Tincture of Nux "Vomica {Tinctuva Nucis VomiccB)

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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-1707.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• of Nux Yomica, two ounces
• Eectified Spirit, one pint
• Macerate the powder 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, continue the percolation with the remaining five ounces of spirit
• Afterwards subject the contents of the percolator to pressure, filter the product, mix the liquids, and add sufficient rectified spirit to make one pint
• of Nux Yomica, one pound ; rectified Spirit, a sufficiency
• Strain, distil off the spirit, and evaporate by a water bath to the consis- tence of a soft extract. jjose. — From a quarter of a grain to two grains

Method as extracted

1. Take of Nux Yomica, two ounces ;
2. Apply steam to the nux vomica until it is thoroughly softened, then dry rapidly, and reduce it to fine powder.
3. Macerate the powder 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, continue the percolation with the remaining five ounces of spirit.
4. Take of Nux Yomica, one pound ; rectified Spirit, a sufficiency.
5. Apply steam to the Nux Yomica until it is thoroughly softened, then dry rapidly, and reduce to fine powder.
6. Strain, distil off the spirit, and evaporate by a water bath to the consis- tence of a soft extract. jjose. — From a quarter of a grain to two grains.

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