| Title: | Bhang or Indian hemp |
| Original Title: | Bangue ou chanvre des Indes |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 2 (1752), p. 59 |
| Author: | Denis Diderot (biography) |
| Translator: | Thomas Zemanek [University of Michigan] |
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Natural history
Botany
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| Citation (MLA): | Diderot, Denis. "Bhang or Indian hemp." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Thomas Zemanek. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2011. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.587>. Trans. of "Bangue ou chanvre des Indes," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2. Paris, 1752. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Diderot, Denis. "Bhang or Indian hemp." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Thomas Zemanek. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.587 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Bangue ou chanvre des Indes," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 2:59 (Paris, 1752). |
Bhang or hemp of the Indies, Acosta says that this plant greatly resembles our own hemp; that its stem has a height of five palms, is square, of a clear green, difficult to break, and is less hollow than that of cannabis; that its bark can be manually removed, processed, and spun into thread; and that it has the leaf [like that] of hemp.
He adds that the Indians consume its grain and leaves in order to arouse themselves for the venereal act.
Taken in powder form with areca, opium, and sugar, it puts one to sleep; with camphor, mace, clove, and nutmeg, it causes agreeable dreams; with ambergris, muse, and sugar in an electuary, it causes one to wake up.
It grows in Indostan and other countries in the East Indies.