Extractum Urticae Fluidum (N. F.)—Fluid Extract of Urtica.

Related entry: Urtica.—Nettle

Preparation.—Formulary number, 179: "From the root of Urtica dioica, Linné (Nettle). Process A (see F. 135). No. 40 powder. Menstruum: Diluted alcohol"—(Nat. Form.).

Medical Uses and Dosage.—(See Urtica). This preparation is liable to disintegration and precipitation, often changing to a gelatinous magma. Dose, 5 to 20 minims.

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