Preparation.— Tincture of Kamala (Tinctura Ka- malai)

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Source: Pharmacopœia of India [electronic resource] : prepared under the authority of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in council by Waring, Edward John, 1819-1891; University of Glasgow. Library (1868), paragraph-2283.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• of Kamala, six ounces
• Eectified Spirit, one pint
• Macerate for seven days in a closed vessel with occasional agitation ; then strain, press, and filter, and add sufficient rectified spirit to make one pint
• 117), who found that in doses varying from one to two ounces it acted as a mild and sure jDur- gative, producing in from three to six hours after ingestion free bilious evacuations, its operation being unattended either by nausea, colic, or other ill efiects
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Method as extracted

1. Take of Kamala, six ounces ;
2. Macerate for seven days in a closed vessel with occasional agitation ; then strain, press, and filter, and add sufficient rectified spirit to make one pint.

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