BOTANICALS USED FOR FRAGRANCE, 
SACHETS, POTPOURRI 
Calamus roots Orris Root 
Costmary leaves Patchouli leaves 
Khus Khus Roots Rose Buds 
Lavender Flowers Sandalwood 
Lemon Verbena Tonka Beans 
leaves Vanilla leaf 
BOTANICALS USED IN INCENSE AND 
FUMIGANTS 
Benzoin Myrrh 
Deers Tongue Opopanax 
Dragons Blood Sandalwood 
Elemi Gum Sstyrax 
Hrankincense 
GUMS AND RESINS 
Arabie. Soluble in cold or warm water. 
Nutritive and demulcent. Used as protec- 
tive coating in irritations of mucous sur- 
faces, as hoarseness, sore throat, cough, 
catarrh of the urinary bladder, dysentery 
and diarrhea. Used in textiles, mucilage, 
confectionery and as emulsifying agent. 
Asafoetida. The American Eclectic Dis- 
pensatory states its properties and uses 
are, “stimulant, antispasmodic, expector- 
ant, emmenagogue and feebly laxative. 
Improper in inflammatory conditions of 
the system. Was used in hysteria, convul- 
sions, spasmodic nervous’ diseases of 
females, spasm of the stomach and bowels, 
various irregular nervous disorders which 
accompany debility of the nervous system 
—also was used in pertussis, asthma, 
infantile coughs and catarrhs, croup, 
measles, etc., whenever there was a want 
of nervous energy or disposition to sink.” 
Owing to its vile taste it is usually taken 
in pill form, but is often given to infants 
per rectum in the form of an emulsion. 
The magic of science changes the smelly 
Asafoetida into delightful perfumes. 
Balsam of Peru. Used in incense and 
perfumery for its balsamic and aromatic 
odor and taste. An ointment made by 
melting Balsam of Peru with equal weight 
of tallow is useful for chapped hands, sore 
nipples and minor skin diseases. 
Balsam of Tolu. The delicate, hyacinth- 
like scented resin is used as a fixative in 
fine perfumes. Medicinally the resin is used 
in salves, ointments and as an expectorant 
and antiseptic in treatment of coughs, colds 
and bronchitis. Because of its pleasant 
taste and odor it is much used in cough 
syrups. 
Balsam of Peru and Balsam of Tolu 
50c each. Other gums or resins 35¢ each. 
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