TINCTURE

A pharmaceutical preparation, generally consisting of active remedies di olved in rectified or proof spirit. Tinctures are generally made by digesting bruised or pulverized vegetable substances in the spirit, either at common temperatures or aided by heat. The. term tincture is sometimes applied to alcoholic solutions of resins, of which tincture of myrrh, of a afanida, ., furnish instances. Tinctures, from the quantity of alcohol which they contain, are nece arily exhibited in small doses:1249the me*t [s. 1263]