Mistura Cascarae Composita, B.P.C. Compound Cascara Mixture.

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Format explanation

Related entry: Cascara - Cascara Mixture.

Liquid Extract of Cascara Sagrada 4.16 | 400 minims
Liquid Extract of Liquorice 6.25 | 1 ¼ fl. ounces
Tincture of Belladonna 1.04 | 100 minims
Tincture of Nux Vomica 1.04 | 100 minims
Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia 4.16 | 400 minims
Chloroform Water to 100.00 | to 20 fl. ounces

Mix. This mixture gradually loses much of its bitterness.

Dose.—15 to 30 mils (½ to 1 fluid ounce).


The British Pharmaceutical Codex, 1911, was published by direction of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.