turpentine

(ter’pen-tin) [L. lerchin’thin a]. A liquid or concrete oleoresin obtained from Pi’nus pal us’tris and other species of Pinus. It contains a volatile oil (oi of turpentine), to which its properties are due, and in which form it is generally used. It is stimulant, diuretic, anthelmintic, and in large doses laxative. It is used as a stimulant in the typhoid state, as a hemostatic in menorrhagia, intestinal hemorrhage, and purpura hemorrhagic a, and as a laxative in chronic constipation by rectal injection. Externally it is applied in the form of liniment, ointment, etc. Dose of oil, 20-60 min. (1.333-4 c.c.). Aleppo t., a variety from Pi’nus Swelling Swollen and con- 1042 TWIN halepen's is. Bordeaux t.,a variety from P2’nus maritima. Called galipot. Canada t., Canada balsam. See under balsam. Also a turpentine from FPi’nus maritima. Car path i an t., a variety from /Pi’nus cem'bra. Chian t., a greenish oleoresin from Pista’cia terebin’thus, a tree of Mediterranean countries. It is sometimes prescribed for cancer. Dose, 3-5 gr. (0.2-0.333 gm.). common t., the turpentine of Pi’xus sylvestris, Pi'nus pal us’tris, and other species of pine. t., the turpentine of Pr’sus pumil'io. larch t. See Venice t. oil of t.,a volatile oil distilled from common turpentine: diuretic, anthelmintic, stimulant, and rubefacient. Stra burg t., a turpentine from A’bies pectin a’- ts, a European spruce or fir. Venice t., a turpentine from the larch tree, La’rix curope’s. Called also lerch i. white t., a turpentine from Pi'nus pal us’tris and other species of pine.