and antiscorbutic qualities* Juniper berries are seldom given in 
substance, but may be taken to the extent of one drachm for a dose; 
the watery infusion appears to be the most commodious, as well as 
the most efficacious mode of exhibiting this drug ; two or three 
ounces of the berries bruised, or a handful of the tops to one pint 
of boiling water, forms an infusion of a proper strength, of which, 
the dose may be two or three ounces once in four or six hours. The 
essential oil, in doses of from two to five drops, is found to be an 
active and stimulating medicine, which may be taken upon a lump 
of sugar, or combined with any other proper vehicle. 
Off. The Berries and Tops. 
OIF. Pp. Oleum Juniperi, L. E. D. 
Spirit us Juniperi Compositus, L. E. D. 
JUNIPERUS LYCIA. 
Lycian Juniper , or Cedar. '\ 
For Class, Order, Nat. Ord. and Gen. Char. 
See JuNiPERUS Sabina. 
Spec. Char. Leaves three-fold, imbricated, ovate, obtuse. 
This species of Juniper is the Aitavog of Theophrastus and 
Dioscorides; it is a native of the South of Europe, and found in 
many parts of Spain; Italy, and the South of France. It was first 
cultivated in England, about the year 1759. 
The stem of this tree rises but a few feet in height, and sends off 
many erect branches, which are covered with a brown bark ; the 
* The diuretic properties of Hollands depend upoa the oil of juniper with which 
it is combined ; English gin we are told is chiefly flavoured bj oil of turpentine ; 
certainly not so agreeable to the palate, but equally diuretic in its effects. Ed. 
■f Fig. h. represents a male catkin. 
