Liquor Picis Alkalinus (N. F.)—Alkaline Solution of Tar.
Botanical name:
Related entry: Pix Liquida (U. S. P.)—Tar
Preparation.—"Tar, two hundred and fifty grammes (250 Gm.) [8 ozs. av., 358 grs.]; potassa, one hundred and twenty-five grammes (125 Gm.) 14 ozs. av., 179 grs.]; water, six hundred and twenty-five cubic centimeters (625 Cc.) [21 fl℥, 64♏︎]. Dissolve the potassa in the water. Shake the solution with the tar so that the latter may be dissolved, and strain the solution through muslin"—(Nat. Form.).
Medical Uses.—(See Pix Liquida.)
