3. (Hill's.) See PATENT MEDICINES. _Uses, &c._ A good pectoral in colds,
tickling chronic coughs, hoarseness, &c., when unaccompanied with
fever.--_Dose._ For an adult, 1/2 to 1 teaspoonful, twice or thrice a day;
an occasional dose of some mild aperient being also taken. Tincture of
balsam of tolu, or a mixture of the tinctures of tolu and benzoin, is
frequently sold in the shops under the name of 'balsam of honey.' See
PECTORAL BALSAM, &c.
=Balsam of Hore'hound.= _Syn._ BAL'SAMUM MARRU'BII, L. _Prep._ 1. Extracts
of horehound and liquorice, of each 2 oz.; hot water, 1/2 pint; dissolve,
and when cold, add of paregoric, 3/4 pint; oxymel of squills, 6 oz.;
tincture of benzoin, 2 oz.; honey, 10 oz.; and, after thorough admixture,
strain through flannel.