Vinum Erythroxyli (N. F.)—Wine of Erythroxylon.

Botanical name: 

Related entry: Coca (U. S. P.)—Coca

SYNONYM: Wine of coca.

Preparation.—"Fluid extract of erythroxylon (U. S. P.), sixty-five cubic centimeters (65 Cc.) [2 fl℥, 95♏︎]; alcohol, sixty-five cubic centimeters (65 Cc.) [2 fl℥, 95♏︎]; sugar, sixty-five grammes (65 Gm.) [2 ozs. av., 128 grs.]; claret wine, a sufficient quantity to make one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏︎]. Dissolve the sugar in about six hundred cubic centimeters (600 Cc.) [20 fl℥, 138♏︎] of claret wine, add the alcohol and fluid extract, and enough claret wine to make one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏︎]. Let the mixture stand a few days in a cold place, if convenient, then filter, and pass enough claret wine through the filter to restore the original volume. Each fluid ounce represents 30 grains of erythroxylon (coca). Note.—In place of claret wine, any other palatable wine may be used, according to the demand or preference of the prescriber or consumer"—(Nat. Form.).

Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage.—(See Coca.) Dose, 1 to 2 fluid drachms.

Related Preparation.—VINUM ERYTHROXYLI AROMATICUM (N. F.), Aromatic wine of erythroxylon, Aromatic wine of coca. "Fluid extract of erythroxylon (U.S. P.) sixty-five cubic centimeters (65 Cc.) [2 fl℥, 95♏︎]; compound elixir of taraxacum (F. 111), ten cubic centimeters (10 Cc.) [162♏︎]; syrup of coffee (F. 367) twenty-five cubic centimeters (25 Cc.) [406♏︎]; port wine, one hundred and sixty-five cubic centimeters (165 Cc.) [5 fl℥, 278♏︎]; aromatic elixir (U. S. P.), three hundred cubic centimeters (300 Cc.) [10 fl℥, 69♏︎]; sherry wine, a sufficient quantity to make one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏︎]. Mix the five first-named ingredients with four hundred cubic centimeters (400 Cc.) [13 fl℥, 252♏︎] of sherry wine. Let the mixture stand several days in a cold place, if convenient, then filter, and pass enough sherry wine through the filter to make the product measure one thousand cubic centimeters (1000 Cc.) [33 fl℥, 391♏︎]. Each fluid ounce represents 30 grains of erythroxylon (coca)"—(Nat. Form). Dose, 1 to 2 fluid drachms.


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