Alhandal
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Alhandal was a term used in Arabian pharmacy for the purgative extract of colocynth, or Bitter Cucumber (Citrullus colocynthis).
Characteristics[]
The Troches of Alhandal, or Trochisci Alhandalæ, were a kind of troche, or tablet, composed of colocynth, bdellium, and gum tragacanth. They were esteemed good purgatives, and used on diverse occasions.
Etymology[]
The word alhandal is derived from the Arabic الْحَنْظَل al-Ḥanẓal, a name for colocynth.
References[]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. Missing or empty |title=(help)- Salmon, William. Doron medicum; or a supplement to the new London dispensatory. 1683.
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