Short description: Term used for the purgative extract of colocynth

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). "article name needed". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.article+name+needed&rft.atitle=[[Cyclopædia,+or+an+Universal+Dictionary+of+Arts+and+Sciences]]&rft.date=1728&rft.edition=first&rft.pub=James+and+John+Knapton,+et+al&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Medicine:Alhandal">
* Salmon, William. Doron medicum; or a supplement to the new London dispensatory. 1683.

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