4727. Aromatic Elixir

4727.      Aromatic Elixir. Take 4 drachms orange peel, 2 drachms coriander seed, 21/2 drachms angelica seed, and 1 drachm cochineal. Pulverize and percolate with 12 ounces deodorized alcohol and 10 ounces water. Add 5 ounces glycerine and 6 ounces syrup, to make 2 pints. This is a pleasant vehicle for administering nauseous remedies. (Newark P. A.)

4728. Elixir of Valerianate of Ammonia

4728.    Elixir of Valerianate of Ammonia. Dissolve 96 grains valerianate of ammonia in 4 ounces water, and add it to a mixture composed of 6 drachms syrup of orange peel, 2 drachms tincture of prickly ash, and £ ounce each of fluid extract of vanilla and compound tincture of cardamoms. Each drachm contains 2 grains valerianate of ammonia.

4729. Elixir of Taraxacum

4729.    Elixir of Taraxacum. Take of taraxacum root, 6 ounces (or fluid extract of taraxacum, 6 ounces); liquorice root, 1 ounce; simple syrup, 21/2 pints. The dry ingredients must he reduced to a suitable degree of fineness for percolation. Moisten the powder with 6 ounces alcohol diluted with twice its bulk of water, then pack in a conical percolator and pour on of the alcohol and water mixture until 6£ pints are obtained, then add the syrup and mix them.

4730. Chloroform Elixir

4730.     Chloroform Elixir. Take 11/2 ounces each chloroform, tincture of opium, tincture of camphor, and aromatic spirit of ammonia; 20 drops oil of cinnamon, and 2 ounces brandy. This is an excellent mixture for colic. Dose, £ fluid drachm.

4731. Mynsicht's Elixir of Vitriol

4731.    Mynsicht's Elixir of Vitriol. This elixir is also known by the name of acid aromatic tincture. Take cinnamon, 2 ounces; lesser cardamoms, cloves, galanga root, and ginger, of each 1/2 ounce; sulphuric acid (specific gravity 1.845), 1 drachm; rectified spirit, (specific gravity .897 to .900), 2 pounds. Mix the acid and spirit, and pour them on the other ingredients reduced to a coarse powder; macerate for 8 days in a close vessel, with frequent agitation, then press it out and strain. It should be of a brownish-red color. {Prussian Ph.) Another formula directs as follows: Take sweet flag root, and galanga root, of each 1 ounce; ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, of each 3 drachms; lemon peel, 4 drachms; white sugar, 3 ounces; proof spirit, 2 pounds; dilute sulphuric acid, 3 ounces. Macerate for 6 days, then press and filter, so as to make 27 ounces. (Austrian Ph.)

4732. Elixir of Valerianate of Ammonia

4732.    Elixir of Valerianate of Ammonia. Extract of valerian, 2 scruples; fluid extract of valerian, 2 fluid drachms; water, 7 fluid ounces. Dissolve the extract in the fluid extract and water, filter, and add valerianate of ammonia, 2 drachms; orange-flower water and simple syrup, of each 1/2 fluid ounce. Dose, a tea-spoonful.