Foreign Vegetables.' 369 
But this is not the only Method of preparing 
Opium. It is oftentimes mixed, not with Water, 
but with Honey alone, in fo large a Proportion, as 
not only to keep it moift, but alfo to qualify its 
Bitternefs. And this in particular is called Bcehrs . 
The molt remarkable Preparation confifts of 
Nutmeg, Cardamom, Cinnamon, and Mace, re- 
duced to a fine Powder and mixed with Opium. 
This is believed to be highly beneficial to the Heart 
and Brain. It is called Polonia , or, as others pro- 
nounce it, Pholonia , to wit, the Philonium of Perfia 
or of Mefue. Some, omitting the Spices, make 
it into a Mafs with Saffron and Ambergreafe. 
Many prepare it, according to their own Fancies, 
at Home, for the Ufe of their Families. 
Befides thefe Preparations, which are taken in 
the Form of Pills, K<empfer makes Mention of 
a Liquor, very famous among the Perjians , called 
Coconar , which they drink in confiderable Quanti- 
ties. 
Some prepare this Liquor by boiling Poppy- 
Leaves a fhort Time in Water ; others, by infufing 
the bruifed Heads in Water, or by laying them in 
a Strainer, and pouring and returning the Water 
upon them feven or eight Times, which they af- 
terwards make agreeable to their own Taftes, by 
mixing with it feveral Things, at Pleafure. 
Ktempfer likewife adds a third Kind of Opiate, 
which he names EleEiuarium Icztificans and Icetificando 
inebrians , from its occafioning a mirthful Drunken- 
nefs. This Electuary, whereof the Bafis is Opium, 
is varioufiy compounded by the Phyficians and trad- 
ing People, different Ingredients being added to 
ftrengthen and exhilarate the Spirits. Wherefore 
there are many different Defcriptions of it extant ; 
but one in particular, for which we are indebted to 
Hafjem-bcgi , is the chief and molt celebrated ; be- 
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