_Distilled Spirits._
These are solutions of the essential oils of vegetables in diluted
alcohol or proof spirit; they are obtained by distilling spirit with
recent vegetables; or, according to the recent directions of the
Pharmacopœia, with their essential oils; sometimes however they are
extemporaneously made by at once dissolving the oils in the spirit,
without distillation. (See _Spiritus Tenuior_.) Med. Uses. Like the
_distilled waters_, they serve as vehicles for the exhibition of more
active medicines; they are also occasionally employed as grateful
stimulants. It is unnecessary to dwell on each of these simple spirits,
as their virtues are the same as those of the substances from which they
are extracted, united to the stimulus of the alcohol. The following are
officinal:—_Spirit: Anisi_. L. _Spir: Anisi comp:_ L.D. _Armoraciæ
comp:_ L. _Carui_. L.E.D. _Cinnamomi_ L.E.D. (_Form. 5, 40._) _Juniperi
comp:_ L.D. _Lavandulæ_. L.E.D. _Lavandulæ comp:_ L.E.D. _Menth:_ Pip:
L.D. _Menth: Virid:_ L. _Myristic:_ L.E.D. _Pimentæ_. L.D. _Pulegii_. L.
_Raphani comp:_ D. _Rosmarini_.[646] L.E.D.