_Fluidextractum Cinchonae Aquosum (Fldext. Cinchon. Aq.), Aqueous Fluidextract of Cinchona, N.F._--Cinchona (100%), yielding about 5 per cent. of alkaloids. Absolute alcohol content about 12 per cent.
_Infusum Cinchonae (Inf. Cinchon.), Infusion of Cinchona, N.F._--Cinchona (6%), aromatic sulphuric acid (1%) and water.
_*Tinctura Cinchonae (Tr. Cinch.), Tincture of Cinchona, U.S.P._--Cinchona (20%), yielding about 0.9 per cent. of alkaloids; in alcohol, glycerin and water. Absolute alcohol content about 63 per cent.
=Cinchona Rubra (Cinch. Rub.), Red Cinchona, U.S.P.= (Red Peruvian Bark).--Yields not less than 5 per cent. of alkaloids.
ACTION AND USES: Identical with those of cinchona. Used as ingredient of the compound tincture of cinchona.
_*Tinctura Cinchonae Composita (Tr. Cinch. Co.), Compound Tincture of Cinchona, U.S.P._--Red cinchona (10%), yielding about 0.45 per cent. of cinchona alkaloids, serpentaria (2%) and bitter orange peel, in glycerin, alcohol and water. Absolute alcohol content about 64 per cent.
USES: Aromatic astringent bitter, of high alcoholic content; superfluous.
=Cinchonidinae Sulphas (Cinchonid. Sulph.), Cinchonidine Sulphate, U.S.P.=--The sulphate of the alkaloid cinchonidine, obtained from cinchona bark.
White, glistening, odorless needles with a very bitter taste. Soluble in water (1:65) and in alcohol (1:90).
ACTION AND USES: Formerly used as a cheap substitute for quinine sulphate, over which it possesses no advantage, being less efficient and more convulsant.
DOSAGE: 0.15 Gm. or 2-1/2 grains (U.S.P.).
=Cinchoninae Sulphas (Cinchonin. Sulph.), Cinchonine Sulphate, U.S.P.=--The sulphate of the alkaloid cinchonine, obtained from cinchona bark.
White, lustrous, odorless crystals with a very bitter taste. Soluble in water (1:60) and in alcohol (1:12.5).
ACTION AND USES: Similar to those of cinchonidine sulphate.
DOSAGE: 0.15 Gm. or 2-1/2 grains (U.S.P.).
=*Cinnamomum Saigonicum (Cinnam. Saigon.), Saigon Cinnamon, U.S.P.=--A bark.
ACTION AND USES: Carminative, antiseptic, somewhat astringent, occasionally administered in diarrhea.
DOSAGE: 0.25 Gm. or 4 grains (U.S.P.), in powder.
_Fluidextractum Aromaticum (Fldext. Aromat.), Aromatic Fluidextract, U.S.P._--Aromatic powder (100%), extracted with alcohol. Absolute alcohol content about 80 per cent.