Tinctura Cardamomi. Lond. Dub. Tincture of Cardamoms

"Take of cardamoms, bruised, three ounces and a half; proof spirit, two pints. Macerate for fourteen days (seven days, Dub.), and filter."

Tinctura Amomi repentis, Edin. Tincture of Cardamoms.

" Take of lesser cardamom seeds, bruised, four ounces; proof spirit, two pounds and a half. Digest for seven days, and filter through paper."

Tinctura Cardamomi Composita. Lond. Dub. Compound Tincture of Cardamoms

" Take of cardamoms, carraway seeds, of each, in powder, two drachms and a half; cochineal, powdered, a drachm; cinnamon, bruised, five drachms; raisins, five ounces; proof spirit, two pints. Macerate for fourteen days, and filter."

The raisins and the cochineal are properly omitted in the Dublin formula. Both the simple and the compound tinctures of cardamoms are agreeable cordials, and form elegant adjuncts to stomachic infusions.

Tinctura Cascarillae. Lond. Dub. Tincture of Cascarilla

"Take of cascarilla, powdered, five ounces; proof spirit, two pints. Macerate for fourteen days (seven days, Dub.), and filter."

Tinctura Crotonis Eleutheriae, Edin. Tincture of Croton Eleutheria, or Cascarilla.

"Take of croton eleutheria, bruised, four ounces; proof spirit, two pounds and a half. Digest for seven days, and filter through paper."

Syn. Cascarillentinktur (G.).

This tincture may be regarded as superfluous, as it is scarcely ever ordered.

Tinctura Castorei. Lond. Tinctura Castorei rossici, Dub. Tincture of Castor

"Take of castor, powdered, two ounces and a half( ij Dub.); rectified spirit (proof spirit, Dub.), two pints. Macerate for fourteen days, and filter."

Edinburgh.

"Take of castor, powdered, an ounce and a half; alcohol, a pound. Macerate for seven days, and filter through paper."

Syn. Teinturede Castor (F.),Castoreumstinktur (G.),Tinturadi Castoro(I.).

Rectified spirit is the preferable solvent of castor, which contains resin and a volatile oil; and it also affords a more grateful tincture than that made with proof spirit. The tincture is supposed to possess any medical properties which the castor possesses. The dose is from xx. to f. 3 ij.

The Dublin College orders a " Tincture of Russian Castor," and a " Tincture of Canadian Castor," which is an unnecessary refinement. A few drops of the tincture of castor, dropped into distilled water, produces a milky mixture, which is again cleared and decolorized by the addition of ammonia.

Tinctura Castorei Composita. Edin. Compound Tincture of Castor

"Take of Russian castor, powdered, an ounce; assafoetida, half an ounce; ammoniated alcohol, one pound. Digest for seven days, and filter through paper."

This is a more active preparation than the former, and is advantageously given in hysteria, cramp of the stomach, and flatulent colic, to the extent of f 3 ij. for a dose.