Format explanation
Related entry: Stramonium Leaves - Lobelia - Anise Fruit - Tea - Oil of Eucalyptus
Stramonium Leaves, in powder |
50.00 | | | 8 ounces |
Lobelia, in powder |
6.00 |
| |
420 grains |
Anise Fruit, in powder |
12.00 | | | 1 oz. 402 1/2 gr. |
Tea Leaves, in powder |
6.00 |
| |
420 grains |
Oil of Eucalyptus | 1.00 | | |
70 grains |
Potassium Nitrate |
to 100.00 | | |
to 16 ounces |
Mix the oil with the powders, adding the potassium nitrate last.
This powder is used several times daily, as may be necessary, for asthma. About half a teaspoonful is pressed by the fingers into the shape of a cone, which is then lighted at the top; the patient inhales the fumes is the powder burns. Pulvis Lobeliae Compositus is a similar preparation.
The British Pharmaceutical Codex, 1911, was published by direction of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.