Tincture of Calumba {Tinctura Galumhce)

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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-229.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• of Calumba Root, cut small, two ounces and a half
• Proof Spirit, one pint
• Macerate the calumba for forty-eight hours in fifteen fluid ounces of the spirit, in a closed vessel, agitating occasionally ; then transfer to a percolator, and when the fluid ceases to pass, con- tinue the percolation with the remaining five ounces of spirit
• Afterwards subject the contents of the per- colator to pressure, filter the product, mix the liquids, and add sufficient proof spirit to make one pint
• of Calumba Root, cut small, one pound
• Water, four pints
• Macerate the calumba with two pints of the water for twelve hours, strain and press

Method as extracted

1. Take of Calumba Root, cut small, two ounces and a half ;
2. Macerate the calumba for forty-eight hours in fifteen fluid ounces of the spirit, in a closed vessel, agitating occasionally ; then transfer to a percolator, and when the fluid ceases to pass, con- tinue the percolation with the remaining five ounces of spirit.
3. Take of Calumba Root, cut small, one pound ;
4. Macerate the calumba with two pints of the water for twelve hours, strain and press.
5. Macerate again with the same quantity of water, strain and press as before.
6. Mix and filter the liquors, and evapo- rate them by the heat of a water bath until the ex- tract is of a suitable consistence for forming pills.

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