This section is from the "Encyclopedia Of Practical Receipts And Processes" book, by William B. Dick. Also available from Amazon: Dick's encyclopedia of practical receipts and processes.
4507. Tincture of Mandrake (Podo-phyllin). Make 1 pint of tincture from 3 ounces mandrake-root in powder, with alcohol, either by maceration or percolation. (Am. Dis.}
4508. Tincture of Queen's Root (Stillingia). Take 3 ounces queen's root, bruised and cut into small pieces, and make 1 pint with diluted alcohol, either by maceration or displacement. (Am. Dis.)
4509. Tincture of Leopard's Bane (Arnica Flowers). Macerate 2 ounces arnica flowers in 1 pint dilute alcohol; or put the arnica-flowers in a percolator, and with diluted alcohol displace 1 pint. (Am. Dis.)
4510. Tincture of Hops. Moisten 5 troy ounces hops, in moderately coarse powder, with 2 fluid ounces diluted alcohol. Pack it very firmly in a cylindrical percolator, and displace, "with diluted alcohol, 2 pints of tincture. {U. S. Ph.)
4511. Tincture of Henbane. Moisten 4 troy ounces henbane leaf, in fine powder, with 2 fluid ounces diluted alcohol. Pack it firmly in a conical percolator, and gradually pour diluted alcohol upon it until 2 pints of
•tincture are obtained. (U. S. Ph.)
4512. Tincture of Kino. Reduce 6 drachms kino to fine powder. Mix the powdered kino thoroughly with an equal bulk of dry sand; introduce the mixture into a conical glass percolator, and displace 1/2 pint of tincture, using a menstruum composed of 2 parts alcohol and 1 part water. ( U. S. Ph.)
4513. Tincture of Lobelia. Moisten 4 troy ounces lobelia, in fine powder, with 2 fluid ounces diluted alcohol; pack it firmly in a conical percolator, and displace, with diluted alcohol, 2 pints of tincture. (U. S. Ph.)
4514. Tincture of Cimicifuga Race-mosa (Black Cohosh, or Black Snake-Root). Black cohosh root, in fine powder, 4 troy ounces; alcohol, 1 pint. Make 1 pint of tincture by maceration or displacement. {Am. Dis.)
4515. Norwood's Tincture of Vera-trum Viride (American Hellebore). Macerate 8 ounces of the recently dried, coarsely powdered root, in 16 ounces of alcohol for 14 days; express and filter through paper. {Am. Dis.)
4516. Tincture of Chiretta. Macerate 21/2 ounces (avoirdupois) chiretta, cut small and bruised, in 15 Imperial fluid ounces rectified spirit, for 48 hours. Then transfer to a percolator, pouring on 5 additional fluid ounces rectified spirit; press the residuum, and filter; lastly, add rectified spirit to make up to 1 Imperial pint. {B. Ph.)
 
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