Extractum Coffeae Viridis Fluidum (N. F.)—Fluid Extract of Green Coffee.

Botanical name: 

Related entry: Caffea.—Coffee

Preparation.—Formulary number, 148: "From the commercial, unroasted seeds of Coffea arabica, Linné (Coffee). Process B (see F. 135). No. 20 powder. Menstruum I. Alcohol, two hundred and fifty cubic centimeters (250 Cc.) [8 fl℥, 218♏︎]; water, six hundred and eighty-five cubic centimeters (685 Cc.) [23 fl℥, 78♏︎]; glycerin, sixty-five cubic centimeters (65 Cc.) [2 fl℥, 95♏︎]. Menstruum II: Alcohol, 1 volume; water, 3 volumes. Note.—It is recommended that the best quality of either of the commercial varieties known as Java or Mocha coffee be employed for this preparation"—(Nat. Form.).

Medical Uses and Dosage.—(See Caffea). Dose, 5 to 60 minims.


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