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Historical source record Immune, infection & fever

Tincture of Yellow Cinchona {Tinctura Cinchoiw, flavce)

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Related plant contextAntiseptic PreparationTincture RouteInternal use Plant recordCinchona calisaya ↗

Antiseptic

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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-1379.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • of Yellow Cinchona Bark, in moderately 'fine powder, four ounces
  • Proof Spirit, one pint
  • Ma- cerate the cinchona Lark for forty-eight hours in fifteen 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 sub- ject the contents of the percolator to pressure, filter the product, mix the liquids, and add sufiicient proof spirit to make one pint
  • of Yellow Cin- chona Bark, in coarse powder, one pound
  • Macerate the cinchona bark in two pints of the water, for twenty -four hours, stirring frequently; then pack in a percolator, and add more water until twelve pints have been collected, or until the water ceases to dissolve anything more

Method as extracted

  1. Take of Yellow Cinchona Bark, in moderately 'fine powder, four ounces ;
  2. Take of Yellow Cin- chona Bark, in coarse powder, one pound ;
  3. Macerate the cinchona bark in two pints of the water, for twenty -four hours, stirring frequently; then pack in a percolator, and add more water until twelve pints have been collected, or until the water ceases to dissolve anything more.

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  • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
  • Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. Pharmacopœia of India [electronic resource] : prepared under the authority of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in council — Pharmacopœia of India [electronic resource] : prepared under the authority of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in councilPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-1379.
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