Mistura Rhei cum Soda, B.P.C. Rhubarb Mixture with Soda.

Botanical name: 
Rheum officinale
Rheum palmatum

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Synonyms.—Mistura Rhei et Sodae; Rhubarb and Soda Mixture.

Related entry: Rheum

Rhubarb Root, in fine powder 1.14 | 100 grains
Sodium Bicarbonate 2.28 | 200 grains
Caraway Water to 100.00 | to 20 fl. ounces

Mix the powders, triturate them with sufficient of the water to form a smooth paste, then add sufficient caraway water to produce the required volume.

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.