JUNIPERUS SABINA
\d͡ʒˈuːnɪpəɹəs sɐbˈiːnə], \dʒˈuːnɪpəɹəs sɐbˈiːnə], \dʒ_ˈuː_n_ɪ_p_ə_ɹ_ə_s s_ɐ_b_ˈiː_n_ə]\
Definitions of JUNIPERUS SABINA
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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Common or barren savin. The odour of savin tops, Sabi'na of the pharmacopoeias, is strong and disagreeable. Taste hot, acrid, and bitter, depending on an essential oil. Their operation is stimulant, emmenagogue, anthelmintic, and abortive; externally, escharotic. As an escharotic, they are applied in powder or formed into a cerate. The essential oil, has the virtues of the savine. Dose, two to five drops.
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