Dose
, from ten to twenty grains of the
powder
; of the
tincture
, from ten minims to one drachm.
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766. Epispastics and Rubefacients
These are remedies which are applied to blister and cause redness of the surface. They consist of cantharides, ammonia, Burgundy pitch, and mustard.