Dowam Meskh – Natural Drug
What is Dowam Meskh? and How do you use it? This article discusses these and other questions you may have about Dowam Meskh.
Dowam Meskh – Natural Drug is an account of the authors experience with Dowam Meskh, an Arabic confection containing mainly hashish.
He states that in a 19th Century book I found a reference to an Egyptian drug called “Dowam Meskh” and that Theophile Gautier mentions it in “Le Club des Hachichins”. He then tried describes trying Dowam Meskh in Paris in the 1850′s.
The author says that the compound is prepared in Cairo, and that he took 18 grains. In describing his experience he says it “perfectly illuminated me”.
To find out more about his experience read on.
