Fluidextractum Eucalypti. U. S. Fluidextract of Eucalyptus.
Botanical name:
Fldext. Eucalypt.
Related entries: Eucalyptus
Extrait liquide d'Eucalyptus, Fr.; Flüssiges Eucalyptusextrakt, G.
"Eucalyptus, in No. 30 powder, one thousand grammes [or 35 ounces av., 120 grains], Prepare a Fluidextract by Type Process A, using a mixture of three volumes of alcohol and one volume of water as the menstruum, and reserving the first eight hundred mils [or 27 fluidounces, 24 minims] of percolate" U. S.
This fluidextract well represents the drug, and is of a dark greenish-brown color, having the peculiar odor and taste of eucalyptus very strongly developed, but in effectiveness it is much inferior to the volatile oil.
Dose, from ten to thirty minims (0.6-1.8 mils).
