Elixirs. A tincture with more than one base; or a compound of various medicinal substances held in solution by alcohol in some form. Under elixirs are included medicated wines, mixtures, etc..

4698. Elixir of Calisaya Bark

4698.    Elixir of Calisaya Bark: Reduce to a moderate powder, 8 ounces Calisaya bark; 4 ounces each orange peel, cinnamon, and coriander seed; 1/2 ounce each anise seed, caraway seed, and cardamoms. Percolate the above ingredients with 4 pints alcohol diluted with 12 pints water, and add 2 pints simple syrup.

4699. Ferro-phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya Bark

4699.    Ferro-phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya Bark. The percolate obtained in the last receipt, without the syrup, should be digested with fresh hydrated oxide of iron; this is obtained from the solution of tincture of chloride of iron (prepared according to the formula of the U. S. Pharmacopoeia, before the alcohol is added), 8 ounces of which solution, precipitated by sufficient ammonia, furnish the requisite quantity of hydrated oxide of iron. After standing for 12 to 24 hours, with frequent shaking, test a small quantity with a few drops of tincture of iron; if it blackens with this test, more hydrated oxide must be added, until all the cincho-tannic acid is removed, which would otherwise blacken the iron salt hereafter to be added. When the oxide of iron test ceases to blacken, filter the mixture. After which add 2 pints simple syrup, and 2 ounces pyrophosphate of iron dissolved in the least possible quantity of water. Lastly, after standing for 12 hours, filter the whole. This produces a beautifully clear and pale colored ferro-phosphorate of Calisaya bark of an agreeable taste, and free from all blackness.

4700. Ferro-phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya Bark and Bismuth

4700.     Ferro-phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya Bark and Bismuth. This preparation is made according to the last formula, with the addition of 2 ounces citrate of bismuth, dissolved in a sufficiency of equal parts of water and liquor of ammonia at a gentle heat. The bismuth solution is added to the elixir at the same time as the pyrophosphate of iron, and the mixture filtered.

4701. Elixir of Calisaya Bark and Bismuth

4701.    Elixir of Calisaya Bark and Bismuth. This may be prepared in the same manner as the Ferro-phosphorated elixir (see No. 4669 (Moore's Syrup of Tar)); substituting, in the place of the pyrophosphate of iron, 2 ounces citrate of bismuth, dissolved as directed in No. 4700.

4702. Elixir of Peruvian Bark and Protoxide of Iron

4702.    Elixir of Peruvian Bark and Protoxide of Iron. Take 4 ounces Calisaya bark, 1 ounce cinnamon, 1 drachm caraway seed, and 6 ounces orange peel. Reduce [ them to coarse powder and percolate with 11/2 pints each of alcohol and water. Next dissolve 4 ounces carbonate of iron in 4 ounces muriatic acid and 2 ounces nitric acid; dilute the solution with 8 ounces water, and filter; precipitate with sufficient liquor of ammonia, and wash the precipitate. Digest the wet precipitate with the percolated tincture for 24 hours, with occasional shaking. This must then be tested with a few drops of tincture of iron, for any cincho-tannic acid that may be left. (See No. 4699 (Ferro-phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya Bark).) When all the acid has been removed, filter, and add 21/2 pints simple syrup, and caramel to color; lastly, for every fluid ounce add 3 grains pure crystallized sul-phuret of iron. This is said to be an excellent imitation of Nichol's preparation of Peruvian bark.