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. Becher, Journ. de la Sac. Gall., ser. Ire. 3, p. 399, effects of 6 to 12 drops of the tincture.

They were followed by serai-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 clays, they became more striking.