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Tincture of Lobelia
Moisten 4 troy ounces lobelia, in fine powder, with 2 fluid ounces diluted alcohol; pack it firmly 4525. Tincture of Serpentaria. Moistin a conical percolator, and displace , with di- en 4 troy ounces serpentaria (Virginia snakeluted alcohol, 2 pints of tincture. (U. S. Ph.) root), in moderately fine powder, in 1 fluid 4514. Tincture of Cimicifuga Race-ounce diluted alcohol. Pack it in a conical mosa (Black Cohosh, or Black Snake- percolator, and gradually pour diluted alcohol Root). Black cohosh root, in fine powder, upon it until 2 pints of tincture are obtained. 4 troy ounces; alcohol, 1 pint.
Make 1 pint of tincture by maceration or displacement. (Am. Dis.) 4515. Norwood's Tincture of Veratrum Viride (American Hellebore). Macerate 8 ounces of the recently dried, coarsely powdered root, in 16 ounces of alcohol for 14 days; express and filter through paper. (Am. Dis.)