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ABIES PICEA,— SPRUCE FIR.

SPIRIT OF SPRUCE FIR.

Spiritus AMetis. (Suec. ; Van Mons)

R. Buds of the Spruce Fir,

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three parts.of each,

Proof Spirit,Pure Water, / six parts.

Distil four parts. (Suec.)

Van Mons directs one part of the buds,three parts of proof spirit, and nine of wa-ter ; from which two and a half parts are tobe distilled.

TINCTURE OF SPRUCE FIR.

Essentia seu Tinctura Pini. (Aust. ;Bruns. ; Fuld. ; Palat. ; Wurceb. ;Swediaur, Van Mons)

R. Buds of the Spruce Fir, two ounces.Alcohol (0,910) one pound.

After sufficient extraction, filter. (Aust.)R. Fresh Buds of the Spruce

Fir, two ounces.

Spirit of the Buds ofSpruce Fir prepared byfermentation; or,Wineof Buds of the SpruceFir, eight ounces.

Let theui digest in a gentle heat, andstrain by expression.R. Aqueous Extract of the

Buds of Spruce Fir, three ounces.Spirit of Scurvy Grass, one pound.Digest. (Fuld. ; Wirtem.)

Swediaur prescribes two ounces ofextract and ten of spirit.R. Buds of the Spruce Fir, one pound.Spirit of Scurvy Grass, two pounds.Digest. (Palat.)

Van Mons directs a tincture to be madewith one part of the fresh buds, and eightparts of alcohol. It is a stimulant, and re-commended in scurvy and gout. — Dose,from sixty to seventy drops. It is alsoapplied to the gums and throat in scorbuticaffections in the form of electuaries and

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COMPOUND TINCTURE OF SPRUCE FIR.

Tinctura Pini seu iurionum Pini camposita,Tinctura Lignorum (Hann. ; Omen. ;Pol. ; Borus. ; Sax. ; Van Mons)

R. Buds of the Spruce Fir, three ounces.Raspings of Guaiac Wood, ") , ,

---------------- Sassafras, I ot each >

Juniper, J one ounce -

Alcohol, three pounds.

After sufficient digestion, express and fil-ter. (Borus.)

R. Buds of the Spruce Fir, three ounces.Raspings of Guaiac wood, two ounces.

---------------- Sassafras, one ounce.

Juniper, one ounce and a half.

Alcohol, one pound.

three parts.two parts.I of each,

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Digest for a sufficient time, express and

filter. (Sax.)

R. Buds of the Spruce Fir, three ounces.Root of Carex arenaria, 1 of each,Raspingsof Guaiacwood, J two ounces.

---------------- Sassafras, of each,

Juniper, J one ounce.

Alcohol, three pounds.

Let them digest in a gentle heat, strain

with expression, and filter. (Hann. ;

Olden.; Pol.)

R. Buds of the Spruce Fir,

Guaiac Wood,

Sassafras,

Juniper, J one part.

Proof Spirit, twelve parts.

Let them macerate in a gentle heat, thenexpress and filter. (Van Mons) Stimu-lant, and considered to be diaphoretic. —Dose, from twenty to forty drops severaltimes in the day.

INFUSION OF THE BUDS OF THE SPRUCEFIR.

Infumm turionum Pini. (Niemann)

R. Buds of the Spruce Fir, two drains.Boiling water, six ounces.

Infuse and strain.

Diuretic. — To be taken in doses of awine glassful.

BALSAMIC MIXTURE.

Mistura mucilaginoso-oalsamica. (Batav.)

R. Buds of the Spruce Fir, two drams.Boiling water, a sufficient quantity,to give a pound of infusion, towhich addSpermaceti, 1 of each,

Mucilage of Gum Arabic, /two drams.Turpentine, fifteen grains.

Syrup of Poppies, one ounce.

To be taken gradually in the course ofthe day, in chronic catarrhs of the bron-chiœ, and of the bladder.

DECOCTION OF THE BUDS OF THE SPRUCE

FIR.

Decoctum turionum Pini. (Form. Hup.Fr. ; Ratier)

R. Buds of Norway Spruce j mQ ounces

Water, two pounds.

Boil. (Ratier)

Form. Hop. Fr., directs two ounces ofthe buds and enough of water to produce aquart when strained ; after a gentle boiling, itis to stand in infusion for an hour. By add-ing two ounces and a half of spirit of scurvygrass, this decoction forms an excellentsubstitute for Spruce Beer.

It is stimulant, expectorant, and tonic.