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'''Alhandal''' was a term used in [[Arabic language|Arabian]] [[pharmacy]] for the purgative extract of [[colocynth]], or Bitter Cucumber (''[[Citrullus colocynthis]]''). 

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.

The word ''alhandal'' is formed of the Arabic ''handel'', or ''handhal'', a name for colocynth.

==References==
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*Salmon, William. ''Doron medicum; or a supplement to the new London dispensatory''. 1683.


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