"Take of bruised cloves, three drachms; boiling distilled water, a pint. Macerate for two hours in a lightly-covered vessel, and strain."

This infusion contains all the active matter of the cloves; one fluid ounce holding nearly grs. vj. in solution. It is of a deep, clear, brown colour, has an aromatic odour, and a bitterish aromatic taste: it affords precipitates with infusion of yellow cinchona bark, the strong acids, lime-water, sulphate and other salts, of iron, sulphate of zinc, acetate and diacetate of lead, and nitrate of silver. It also decomposes tartarized antimony.

Medical 'properties and uses. - It is a warm, grateful stomachic; and may be advantageously used in dyspepsia, from the abuse of ardent spirits, accompanied with a sensation of coldness at the stomach; in chronic gout, and flatulent colic. The dose is from f jss. to f ij., three or four times a day.