Decoctum Hemidesmi, B.P.C. Decoction of Hemidesmus.

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Hemidesmus Root, bruised 10.00 | 2 ounces
Distilled Water ... to 100.00 | to 20 fl. ounces

Add the bruised root to 120 (24 fluid ounces) of distilled water, and boil for ten minutes, strain, and make up to the required volume, if necessary, by passing distilled water through the strainer.
Dose.—15 to 60 mils (½ to 2 fluid ounces).


The British Pharmaceutical Codex, 1911, was published by direction of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.