Difference between revisions of "Indigo"

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A dye, used to create black Morocco leather (Yeats 1878, 297).

https://archive.org/details/aeu3853.0001.001.umich.edu

Indigo is predominately used as a colouring agent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo), and in the Pharmacopeia it is used to produce a test solution, and is not used directly in any medicines.

British Pharmacopoeia 1867

Indigo

“A blue pigment prepared from various species of Indigofera.”^[1]

Preparations of Indigo

Solution of Sulphate of Indigo (test solution) ^[2]

indigo, dry and in fine powder (5 grains), sulphuric acid (10 fl oz)

References

↑ General Medical Council of Great Britain, British Pharmacopeia, (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 381 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene
↑ GMCGB, 390

Imported from

Used to Make

[1] General Medical Council of Great Britain, British Pharmacopeia, (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 381 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene

[2] GMCGB, 390

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-|comes from=India, Central America, Prussia, Germany, Channel Islands, Gibraltar, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, France, British East Indies, Honduras, Holland, United States, New Granada, Philippine Islands, Egypt, Mexico, Belize, Ecuador, Austrian Territories, Ceylon, Straits Settlements,
+|has description=A dye, used to create black Morocco leather (Yeats 1878, 297).
-|has_commodity_id=558
-}}
-==Description==
-A dye, used to create black Morocco leather (Yeats 1878, 297).
 https://archive.org/details/aeu3853.0001.001.umich.edu
+Indigo is predominately used as a colouring agent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo), and in the Pharmacopeia it is used to produce a test solution, and is not used directly in any medicines.
 ==British Pharmacopoeia 1867==
-=== Honey '' Mel ''===
+=== Indigo ===
-“a saccharine sectretion deposited in the honeycomb, by Apis mellifica… the hive bee.” (207)
+“A blue pigment prepared from various species of Indigofera.”<ref> General Medical Council of Great Britain,  ''British Pharmacopeia'', (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 381 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene</ref>
-'''Characteristics'''
+===Preparations of Indigo  ===
+''' Solution of Sulphate of Indigo ''' (test solution) <ref>GMCGB, 390</ref>
+* indigo, dry and in fine powder (5 grains), sulphuric acid (10 fl oz)
-“When recently separated from the honeycomb, it is a viscid translucent liquid, of a brownish-yellow colour, which gradually becomes partially crystalline and opaque. It has a peculiar heavy odour, and a very sweet taste.” (207) Used in the preparation of:
+== References ==
-* Mel depuatum
+<references/>
-===Preparations of DRUG  ===
+|comes from=India, Central America, Prussia, Germany, Channel Islands, Gibraltar, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, France, British East Indies, Honduras, Holland, United States, New Granada, Philippine Islands, Egypt, Mexico, Belize, Ecuador, Austrian Territories, Ceylon, Straits Settlements,
-''' Confection of Pepper ''' / Confectio Piperis (87)
+|has_commodity_id=558
-* black pepper, in fine powder (2 oz), caraway fruit in fine powder (3 oz), clarified honey (15 oz)
+}}
-* dose: 60-120 grains
-''' Confection of Scammony ''' / Confectio Scammonii (88-89)
-* Scammony in fine powder (3 oz), ginger, in fine powder (1 ½ oz), oil of caraway (1 fl drachm), oil of cloves (1/2 fl drachm), syrup (3 fl oz), clarified honey (1 ½ oz)
-* 10-30 grains
-''' Confection of Turpentine ''' / Confection Terebinthinae (90)
-* oil of turpentine (1 fl oz), liquorice root, in power (1 oz), clarified honey (2 oz)
-* dose: 60-120 grains
-''' Borax Honey ''' / Mel Boracis (207)
-* borax, in fine powder (64 grains), clarified honey (1 oz)
-''' Clarified Honey ''' / Mel Depuratum (207)
-* honey (5 lb), melted and strained
-* used in the preparations of: Confectio Piperis, Confectio Scammonii, Confection Terebinthinae, Mel Boracis, Oxymel, Oxymel Scillae
-''' Oxymel ''' / Oxymel (231-232)
-* clarified honey (40 oz), acetic acid (5 fl oz), distilled water (5 fl oz)
-* dose 1-2 fl drachms
-''' Oxymel of Squill ''' / Oxymel Scillae (232)
-* vinegar of squill (1 pint), clarified honey (2 pounds)
-* dose: ½ -1 fl drachm