DECOCTUM ALOES COMPOSITUM— Compound Decoction of Aloes

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Source: Note-book of materia medica, pharmacology, and therapeutics/ by R.E. Scoresby-Jackson by Scoresby-Jackson, R. E. (Robert Edmund), 1835-1867; Macdonald, Angus, 1836-1886; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1871), paragraph-4655.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• DECOCTUM ALOES COMPOSITUM— Compound Decoction of Aloes. — Take of extract of Socotrine aloes, 120 grains ; myrrh; saffron, of each, 90 grains; carbonate of potash, QO grains; extract of liquorice, 1 ounce; compound tincture of cardamoms, S fluid ounces; distilled water, a sufficiency
• This decoction contains four grains of extract of aloes in one fluid ounce, while that of the British Pharmacopoeia of 1864 contained 5'6 grains, and that of the London Pharmacopoeia 3"3

Method as extracted

1. Reduce the extract of aloes and myrrh to coarse powder, and put them, together with the carbonate of p)otash and extract of liquorice, into a suitable covered vessel tvith a pint of distilled water ; boil gently for five minutes, then add the saffron.
2. Let the vessel ivith its contents cool, then, add the tincture of cardamoms, and, covering the vessel closely, alloiv the ingredients to macerate for two hours ; finally, strain through flannel, pour- ing as much distilled ivater over the contents of the strainer as loill make the strained product measure thirty fluid ounces.

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