Pilula Urgineae Composita. Br.

Pilula Urgineae Composita. Br.

Compound Urginea Pill

Related entry: Urginea - Compound Squill Pill

"Urginea, in powder, 25 grammes; Ginger, in powder, 20 grammes; Ammoniacum, in powder, 20 grammes; Hard Soap, in powder, 15 grammes; Syrup of Glucose, 20 grammes, or a sufficient quantity. Mix to form a mass." Br.

This pill is the same as the Compound Squill pill, except that the Indian Squill, Urginea, replaces the ordinary variety.

Dose, from five to ten grains (0.32-0.65 Gm.).


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