Infusion of Gar′lic. Syn. Infusum allii, L. Prep. (White.) Garlic (recent), 1⁄2 lb.; water, 4 lbs.; place them in a covered pot, set it in a very slow oven for 3 or 4 hours, and when cold, express the fluid portion.—Dose. In epilepsy, 2 teaspoonfuls before and after every meal; in chronic diarrhœa, a teaspoonful after every motion.
Infusion of Gen′tian. Syn. Infusum gentianæ, L. Prep. 1. (Beral.) Gentian (bruised), 2 dr.; boiling water, 1 pint; infuse 5 or 6 hours, and strain. Stomachic.
2. (Compound; Infusum gentianæ compositum—B. P.)
Prep. a. (B. P.) Gentian, sliced, 1 oz.; orange peel, cut small, 1 oz.; lemon peel (fresh), 2 oz.; boiling distilled water, 1 pint; infuse for an hour in a covered vessel, and strain.—Dose, 1 to 2 oz.
b. (Ph. E.) Sliced gentian root, 1⁄2 oz.; bitter orange peel (dried and bruised) and coriander seeds, of each 1 dr.; proof spirit, 4 fl. oz.; digest for 3 hours, then add of cold water, 16 fl. oz., and in 12 hours more strain.
c. (Ph. D.) Gentian and dried orange peel, of each 2 dr.; boiling water, 1⁄2 pint; macerate 1 hour, and strain.—Dose of the last two, 1⁄2 to 1 fl. oz.
3. (Concentrated Compound; Infusum gentianæ comp. concentratum, L.)—a. Gentian root (bruised), 41⁄2 lbs.; boiling water, q. s. to cover it; infuse with occasional agitation for 2 hours, express the liquor, wash the marc with a little boiling water, and evaporate to 13 quarts; when cold, strain through flannel, add of rectified spirit, 1 gall., and pour the mixed fluids on dried orange peel, 41⁄2 lbs., and fresh lemon peel, 9 lbs.; macerate for 1 week, then express the liquor in a powerful press, and filter through paper.
b. Gentian and dried orange peel, of each 41⁄2 lbs.; fresh lemon peel, 9 lbs.; cold distilled water, 13 quarts; rectified spirit, 1 gall.; macerate for 14 or 15 days, with frequent agitation, then express the liquid, add 1 dr. each of the essential oils of lemon and orange, agitate well, and filter through paper.
c. Gentian, 11⁄4 lb.; essence of lemon, 1 dr.; essence of orange, 1⁄2 dr.; essence of cedrate, 15 drops; rectified spirit, 1 quart; cold water, 3 quarts; digest for 10 days and filter.
4. (With Rhubarb; Infusum gentianæ et Rhei, Mistura stomachica, L.) From gentian and rhubarb (bruised), of each 2 dr.; boiling water, 1 pint; digest 1 hour, and strain; to the cold infusion add of sesquicarbonate of ammonia, 1 dr. An admirable medicine in dyspepsia, hysteria, loss of appetite, constipation, chronic rheumatism, &c.