Tincture

Tinctura (tingk' -Mr, tingk-tu' '-rah), A tincture. In pharmacy, an alcoholic solution of the medicinal principles of a drug, and, excepting the tincture of iodin, of non-volatile bases. The strength of tinctures varies from per cent, to 65 per cent, of the active principles of the drug. There are 72 official tinctura, besides 31 in the National Formulary. T. amara. See Bitter Tincture. T., Ammoniated, a solution of a medicinal substance in spirit of ammonia. T. antacrida. See Guaiac-mixture, Tenner's. T. capsici et myrrhae. (N. F.) Same as Hot Drops. T., Ethereal, the solution of a drug in ethereal spirit. T., Huxham's. See T. cinchona compos it a. T., Warburg's. See Warburg's Tincture.