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British Pharmacopoeia 1867
Jamaica Sarsaparilla Sarsae Radix
“The dried root of Smilax officinalis… Native if Central America, imported from Jamaica.” 277
Characteristics
“Roots not thicker than a goose-quill, generally many feet in length, reddish-brown, covered with rootlets, and folded in bundles about eighteen inches long, scentless; taste mucilaginous, feebly bitter, faintly acrid.” 277 Used in the preparations of:
- Decoctum Sarsae
- Decoctum Sarsae compositum
- Extractum Sarsae liquidum
Preparations of Sarsaparilla
Decoction of Sarsaparilla / Decoctum Sarsae 100
- Jamaica Sarsaparilla, cut transversely (2 ½ oz), boiling distilled water (1 ½ pint)
- dose: 2-10 fl oz
Compound Decoction of Sarsaparilla / Decoctum Sarsae compositum 100
- Jamaica sarsaparilla, cut transversely (2 ½ oz), sassafras root in chips (1/4 oz), guaiacum wood turnings (1/4 oz), fresh liquorice root, bruised (1/4 oz), mezereon bark (60 grains), boiling distilled water (1 ½ pint)
- dose: 2-10 fl oz
Liquid Extract of Sarsaparilla / Extractum Sarsae liquidum 127
- Jamaica sarsaparilla, cut transversely ( 1 lb), distilled water, at 160° (14 pints), rectified spirit (1 fl oz)
- dose: 2-4 fl drachm