Vinum Aurantii (N. F.)—Wine of Orange.
Related entries: Oleum Aurantii Corticis (U. S. P.)—Oil of Orange Peel - Aurantii Amari Cortex (U. S. P.)—Bitter Orange Peel
Preparation.—"Oil of bitter orange, one cubic centimeter (1 Cc.) [16♏︎]; alcohol, ten cubic centimeters (10 Cc.) [162♏︎]; purified talcum (F. 395), fifteen grammes (15 Gm.) [231 grs.]; sherry wine, a sufficient quantity to make one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏︎]. Triturate the purified talcum, first with the alcohol, in which the oil of bitter orange had previously been dissolved, and afterward with seven hundred and fifty cubic centimeters (750 Cc.) [25 fl℥, 173♏︎] of sherry wine, gradually added. Filter the mixture through a wetted filter, returning the first portions of the filtrate until it runs through clear, and lastly, pass enough sherry wine through the filter to make one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏︎]"—(Nat. Form.).
Pharmaceutical Uses.—This preparation is employed as a flavoring substance and excipient in some of the official preparations.
Related Preparation.—VINUM AURANTII COMPOSITUM (N. F.), Compound wine of orange, Elixir aurantiorum compositum (Ger. Pharm.), Compound elixir of orange. "Bitter orange peel, two hundred grammes (200 Gm.) [7 ozs. av., 24 grs.]; absinthium, sixty-five grammes (65 Gm.) [2 ozs. av., 128 grs.]; menyanthes, leaves, sixty-five grammes (65 Gm.) [2 ozs. av., 128 grs.]; cascarilla, sixty-five grammes (65 Gm.) [2 ozs. av., 128 grs.]; cinnamon (cassia), forty grammes (40 Gm.) [1 oz. av., 180 grs.]; gentian, forty grammes (40 Gm.) [1 oz. av., 180 grs.]; potassium carbonate, ten grammes (10 Gm.) [154 grs.]; sherry wine, a sufficient quantity to make one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏︎]. Reduce the six first-named drugs to a moderately coarse (No. 40) powder, mix with this the potassium carbonate, moisten the mixture with sherry wine, and let it macerate during 24 hours. Then pack it in a percolator, and percolate with sherry wine, in the usual manner, until one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏︎] of product are obtained. Note.—The German Pharmacopoeia directs to macerate the orange peel, cinnamon, and potassium carbonate with the sherry wine, and then to add the other drugs in the form of extracts. The proportions above given produce a product practically identical with that of the German Pharmacopoeia"—(Nat. Form.). This preparation may be employed as a gastric tonic.
