4532. Compound Tincture of Pellitory

4532.  Compound Tincture of Pellitory. Take of bruised pellitory, 4 drachms; camphor, 3 drachms; oil of cloves, 2 drachms; powdered opium, 1 drachm; rectified spirit, 6 fluid ounces; digest for 8 days. The product is a most serviceable form of toothache-drops.

4533. Ethereo-alcoholic Tincture of Pellitory for Tooth and Face-ache

4533.    Ethereo-alcoholic Tincture of Pellitory for Tooth and Face-ache. Take of bruised pellitory, 1 ounce; pure ether, 2 fluid ounces; strongest rectified spirit, 3 fluid ounces; digest them together in a stoppered bottle, in a cool place, for a week, with frequent agitation, then express the tincture, but avoid filtration. Some persons use equal parts of ether and spirit, but the product does not then keep so well. An excellent remedy for tooth-ache and face-ache, often giving almost immediate relief in the former case.

4534. Decoction of Balm of Gilead

4534.    Decoction of Balm of Gilead. For the decoction, simmer 1 ounce of the buds in a quart of soft water, down to half a pint. Take a wine-glassful or more, when the cough is troublesome.

4535. Tincture of Balm of Gilead

4535.    Tincture of Balm of Gilead. Infuse 2 ounces of the buds in a quart of good rum, and 4 ounces of sugar. Digest for 4 days. Take 2 or 3 tea-spoonfuls at a time. It greatly relieves cough, pains in the chest, and other pulmonary affections. The tincture and decoction form excellent remedies for cough, asthma, wheezing, etc..

4536. Tincture of Prickly-ash Berries

4536.    Tincture of Prickly-ash Berries. Macerate 8 ounces prickly-ash berries (Xanthoxylum) for 14 days in 2 pints diluted alcohol; or, displace 2 ounces of tincture by percolation. This tincture possesses all the virtues of the hemes. In cholera, the dose is from 1/2 to 1 fluid ounce, repeated as often as required; in ordinary cases from 1 to 4 fluid drachms, given in water. (Am. Dis.)

4537. Tincture of Aloes

4537.    Tincture of Aloes. Take 1 troy ounce socotrine aloes in fine powder, and 3 troy ounces liquorice; macerate for 14 days in \ pint alcohol and 11/2 pints distilled water, and filter through paper. (U. S. Ph.)

4538. Tincture of Aloes and Myrrh

4538.    Tincture of Aloes and Myrrh. Take 3 troy ounces each socotrine aloes and myrrh, both in moderately fine powder; 1 troy ounce saffron in moderately coarse powder ; mix together, moisten with 2 fluid ounces alcohol, pack it moderately in a conical percolator, and displace, with alcohol, 2 pints of the tincture. This tincture may also bo prepared by maceration for 14 days with 2 pints alcohol, and filtering through paper. (U. S. Ph.)

4539. Tincture of Cantharides

4539.   Tincture of Cantharides. Moisten 1 troy ounce cantharides, in fine powder, with £ fluid ounce diluted alcohol; pack it in a conical percolator, and displace, with diluted alcohol, 2 pints of tincture. ( U. S. Ph.)