Extractum Visci, B.P.C. Extract of Mistletoe.

Botanical name: 
Viscum album

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Mistletoe, in coarse powder 100.00 | 20 ounces
Distilled Water, boiling, a sufficient quantity.

Macerate the drug with 600 (120 fluid ounces) of the boiling water for twelve hours, strain, press and twice repeat the maceration, using 300 (60 fluid ounces) of the menstruum; mix the liquids, filter, and evaporate to the consistence of a thick extract.
Dose.—10 to 15 decigrams (15 to 24 grains).

The British Pharmaceutical Codex, 1911, was published by direction of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.