82 A COMPENDIUM OF 
and alcohol. Asa rule, taraxacum root is not 
‘found in the stores, except in such a comminu- 
ted form as to be totally unrecognizable. Ta- 
faxacum root and its preparations are tonic, 
deobstruent, and chologogue; it has a sweetish- 
bitter, mucilaginous taste, and when full grown 
the root is several inches in length and about 
the size of the little finger. The officinal prep- 
arations are the solid and fluid extracts and the 
decoction; the latter preparation is made by ad- 
ding one ounce to the pint of distilled water, the 
dose of which is 1 or 2 ounces three times a day. 
Dose of the solid extract, 10 to 30 grains; of the 
fluid extract, % tox fluid drachm, both of which 
are officinal. 
