K R AME RIA.— RATANY.
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Triturate the kino for a quarter of anhour, in a stone mortar, with four poundsof boiling water poured upon it nearly allat once. Let the liquor cool ; then filterand set it aside : pour upon the residue thethree other pounds of water, heated to 60degrees. Mix the two liquors. On theother hand, boil the sugar to the consist-ence of an electuary. Add the kinated li-quor to it, and boil to the consistence ofsyrup.
tincture of kino.
Lond. ; Edinb.; Dubl.; Amer. ; Ant.;Belg.; Ferr. ; Fuld.; Lipp. ; Lusit.;Sax.; Brugnatelli ; Niemann; Swe-diaur ; Van Mons .
Tinctura Kino.
R. Kino, three ounce3.
Proof Spirit, two pints.
Macerate for fourteen days, andstrain. (Lond.)
R. Kino, two ounces.
Dilute Alcohol,
one pound and a half.
Digest for seven days, and filter.(Edinb.)
R. Kino, three ounces.
Proof Spirit,
one pint and a half.Digest for seven days, and filter.(Dubl.)
Amer. ; and Coxe give the same for-mula as Lond. — Niemann — the same asEdinb. — Ferr.; and Swediaur — twoounces of kino, one pound of alcohol (0.935)and eight ounces of cinnamon water. —Belg. — one part of kino and eight parts ofalcohol (20 degrees) — Brugnatelli — oneof kino and sixteen of alcohol (0.935).—Sax. — one of kino and five of rectified spi-rit. — Van Mons — one of kino and six ofalcohol. — Lusit. — two ounces of kino andone pound and a half of spirit. — Fuld. —two drains of kino, one ounce and a half ofsimple cinnamon water, and half an ounceof vinous cinnamon water. — Lipp. — twoounces of kino, six of distilled water, andsix of spirit of nitric aether.
It is astringent. — Dose, half an ounce.
KEKEKUNEMALO.
Bruns ; Wirtem. ; Murray and Gme-lin ; Spielmann.
This resin is from America, it is greenish,semi-transparent, fragile, presenting yel-
low grains in its fracture, and of an agree-able odour and bitter taste.
It is, according to Guibourt, a kind ofgum anime. It is now disused.
KRAMERIA TRIANDRIA, Ru. and Pav.— RATANY.
Synonimes ;— Rhatania, Dubl. — Ratan-hie, Fr. ; Ruiz para los dientes, Span.
Lond. ; Dubl. ; Bata v. ; Belg. ; Hisp. ;Gall.; Ferr.; Hann. ; Sax.; Coxe;Paris.
A plant of South America. ( TetrandriaMonogynia, Linn.; Polygaleœ, Juss. ; Fig.Fl. Peruv. t. I. p. 61. It. 93.)
The root is employed ; it is woody, hard,and rounded, consisting of a thickish bark,rather irregular on the outside, of a black-ish-red colour, and of a bitter and astrin-gent taste ; it covers a compact, whitish orrather yellowish wood, which is withouttaste or smell.
Peschier has discovered in it a peculiaracid, Krameric Acid.
It is incompatible with gelatine, the saltsof iron, and the mineral acids.
It is a powerful astringent, and is muchused in chronic mucous discharges, and inpassive haemorrhages.
EXTRACT OF RATANY.
Extractum SatanMm. (Hisp. ; Gall. ;Ferr. ; Sax. ; Niemann ; Van Mons)
R. Bark of Ratany,Pure Water,
one part,eight parts.
Macerate for twenty-four hours ; thenboil for a quarter of an hour, and strainwith strong expression ; boil the residuewith four parts of water. Mix the decoc-tions, set aside for twenty-four hours, and