Tinctura Cinnamomi

Lond. Dub.2 Tinctura Lauri Cinnamomi, Edin. Tincture of Cinnamon.

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

Syn. Teinture de Canelle(F.), Zimmttinktur (G.), Tintura di Cinnamomo

This tincture contains the active principles of the bark, and is an elegant and useful adjunct to astringent infusions. It is incompatible in prescriptions with the strong mineral acids, lime-water, sulphates of iron, nitrate of silver, acetate and diacetate of lead. The dose is from f 3 j. to f 3 ij.

Tinctura Cinnamomi Composita. Lond. Compound Tincture of Cinnamon

"Take of cinnamon, bruised, six drachms; cardamoms, bruised, three drachms; long pepper, powdered, ginger, sliced, of each two drachms; proof spirit, two pints. Macerate for fourteen days, and filter."

Tinctura Cinnamomi Composita, Edin. Compound Tincture of Cinnamon.

"Take of cinnamon bark, bruised, lesser cardamom seeds, bruised, of each one ounce; long pepper in powder, two drachms; proof spirit, two pounds and a half. Digest for seven days, and filter through paper."

1 Essay on Fever, 122. 2 Aqua cinnamomi forts, P. L. 1720.

3 Tinctura aromatica, P. L. 1745.

Syn. Teinture de Saffron (F.).

This is a much warmer aromatic than the simple tincture; and is frequently advantageously used in flatulencies, atonic gout, languors, and debility, in doses of f 3 j. or f 3 ij., properly diluted.

Officinal preparation.-Aether sulphuricus cum Alcohole aro-maticus, E.

Tinctura Colchici. Lond. Dub. Tincture of Colchicum

"Take of the seeds of colchicum autumnal is, five ounces; (two ounces. Dub.); proof spirit, two pints (a pint, Dub.). Macerate for fourteen days; then strain."

This is a useful form of administering colchicum of a determinate strength. The dose is from xij. to f 3 ij.

Tinctura Colchici Composita. Lond. Compound Tincture of Colchicum

"Take of colchicum seeds, bruised, Jive ounces; aromatic spirit of ammonia, two pints. Macerate for fourteen days, and filter."

This is the ammoniated spirit of colchicum of the last Pharmacopoeia; it is less active than the tincture. The dose is from f 3 ss. to f 3 j.

Tinctura Conii

Lond.

"Take of dried leaves of conium, five ounces; cardamoms, bruised, an ounce; proof spirit, two pints. Digest for fourteen days, and filter."

Tinctura Conii Maculati, Edin. Dub. Tincture of Hemlock.

"Take of dried leaves of hemlock, two ounces; cardamom seeds, bruised, half an ounce; proof spirit, sixteen ounces. Digest for seven days, and filter through paper."

This is an elegant form of administering conium; and admits of its being added to mixtures. It possesses all the active properties of the plant.