Succus Cerasi. Cherry Juice.
Botanical name:
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The juice obtained from a mixture of 10 parts of red cherries and 1 part of black cherries.
Uses.—Cherry juice is employed as a flavouring and colouring agent, and in the preparation of syrup of cherries.
PREPARATION.
- Syrupus Cerasi, B.P.C.—SYRUP OF CHERRY.
- Refined sugar, 60; cherry juice, by weight, to 100. Dose.—2 to 4 mils (½ to 1 fluid drachm).
