=Infusion of Eucalyptus.= (Griffiths.) _Syn._ INFUSUM EUCALYPTI GLOBULI.
_Prep._ Cut leaves of Eucalyptus globulus, 2 dr.; boiling water, 4 oz.;
infuse and strain. Take morning and evening.
=Infusion of Fen'nel.= _Syn._ FENNEL TEA; INFUSUM F[OE]NICULI, L. _Prep._
From sweet fennel-seeds, 1/2 oz.; boiling water, 1 pint. In griping and
windy colic of infants; a few drops to 1/2 a teaspoonful for a dose, or a
little by way of enema.
=Infusion of Flax-seed.= See INFUSION OF LINSEED.
=Infusion of Fleabane.= _Syn._ INFUSUM ERIGEROMIS CANADENSIS. _Prep._
Canadian fleabane, 1 oz.; boiling water, 16 oz. Diuretic and astringent.
=Infusion of Fox'glove.= _Syn._ INFUSUM DIGITALIS (B. P.), L. _Prep._ 1.
(B. P.) Digitalis, dried, 30 gr.; distilled water, 10 oz.; infuse 1 hour,
and strain.--_Dose_, 1/4 to 1/2 oz.
2. (Ph. E.) Foxglove (dried), 2 dr.; boiling water, 18 fl. oz.; spirit of
cinnamon, 2 fl. oz.
3. (Ph. D.) Foxglove (dried and reduced to a coarse powder), 1 dr.;
boiling water, 9 fl. oz.; infuse 1 hour. The product should measure about
8 fl. oz. The last two are of double the strength of the infusion Ph. L.,
and the dose must consequently be only 2 to 4 fl. dr. "I believe this,
when properly made, to be the most effectual of the preparations of
foxglove." (Pereira.) See FOXGLOVE.
=Infusion of Fu'mitory.= _Syn._ INFUSUM FUMARIÆ, L. From the herbaceous
portion of common fumitory (_Fumaria officinalis_). Aperient and
diaphoretic; in obstinate skin diseases and chronic obstructions of the
liver.
=Infusion of Galls.= _Syn._ INFUSUM GALLÆ, L. 1. From Aleppo galls,
coarsely powdered. In diarrh[oe]a, hæmorrhages, &c.; also freely, in cases
of poisoning by the alkaloids; and diluted with 3 or 4 times its volume of
water, for injections, embrocations, gargles, &c.
2. (Compound; INFUSUM GALLÆ COMPOSITUM, MISTURA GALLÆ, L.--Ellis.)
Infusion of galls, 4 fl. oz.; prepared chalk, 1/2 oz.; powdered gum, 1
dr.; tincture of opium, 1/2 fl. dr.--_Dose_, 1 table-spoonful every 2
hours, in diarrh[oe]a, &c.
=Infusion of Gar'lic.= _Syn._ INFUSUM ALLII, L. _Prep._ (White.) Garlic
(recent), 1/2 lb.; water, 4 lbs.; place them in a covered pot, set it in a
very slow oven for 3 or 4 hours, and when cold, express the fluid
portion.--_Dose._ In epilepsy, 2 teaspoonfuls before and after every meal;
in chronic diarrh[oe]a, a teaspoonful after every motion.
=Infusion of Gen'tian.= _Syn._ INFUSUM GENTIANÆ, L. _Prep._ 1. (Beral.)
Gentian (bruised), 2 dr.; boiling water, 1 pint; infuse 5 or 6 hours, and
strain. Stomachic.