Sweet Tablets of Senna.

0.06 Gm. (gr. 1).

Senna, powdered6.00 Gm.
Alcoholic solution of saccharin, 3% 2.00 Cc.
Paraffin, in thin shavings1.50 Gm.
Yellow fat sugar22.50 Gm.

Pour the alcoholic solution of saccharin over the senna and permit the alcohol to evaporate completely. (Dry saccharinization, using 0.06 Gm. of saccharin, is slightly less efficient; but may be used for extemporaneous preparations.)

Incorporate the yellow fat sugar by thorough trituration in a mortar; and finally the paraffin by gentle trituration for a short time only. Compress in a tablet machine, using 3/8-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.30 Gm. tablets.