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Show 868 @ATRCHU MIMOSA. CATECHU MIMOSA. mixed with the hand, adding olive oil ten ounces, and a suf. ficient quantity of water to bring the mass to the consistence of an ointment. To all sores and ulcers in warm climates astrin. gent applications of this kind are found to be particularly useful. Macerate the extract and cinnamon in the water, in a covered vessel, for two hours; then strain it, and add the syrup. As this preparation will not keep above a day or two, it must always be made extemporaneously. The two hours maceration, therefore, becomes very often extremely inconvenient; but it may be prepared in a few minutes by boiling, without in the least impairing the virtues of the medicine. Extract of catechu is almost pure tannin. This infusion is therefore a powerfully astringent solution. ‘The cinnamon and PREPARATIONS, Evectuary or CatTecuu, COMMONLY CALLED JApontc Con(Electuarium Mimose Catechu, olim Confectio FECTION. Japonica. FE.) Takeof extract of mimosa catechu, four ounces ; kino, three ounces ; syrup renderit sufliciently agreeable, and it will be found ser- cinnamon, nutmeg, each one ounce; ——— opium, diffused in a sufficient quantity of Spanish white wine, one drachm and a half; ——— syrup of red roses, boiled to the consistence of honey, two pounds and a quarter: Reduce the solids to powder; and, haying mixed them with the opium and syrup, makethem into an electuary. Comrounp Execruary oF Carecuu. (Electuarium Catecha Compositum. D.) Take of catechu, four ounces ; cinnamon, two ounces ; —kino, three ounces: powder these; then add, —— hardpurified opium, diffused in Spanish white wine, a drac hm anda half; syrup of ginger, evaporated to the consistence of honey, two pounds and a quarter: Mix them. ! These electuaries, which do not differ in any material particular, are extremely useful astringent medicines, and are often given in doses of a tea-spoonful, frequently repeated, in cases of diarrhea, &c. Ten scruples contain one grain of opium. Inrusron or Carecnu, comMONLY CALLED Javonic INFUSION. ! x (Infusum Mimose Catechu, vulgo Infasum Japonicum. Ef.) Takeof extract of catechu, in powder, two drachms and 4 viceable in diarrhceas proceeding from a laxity of theintestines. [ts dose is a spoonful or two every other hour, or after every loose stool. Tincrure or Carecuu. (Tinctura Mimose Catechu, olim Tinctura Japonica. E, Tinctura Catechu. L. 15} Take of extract of catechu, three ounces ; cinnamon, bruised, two ounces; ————diluted alcohol, two pounds and a half, (two pints, G. Ds) Digest for seven days, andstrain through paper. The cinnamon is a very useful addition to the catechu, not only as it warms the stomach, hut likewise as it cc ness and astringency. This tincture is of service in all kinds of defluxions, catarrhs, loosenesses, uterine fluxes, and other disorders where astringent medicines are indicated. Two orthree tea-spoonfuls may be taken every nowand then in red wine, or any other proper vehicle. PRESCRIPTIONS. R.. 1. Take of catechu, in powder purified alum - = conserve of roses = — = = r - rachm 4, syrup of white poppies, as much as is suffi. cient : Make into a bolus, to be taken at bed-time, to stop diarrhcea. Fy. 2. Take of catechu, in powder - - drachm 4, — syrup of clove July-flowers, as much as is sufficient : half ; cinnamon, bruised, half a drachm ; boiling water, seven ounces; simple syrup, one ounce: 869 Makeinto abolus, to be takenthree timesaday. diarrhoea, Excellent ia |