Tinctura Jalapae (N. F.)—Tincture of Jalap.
Related entry: Jalapa (U. S. P.)—Jalap
Preparation.—"Jalap, in fine powder, two hundred grammes (200 Gm.) [7 ozs. av., 24 grs.]; alcohol, water, of each, a sufficient quantity to make one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Co.) [33 fl℥, 391♏︎]. Mix 2 volumes of alcohol with 1 volume of water. Percolate the jalap with this mixture, in the usual manner, until one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏︎] of tincture are obtained. Note.—This preparation was official in the U. S. P. of 1870"—(Nat. Form.).
Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage.—(See Jalapa.) Seldom used, except as an addition to other purgatives. Dose, ½ to 2 fluid drachms.
Related Tincture.—TINCTURA JALAPAE COMPOSITA (N. F.), Compound tincture of jalap. "Jalap, in fine powder, one hundred and twenty-five grammes (125 Gm.) [4 ozs. av., 179 grs.]; scammony, in powder, thirty-two grammes (32 Gm.) [1 oz. av., 56 grs.]; alcohol, water, of each, a sufficient quantity to make one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏︎]. Mix 2 volumes of alcohol with 1 volume of water. Mix the powders with half their weight of sand; moisten the mixture with a sufficient quantity of the menstruum, pack it in a percolator, and percolate it with the menstruum, in the usual manner, until one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏︎] of tincture are obtained"—(Nat. Form.).
