Medicinal Tinctures. Part 5

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This section is from the "Encyclopedia Of Practical Receipts And Processes" book, by William B. Dick. Also available from Amazon: Dick's encyclopedia of practical receipts and processes.

Medicinal Tinctures. Part 5

4517. Tincture of Ergot

4517. Tincture of Ergot. Take 5 ounces (avoirdupois) ergot, and proceed in the same manner as for tincture of chiretta. {B. Ph.)

4518. Tincture of Blue - Flag

4518. Tincture of Blue - Flag. Macerate 3 ounces powdered blue-flag in 1 pint alcohol ; or, make 1 pint by percolation. {Am. Dis.)

4519. Tincture of Lupulin

4519. Tincture of Lupulin. Pack 4 troy ounces lupulin in a narrow cylindrical percolator, and gradually pour alcohol upon it until 2 pints of tincture are obtained. (U. S. Ph.)

4520. Tincture of Nux Vomica

4520. Tincture of Nux Vomica. Digest with a gentle heat, 8 troy ounces finely powdered nux-vomica in 1 pint alcohol, for 24 hours in a close vessel. Then transfer the mixture to a cylindrical percolator, and gradually pour alcohol upon it until 2 pints of tincture are obtained. {U. S. Ph.)

4521. Tincture of Tobacco

4521. Tincture of Tobacco. Take a convenient quantity of the expressed juice of fresh-gathered tobacco leaves; mix it with an equal quantity of rectified spirits, and filter the mixture. This tincture, diluted with half its weight of spirits of nitric ether, is a specific for cramps or spasms of the bladder. For this purpose it is administered in doses of 10 to 20 drops, at intervals of about 2 hours.

4522. Tincture of Rhubarb

4522. Tincture of Rhubarb. Mix together 3 troy ounces rhubarb in moderately coarse powder, and 1/2 troy ounce cardamom in moderately fine powder; moisten with 1 fluid ounce diluted alcohol, pack moderately" in a conical percolator, and displace, with diluted alcohol, 2 pints of tincture. ( U. S. Ph.)

4523. Tincture of Rhubarb and Senna

4523. Tincture of Rhubarb and Senna. Reduce to a moderately coarse powder, 1 troy ounce rhubarb, 2 drachms senna, 2 drachms red saunders, 1 drachm each coriander and fennel, 1/2 drachm each saffron and liquorice, and 6 troy ounces raisins deprived of their seeds. Macerate for 14 days in 3 pints diluted alcohol, and filter through paper. {U. S. Ph.)

4524. Tincture of Bloodroot

4524. Tincture of Bloodroot. Moisten 4 troy ounces bloodroot (sanguinaria), in moderately fine powder, with 1 fluid ounce diluted alcohol; pack it in a conical percolator, and displace, with diluted alcohol, 2 pints of tincture. {U. S. Ph.)

4525. Tincture of Serpentaria

4525. Tincture of Serpentaria. Moisten 4 troy ounces serpentaria (Virginia snake-root), in moderately fine powder, in 1 fluid ounce diluted alcohol. Pack it in a conical percolator, and gradually pour diluted alcohol upon it until 2 pints of tincture are obtained. {U.S. Ph.)