Schinus
by Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Schinus molle, Linn.
Natural order , Anacardiaceæ.
Common names . This evergreen shrub, a native of Mexico and South America, is frequently cultivated in Southern California under the names "Pepper tree," "Chili pepper," etc.
Preparation , Tincture of the berries.
Authorities.
1 , Dr. P. W. Poulson, Med. Invest., 1875, 1, p. 449, Miss --- ate three or four berries after dinner; 2 , effects on Dr. P. of eating leaves and berries.
- She was shortly after attacked with pain in the bowels and long-continued vomiting. She expressed herself to me, "It was if all my bowels should be emptied out." When the gastric symptoms abated a little, a profuse diarrhœa continued all night. The vomiting was extremely painful, but the diarrhœa was painless, 1.
- Heartburn, dryness of the œsophagus and breath, rolling and flatulence of the bowels, and a griping sensation in the liver; also a kind of drawing sensation as in the spinal cord and cerebellum, 2.