Confection of Ro′ses. Syn. Confection of red roses; Confec′tio ro′sæ (Ph. L. & D.), Conser′va ro′sæ (Ph. E.), Confectio ro′sæ Gal′licæ (B. P.), Conserva r. G. (Ph. L. 1824), L. Prep. 1. (B. P.) Fresh red-rose petals, 1 lb.; white sugar, 3 lbs.; mix as confection of hips.
2. (Ph. E.) Fresh petals, 1 part; sugar, 2 parts.
3. (Ph. D.) a. Fresh petals, 3 oz.; sugar, 8 oz. Or—
b. Dried petals, 1 oz.; water, 2 fl. oz.; macerate for 2 hours; then add refined sugar, 8 oz.; and beat to a mass as before.
Obs. It is astringent and tonic, but is principally used as an elegant vehicle for more active medicines. It keeps well, and does not candy like confection of hips.—Dose, 1 to 2 drs., eaten off a spoon, either alone or combined with chalk; in slight cases of diarrhœa, vomiting in pregnancy, &c. See Conserve.
Confection of Rue. Syn. Conpectio ru′tæ (Ph. L.), L. Prep. (Ph. L.) Fresh rue (bruised), caraways, and laurel berries, of each 11⁄2 oz.; prepared sagapenum, 1⁄2 oz.; black pepper, 2 dr.; honey, 16 oz.; water, q. s.; rub the dry ingredients to a flue powder, then add, gradually, the sagapenum, previously dissolved in the water and honey over a slow fire, and mix well. In the Ph. L. 1836 dried rue was ordered. Carminative and antispasmodic. In flatulent colic, and in the convulsions of children, when there is no inflammation.—Dose, 15 to 60 gr.; either by the mouth, or made into an enema with gruel.
Confection of Scam′mony. Syn. Confec′tio scammo′nii (B. P.), Electua′′rum scammo′′nii (Ph. D.). Prep. (B. P.) Scammony, in fine powder, 24 parts; ginger, in fine powder, 12 parts; oil of caraway, 1 part; oil of cloves, 1⁄2 part; syrup, 24 parts; clarified honey, 12 parts; rub the powders with the syrup and the honey into a uniform mass, then add the oils and mix.—Dose, 10 gr. to 30 gr.; as a warm cathartic, and in worms, &c.
Confection of Scurvy Grass. (P. Codex.) Fresh leaves of scurvy grass, 1 oz.; sugar, 3 oz. Beat to a pulp and pass through a hair sieve.
Confection of Sen′na. Syn. Len′itive elec′tuary, Elec′tuary of Senna; Confec′tio sen′næ (Ph. L. & D.), Electua′′rium sen′næ (Ph. E.), L. Prep. 1. Senna, 8 oz.; corianders, 4 oz.; rub them together, and by a sieve separate 10 oz. of the mixed powder; also boil figs, 1 lb., and fresh liquorice, bruised, 3 oz., in water, 3 pints, until reduced to one half; press, strain, and evaporate the strained liquor in a water bath to 24 fl. oz.; then add sugar, 21⁄2 lbs.; dissolve, and further add, prepared tamarinds, cassia, and prunes, of each 1⁄2 lb.; remove from the heat, and when the whole has considerably cooled, add the sifted powder, by degrees, and stir until the whole is thoroughly incorporated.
2. (Ph. E.) Senna, 8 oz.; corianders, 4 oz.; liquorice root, 3 oz.; figs and pulp of prunes, of each, 1 lb.; white sugar, 21⁄2 lbs.; water, 31⁄4 pints.