PIMENTA.
Pimenta officinalis, Lindl.
(Myrtus pimenta, L.; Eugenia pimenta, D. C.)
Common names
, Pimento, Allspice, Jamaica
pepper (“Capsicum Jamaicum.”)
Preparation
, Tincture of the fruit.
Authority.
Dr. Bechet, Journ. de la Soc.
Gall, ser. 1re 3, p. 399, effects of 6 to 12 drops of the tincture. ► They were followed by semi-lateral
neuralgic lesions, especially on the head. ►
In moderate doses, it causes an appetite, or rather a very imperious
desire to eat. ► Slight alterations
in calorification and sensibility; thus, when not exposed to any
chilling influence, certain parts of my body felt burning hot, while
other parts seemed more or less cold. This cold feeling was peculiar; it
seemed as if a large or small sponge filled with water, more or less
cold, passed here and there over the surface of my body, and the
succeeding sensation of heat was a good deal like the cutaneous reaction
after a cold bath. A dose or two developed these symptoms in a slight
degree, but after continuing the proving for several days, they became
more striking.® 2000
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