Tinctura Aloes (U. S. P.)—Tincture of Aloes.
Related entry: Aloe.—Aloes
Preparation.—"Purified aloes, in moderately fine powder, one hundred grammes (100 Gm.) [3 ozs. av., 231 grs.]; liquorice root, in No. 40 powder, two hundred grammes (200 Gm.) [7 ozs. av., 24 grs.]; diluted alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏]. Mix the powders, and, having moistened the mixture with eighty cubic centimeters (80 Cc.) [2 fl℥, 339♏] of diluted alcohol, macerate for 24 hours; then pack it firmly in a cylindrical percolator, and gradually pour diluted alcohol upon it, until one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏] of tincture are obtained"—(U. S. P.).
Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage.—This is a cathartic and tonic, but is seldom used on account of its disagreeable taste, aloes being preferred in the pill form. As a cathartic, the dose is from 1/2 to 1 1/2 fluid ounces. As a local application, on lint, it has been found useful in old sores, ulcers, wounds, etc.
Tinctura Aloes et Myrrhae (U. S. P.)—Tincture of Aloes and Myrrh.
Related entry: Myrrha (U. S. P.)—Myrrh
SYNONYMS: Elixir proprietatis paracelsi, Tinctura aloes composita.
Preparation.—"Purified aloes, one hundred grammes (100 Gm.) [3 ozs. av., 231 grs.]; myrrh, one hundred grammes (100 Gm.) [3 ozs. av., 231 grs.]; liquorice root, in No. 40 powder, one hundred grammes (100 Gm.) [3 ozs. av., 231 grs.]; alcohol, water, each, a sufficient quantity to make one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏]. Mix alcohol and water in the proportion of seven hundred add fifty cubic centimeters (750 Cc.) [25 fl℥, 173♏] of alcohol to two hundred and fifty cubic centimeters (250 Cc.) [8 fl℥, 218♏] of water. Having mixed the aloes, myrrh, and liquorice root, reduce them to a moderately coarse (No. 40) powder. Moisten the powder with sixty cubic centimeters (60 Cc.) [2 fl℥, 14♏] of the menstruum, and macerate for 24 hours; then pack it moderately in a cylindrical percolator, and gradually pour menstruum upon it, until one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏] of tincture are obtained"—(U. S. P.). This is a deep red-brown tincture, precipitating when added to water. Older formulas contained saffron.
Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage.—This tincture is emmenagogue and cathartic; it has been beneficially employed in anemic and other abnormal conditions of the female system, connected with derangement of the menstrual secretion, and with constipation. It will likewise be found useful as a stimulating laxative, in cold, sluggish states of the system, unconnected with any menstrual difficulty. The dose is 1 or 2 fluid drachms.
King's American Dispensatory, 1898, was written by Harvey Wickes Felter, M.D., and John Uri Lloyd, Phr. M., Ph. D.
