Fluidextractum Sumbul. U. S. Fluidextract of Sumbul.

Botanical name: 

Fldext. Sumbul [Fluid-Extract of Musk Root]

Related entries: Sumbul

Extrait liquide de Sumbul, Fr.; Flüssiges Sumbulwurzelextrakt oder Moschuswurzelextrakt, G.

"Sumbul, in No. 30 powder, one thousand grammes [or 35 ounces av., 120 grains]. Prepare a Fluidextract by Type Process A, using a mixture of four volumes of alcohol and one volume of water as the menstruum." U. S.

This fluidextract was made official for the first time in the U. S. P. VIII, superseding the tincture of sumbul, to which it is superior.

Dose, half a fluidrachm to one fluidrachm (1.8-3.75 mils).


The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, was edited by Joseph P. Remington, Horatio C. Wood and others.