Chap. XXXL

Of Tinctures.

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doses of from .ten to twenty drops, as a diuretic, or as a sti-mulant in gleets and gonorrhoea.

TlNCTURA MIMOSAS CATECHU. Ed.

'tincture of Catechu. Japonic Tincture-Take of

Extract of catechu, three ounces ;

Cinnamon, bruised, two ounces;

Diluted alcohol, two pounds and a half.Digest for seven days, and strain through paper.

TlNCTURA CATECHU. Lond. Dub.

Tincture of Catechu.Take of

Extract of catechu, three ounces;

Cinnamon, bruised, two ounces;

Proof-spirit, two pints.Digest for seven days (macerate for fourteen, Lond.) and

filter.

The cinnamon is a very useful addition to the catechu, notonly as warming the stomach, but likewise as covering itstaste.

This tincture is of service in all kinds of defluxions, ca-tarrhs, looseness, uterine fluxes, and other disorders, whereastringent medicines are indicated. Two or three tea-spoon-fuls may be taken every now and then in red wine, or anyother proper vehicle.

TlNCTURA M0SCHI. Dllb.

Tincture qf Musk.Take of

Musk, in powder, two drachms;

Rectified spirit of wine, one pint.Digest for seven days, and strain.

Rectified spirit is the most complete menstruum for musk;but in this form it is often impossible to give a sufficient quan-tity of the musk.

TlNCTURA MYRRHiE. E(l.

Tincture of Myrrh.Take of

Myrrh, in powder, three ounces;

Alcohol, twenty ouuees ;

Water, ten ounces.Digest for seven days, and strain through paper.

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