tinctura (tink-tu'rah)

See tincture, t. amara. Stomach drops; a tincture obtained from percolating gentian, centaury, bitter orange peel, orange berries, and zedoary with alcohol and water [N. F.]. t. antacrida. Antacid tincture; dysmenorrhea mixture; an alcoholic solution of mercuric chlorid, guaiac, Canada turpentine, and oil of sa afras [N. F.]. t. antiperiodic a. Warburg's tincture. This exceedingly complex preparation has no place in scientific medicine at this time. It was once used against malaria [N. F.]. t. aromatic a. A tincture prepared from various aromatic drugs [N. F.]. t. gambir compos it a. An astringent remedy. Gambir, in No. 50 powder, 50 gm.; Saigon cinnamon, in No. 50 powder, 25 gm.; diluted alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 c.c. [U. S. Ph.]. t. herbarum recentium. Made by the general formula: 50 grams of the fresh drug macerated in enough alcohol to yield 100 c.c. of tincture when expre ed. [U. S. Ph.].