This section is from the book "British Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia", by The British Homoeopathic Society. Also available from Amazon: British Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia.
Contractions. - Bar-m. Ba-m.
Present name. - Baric Chloride. BaCl2,2H1O.
Chloride,of Barium. For. names: German, Salzsaurer Baryt, Chlor Barium; French, Baryte Muriatee.
Prepared by re-crystallizing the commercial salt.
Characters and Tests. - Flat four-sided tabular crystals, very easily dissolved in water, and then yielding the ordinary tests for Barium and Hydrochloric Acid.
Preparation. - Solution in distilled water up to 1, then use dilute alcohol up to 2, and after that rectified spirit.
Reference to Horn. Proving. - Noack and Trinks.
Proper forms for dispensing. - lx to 2, Solution only. 5X and upwards, Tincture, Pilules, or Globules.
 
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