A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . STATES PHARMACOPCEIA. 981 Thymi Oleum; U. S. Oil of Thyme. Thy mi ^EJtheroleum — Volatile Oil of Thyme. The volatile oil distilled from Thymus vulgaris. Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page 244. Uses.—As it contains thymol it might be employed as an antiseptic. Tigrlii Oleum ; U. S. • Oeoton — Croton Tiglium, Linne (TJuphorbiacece).Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page , solubility in alcohol, and acridity increase by age. Medicinal Uses.—Internally a most powerful drastic cathartic,occasionally used in a
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . STATES PHARMACOPCEIA. 981 Thymi Oleum; U. S. Oil of Thyme. Thy mi ^EJtheroleum — Volatile Oil of Thyme. The volatile oil distilled from Thymus vulgaris. Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page 244. Uses.—As it contains thymol it might be employed as an antiseptic. Tigrlii Oleum ; U. S. • Oeoton — Croton Tiglium, Linne (TJuphorbiacece).Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page , solubility in alcohol, and acridity increase by age. Medicinal Uses.—Internally a most powerful drastic cathartic,occasionally used in apoplexy or lead-poisoning. Externally it is irritant and suppurant, and is used toproduce powerful counter-irritation. Dose.—One-fourth to two drops. TIGLII COLLODIUM. Ckoton-Oil equal parts of croton oil and flexible as a suppurant. Tilia. TlLIA. Tilim Flores—Lindenbluthen, G-.; Lind-blommor, Sw.; Linden Flowers. Origin.— Tilia vulgaris, Hayn ; andTilia parviflora and Tilia grandiflora, Fig. 535.—Inflorescence of Tilia Ulmi-folia, natural size. H ab itat.—Europe. Parts used.—The whole inflorescence, with the leaves or bractsproperly belonging to it. Description.—See the figure. The flowers are yellowish-white and the bracts light green. In the 982 A COMPANION TO THE dried state they should have their natural colors, except that the petalsalways become somewhat more yellowish. Must not be brown. Odorpleasant but feeble ; taste sweetish. Contains minute quantities of volatile oil and aromatic resin. Medicinal Uses.—Linden flowers are much used in the form ofhot infusion, or tea, as a diaphoretic, and to relieve indigestion, ner-vousness, etc. Dose-—Two to five grams (30 to 75 grains), in infusion. Tincturae. • , G.; Teintures, F.; Tinturas, Sp.; Tinkturer, Sw. Tinctures, in a proper sense, are liquid preparations made from crudedrugs with more or less alcoholic menstrua, and proportionatel
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