Tinctura Quassiae Excelsae. Edin. Tincture of Quassia

"Take of quassia wood, rasped, one ounce; proof spirit, two pounds and a half. Digest for seven days, and filter through paper."

Tinctura Quassiae, Dub. Tincture of Quassia.

"Take of chips of quassia wood, an ounce; proof spirit, two pints. Digest for seven days, then strain."

Syn. Teinture de Quassia (F.).

This tincture contains the bitter of the wood in perfection, and may be used in the same cases as the infusion.

Tinctura Rhei. Dub. Tincture of Rhubarb

"Take of rhubarb root, sliced, two ounces; lesser cardamon seeds, husked and bruised, liquorice, bruised, of each half an ounce; saffron, two drachms; proof spirit, two pints. Digest for seven days; then filter."

Tinctura Rhei, Edin. Tincture of Rhubarb.

"Take of rhubarb root, sliced, three ounces; lesser cardamom seeds, bruised, half an ounce; proof spirit, two pounds and a half Digest for seven days, and filter through paper."

Syn. Teinture de Ithubarbe (F.), Rhabarbertinktur (G.), Tinctura de Rha-barbaro (I.).

Tinctura Rhei Composita. Lond. Dub. Com-pound Tincture of Rhubarb

1 Currie's Report on Cold Water, i. 138.

2 Tinctura rhabarbari, P. L. 1720. 1787.

3 Tinctura rhabarbari composita, P. L. 1787.

"Take of rhubarb root, sliced, two ounces and a half; liquorice, bruised, six drachms; ginger, sliced, saffron, of each three drachms; proof spirit, two pints. Macerate for fourteen days, and filter."

Tinctura Rhei Et Aloes

Edin. Tincture of Rhubarb and Aloes; formerly, Sacred Elixir.

"Take of rhubarb root, sliced, ten drachms; socotorine aloes, powdered, six drachms; lesser cardamom seeds, bruised, half an ounce; proof spirit, two pounds and a half. Digest for seven days, and filter through paper."

Syn. Alcohol avec Aloe et Rhubarbe (F.), Alcoole Aloe-Rabarbarato (I.).

Tinctura Rhei Et Gentianae. Edin. Tincture of Rhubarb and Gentian

"Take of rhubarb root, sliced, two ounces; gentian root, sliced, half an ounce; proof spirit, two pounds and a half. Digest for seven days, and filter through paper."

All these tinctures of rhubarb are purgative and stomachic; but the strength of the menstruum is too great to permit of their general use for the first intention, and they are more usually employed as adjuncts to saline purgatives, to give them warmth, or to stomachic infusions in dyspepsia, flatulent colic, diarrhoea, the costiveness of old people and of those of cold phlegmatic habits. The dose to operate as a purgative is f 3 vj. and from f3j. to f3 iij. to produce stomachic effects.

Tinctura Scillae. Lond. Edin. Dub. Tincture of Squills

"Take of squill, fresh dried, five ounces (two ounces, Edin.); proof spirit, two pints (sixteen ounces, Edin.). Macerate for fourteen days, and filter." (Digest for seven days, then set it aside until the dregs are subsided, and pour off the clear liquor, Dub.)

Proof spirit takes up the active principles of the squill, and affords a convenient form of exhibiting it in all the cases in which it is indicated. The dose is from x. to xxx. given in almond mixture, ammoniacum mixture, or mucilage.