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THIRTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE EAST.
of flying, voracious appetite, and intense aphrodisiac desire.
In the same Dispensatory, p. 594, it is mentioned that in
several cases of acute and chronic rheumatism, half-grain
doses of the resin were given, producing unequivocal aphro-
disia, and great mental cheerfulness ; alleviation of pain in
most instances, and remarkable increase of appetite in all.
Disorders of the mind, occasioned by continual inebria-
tion from the hemp plant, have been cured by blisters
placed on the nape, leeches on the temples, and exciting
nausea by very small doses of tartar emetic or salt purga-
tives. The preparation of the hemp plant beverage is as
follows :—Any quantity of the dried hemp plant is washed
in a vessel with cold water, to cleanse it from the seeds,
stalks, earth, and other impurities ; it is afterwards pressed,
dried in the sun, and kept for use. A portion of this clean
dried hemp herb, mixed with a few kernels of pepper, is
put into a saucer, and crushed with a wooden rubber, pour-
ing thereon occasionally a little water ; when it is complete-
ly crushed, and becomes a pap, more water is then gradu-
ally added ; it is then filtered through a piece of coarse
linen, that the fine particles of the herb may flow equally
through, and the liquor must be drunk before it makes any
sediment, the effect being principally produced by the resin-
ous particles of the herb, which are not very soluble in
water. For beginners, one or two scruples of the dried plant
will produce intoxication; those who are confirmed in the
habit can take from two to four drachms, and a few invete-
rate drinkers can take even an ounce. If the hemp herb is
mixed with almonds, melon or pumpkin seeds, sugar, spirits,
&c, or if milk is used instead of water in its preparation,
the beverage is of course more agreeable.
Majoon is an aromatic confection of cannabis indica, and
is used in Turkey, Arabia, Persia, India, and Egypt.
Some people adulterate the majoon with the seeds of datura
stramonii, which increases the intoxicating effect. Sometimes,
instead of using the hemp plant beverage, they use a butter
containing the effective parts of the plant. In the prepara-
tion of this, they take equal parts of cleansed hemp herb and
of flying, voracious appetite, and intense aphrodisiac desire.
In the same Dispensatory, p. 594, it is mentioned that in
several cases of acute and chronic rheumatism, half-grain
doses of the resin were given, producing unequivocal aphro-
disia, and great mental cheerfulness ; alleviation of pain in
most instances, and remarkable increase of appetite in all.
Disorders of the mind, occasioned by continual inebria-
tion from the hemp plant, have been cured by blisters
placed on the nape, leeches on the temples, and exciting
nausea by very small doses of tartar emetic or salt purga-
tives. The preparation of the hemp plant beverage is as
follows :—Any quantity of the dried hemp plant is washed
in a vessel with cold water, to cleanse it from the seeds,
stalks, earth, and other impurities ; it is afterwards pressed,
dried in the sun, and kept for use. A portion of this clean
dried hemp herb, mixed with a few kernels of pepper, is
put into a saucer, and crushed with a wooden rubber, pour-
ing thereon occasionally a little water ; when it is complete-
ly crushed, and becomes a pap, more water is then gradu-
ally added ; it is then filtered through a piece of coarse
linen, that the fine particles of the herb may flow equally
through, and the liquor must be drunk before it makes any
sediment, the effect being principally produced by the resin-
ous particles of the herb, which are not very soluble in
water. For beginners, one or two scruples of the dried plant
will produce intoxication; those who are confirmed in the
habit can take from two to four drachms, and a few invete-
rate drinkers can take even an ounce. If the hemp herb is
mixed with almonds, melon or pumpkin seeds, sugar, spirits,
&c, or if milk is used instead of water in its preparation,
the beverage is of course more agreeable.
Majoon is an aromatic confection of cannabis indica, and
is used in Turkey, Arabia, Persia, India, and Egypt.
Some people adulterate the majoon with the seeds of datura
stramonii, which increases the intoxicating effect. Sometimes,
instead of using the hemp plant beverage, they use a butter
containing the effective parts of the plant. In the prepara-
tion of this, they take equal parts of cleansed hemp herb and