VENETIAN TURPENTINE 250 ml

Venice turpentine, or larch turpentine, is the oleoresinous exudation of Larix Europaea, or Larix deciduas. It is a
viscous liquid of a yellowish or yellowish-green colour, and having a characteristic pleasant smell and somewhat bitter taste, the latter feature probably being due to the presence of a trace of a bitter glucosidal principle. The oleoresin itself is dextro-rotatory, whilst the essential oil is laevo-rotatory.

Venice turpentine is employed to a small extent in medicine, but is rarely found in a pure state. Most of the commercial oleoresin is a factitious article, made by mixing rosin, rosin oil and oil of turpentine together. This so-called Venice turpentine is used to a limited extent in the manufacture of sealing-wax and certain types of varnish, and also, improperly, as a substitute for the genuine article, in medicine.