Tinctura Pulsatillae.—Tincture of Pulsatilla.

Related entry: Pulsatilla (U. S. P.)—Pulsatilla

Preparation.—Take of the recent herb pulsatilla, cut into small pieces, 8 ounces; absolute alcohol, 1 pint, or a sufficient quantity. Form into a tincture by maceration or percolation, and make 1 pint of tincture.

Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage.—(See Pulsatilla.) One fluid drachm of this tincture may be added to 4 fluid ounces of water, the dose of which is a teaspoonful, to be repeated several times a day.


King's American Dispensatory, 1898, was written by Harvey Wickes Felter, M.D., and John Uri Lloyd, Phr. M., Ph. D.