Turpentine

(tur’ -pen-tin) [repej3ivdog, terebinth]. A concrete or liquid oleoresin obtained from various species of Coniferae. The ordinary or white T. (Terebinth in a, U. S. P., Thus americanum, B. P.), derived from Pinus palustris and other species of Pinus, contains a volatile oil, oil or spirits of T. (Oleum terebinth in a, U. S. P., B. P.). This when pure consists only of carbon and hydrogen, but on exposure absorbs oxygen. Oil of T. is stimulant, diuretic, and anthelmintic;in large doses it acts as a cathartic; locally it is a rubefacient. In overdoses it acts as an irritant, especially to the kidneys, producing bloody urine and strangury. It is used as a stimulant in typhoid and other low fevers; in tympanites; as a hemostatic; in chronic renal diseases, dysentery, and whooping-cough as; an inhalation in bronchitis; as a cathartic in the form of enema, and as a teniafuge. Dose TT\v-xxx (0.32-2.0). Preparations: Confectio terebinth i nae (B. P.). Dose f^ -j (2.0-4.0). Enema terebinthinse (B. P.); Lin i mentum terebinthinse (U. S. P., B. P. ); Lin i mentum terebinth i nae aceticum (B. P.); Oleum terebinth i nae rectificatum (U. S. P.). Dose niv-xxx (0.32-2.0). Unguentum terebinth i nae (B. P.). T., ch717.xhtml c 640