Action and Uses: Sometimes used as carminative, generally in the form of the oleoresin, which is highly irritant.
Dosage: 0.5 Gm. or 8 grains (U.S.P.).
Oleoresina Piperis (Oleores. Piper.), Oleoresin of Pepper, U.S.P.
Dosage: 0.03 Gm. or 1/2 grain (U.S.P.).
*Pix Liquida (Pix Liq.), Tar, U.S.P. (Pine Tar).—Obtained by the destructive distillation of pine wood.
A semiliquid viscid blackish-brown substance, with an empyreumatic odor and taste. Slightly soluble in water; miscible with alcohol.
Action and Uses: Externally, as antiseptic and stimulant in chronic diseases of the skin associated with thickening and scaling. Internally, as irritant expectorant in subacute bronchitis.
Dosage: Internally, 0.5 Gm. or 8 grains (U.S.P.) as syrup. Externally, in ointment, at first from 2 to 4 per cent., later in higher strength.
Glyceritum Picis Liquidae (Glycer. Pic. Liq.), Glycerite of Tar, N.F.—Tar (6.3%) in glycerin, alcohol and water. Absolute alcohol content about 12 per cent.
Dosage: 4 Cc. or 1 fluidrachm (N.F.).