Infusum Krameriae.—Infusion of Rhatany.

Related entry: Krameria (U. S. P.)—Krameria

Preparation.—Infuse, in a closed vessel, for 30 minutes, ½ ounce (av.) of rhatany-root (No. 40 powder), in 10 fluid ounces (Imp.) of boiling distilled water. Strain—(Br. Pharm.). Each fluid ounce contains 23 grains; that of the U. S. P., 1870, contained 30 grains.

Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage.—(See Krameria.) Useful in passive hemorrhages and mucous profluvia. Dose, ½ to 2 fluid ounces.


King's American Dispensatory, 1898, was written by Harvey Wickes Felter, M.D., and John Uri Lloyd, Phr. M., Ph. D.