318      Formulas  from  Pharmacopcea  Germanica.  |AMi^;ifn.M 
galangal,  ginger,  of  each  1  p.;  alcohol,  -892  sp.  gr.,  50  p.  Digest  for 
a  week. 
Tinctura  aromatiea  acida.    Made  like  the  preceding,  except  that 
the  alcohol  is  mixed,  before  the  digestion,  with  2  parts  of  sulphuric  • 
acid. 
Tinctura  Chinee  composita  s.  Elixir  roborans  Whyttii.  Pale  cin- 
chona, 6  p.;  orange  peel,  gentian,  each  2  p.;  Chinese  cinnamon,  1  p.; 
alcohol,  -892  sp.  gr.,  50  p. 
Tinctura  Chinoidini.  Chinoidin,  2  p.;  alcohol,  17  p.;  hydrochlo- 
ric acid,  1  p.  Dissolve.  This  mixes  with  water  without  being  pre- 
cipitated. 
Tinctura  f err i  pomata.    Ferruginous  extract  of  apples,  1  p.;  vin- 
ous cinnamon  water,  9  parts.  Dissolve. 
Tinctura  Iodi  decolorata.  Iodine,  hyposulphite  of  sodium,  and 
water,  each  10  parts.  Digest  until  dissolved  ;  add  ammoniated  alco- 
hol, 16  p.,  and  alcohol,  75 ;  keep  in  a  cool  place  for  three  days  and 
filter.    It  has  a  slightly  ammoniacal  odor. 
Tinctura  Opii  crocata  corresponds  to  Vinum  opii,  U.  S.  P.,  except 
that  it  contains  6  drachms  of  saffron  to  the  pint. 
Tinctura  Opii  simplex  is  weaker  in  alcohol  but  stronger  in  opium 
than  the  tincture  of  the  U.  S.  P.  It  is  made  from  powdered  opium, 
4  p.;  alcohol,  sp.  gr.  -892,  and  distilled  water,  each  19  parts.  Ten 
grains  contain  the  soluble  constituents  of  one  grain  uf  powdered 
opium. 
Tinctura  Opii  benzoica  is  made  of  the  same  material,  honey  ex- 
cepted, as  the  Tinctura  opii  camphorata,  U.  S.  P.,  but  the  medicinal 
ingredients  are  in  larger  proportion,  that  of  opium  being  about  4  :  5. 
Powdered  opium,  1  p.;  benzoic  acid,  4  p.;  camphor  and  oil  of  anise, 
each  2  p.;  alcohol,  sp.  grav.  -892,  192  parts.  200  grains  contain  1 
grain  of  opium. 
Tinctura  Scilke  Jealina.    Squill,  8  p.;  caustic  potassa,  1  p.;  alco- 
hol, sp.  gr.  -892,  1  part. 
Unguenium  cereum,  made  from  2  p.  yellow  wax  and  9  p.  olive  oil, 
is  the  basis  of  the  ointments  of  belladonna,  conium,  digitalis,  hyoscy- 
amus,  mezereon,  savin,  white  precipitate  and  oxide  of  mercury.  The 
proportions  are  1  part  of  extracts  or  of  the  mercurial  compounds  to 
