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.