Take a quart of skim milk, one-fifth of a cake of yeast and two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Heat the milk. Dissolve the yeast in a little water and mix it with the sugar and lukewarm milk. Pour the mixture into strong bottles, stopper them tightly with new corks, and tie down the corks with strong twine. Shake the bottles well and place in a refrigerator to ferment slowly. After three days lay the bottles on their sides, turning them occasionally. Five days are required to complete the fermentation.
Dosage: 250 Cc. or 8 fluidounces (N.F.).
Lactucarium (Lactucar.), Lactucarium, U.S.P.—The dried juice of a species of wild lettuce.
Action and Uses: Inefficient and obsolete hypnotic and respiratory sedative. The proprietary preparation to which its popularity was due was found to contain morphine. Lactucarium is now seldom used.
Dosage: 1 Gm. or 15 grains (U.S.P.). Not given as such.
Syrupus Lactucarii (Syr. Lactucar.), Syrup of Lactucarium, U.S.P.—Tincture of lactucarium (10%) and citric acid, flavored with orange flower water, in glycerin and syrup.
Dosage: 10 Cc. or 2-1/2 fluidrachms (U.S.P.). Absolute alcohol content about 5 per cent.
Tinctura Lactucarii (Tr. Lactucar.), Tincture of Lactucarium, U.S.P.—Lactucarium (50%) in glycerin, alcohol and water. Absolute alcohol content about 46 per cent.
Dosage: 2 Cc. or 30 minims (U.S.P.).
Lappa (Lappa), Lappa, N.F. (Burdock Root).