B.P. Aloe Barbadensis. Barbadoes Aloes
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This section is from the book "A Text-Book Of Pharmacology, Therapeutics And Materia Medica", by T. Lauder Brunton. Also available from Amazon: A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica.
B.P. Aloe Barbadensis. Barbadoes Aloes
The inspissated juice of the leaf of Aloe vulgaris. Barbadoes and Dutch West Indian Islands.
Characters. - In yellowish-brown or dark-brown opaque masses; breaks with a dull conchoidal fracture; has a bitter, nauseous taste, and a strong, disagreeable odour.
Composition. - Contains barbaloin, resin, and volatile oil. Dose. - In powder, 2-6 grains.
Preparations. | ||
B.P. | Dose. | |
Aloin................................................................................. | ........................................... | 1/2-2 gr. |
Enema Aloes (vide supra) ................................................ | 4 gr.in 1 fl. oz............. | |
Extractum Aloes Barbadensis......................................... | 8 parts from 10, nearly....... | 2-6 gr. |
Pilula „ ,, (vide-p. 522)............. | 1 part in 2, nearly .............. | 5-10 gr. |
„ „ et Ferri (vide p. 522)............................. | 1 part in 5 1/4 .................... | 5-10 gr. |
Pilula Cambogiae Composita (vide p. 522) ............................... | 1 part in 6, nearly .............. | 5-10 gr. |
„ Colocynthidis Composita (vide p. 522)..... | 1 part in 3, nearly .............. | 5-10 gr. |
„ „ et Hyoscyami (vide p.522)............. | 1 part in 4 1/2, nearly...... | 5-10 gr. |
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