Cannabis Indica, The British Pharmacopeia

published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom (London: Spottiswoode & Co., 1885 ; pp. 93-94)

The dried flowering or fruiting tops of the female plants of Cannabis Sativa, Linn.; Berg u. Schmidt, Off. Gewachse, plate xix. b; grown in India, and from which the resin has not been removed. It is known in India as Gunjah or Ganga.

Characters. -- In small more or less aggregated masses, from about one and a half to two and a half inches in length, and consisting of the tops of one or more alternate branches bearing the remains of the flowers and smaller leaves with a few ripe fruits, and the whole pressed together by adhesive resinous matter; or, it is composed of straight stiff woody stems several inches long, surrounded by the branched flowerstalks. It is rough to the touch, very brittle, of a dusky-green colour, with scarcely any taste, but having a faint, peculiar, narcotic, not unpleasant odour.

Preparations.

EXTRACTUM CANNABIS INDICAE
Extract of Indian Hemp ; p. 151

Take of
  • Indian Hemp, in coarse powder... 1 pound
  • Rectified Spirit... 4 pints
Macerate the hemp in the spirit for seven days, and press out the tincture. Distill off the greater part of the spirit, and evaporate what remains by a water-bath to the consistence of a soft extract.

Dose. -- 1/4 to 1 grain.


TINCTURA CANNABIS INDICAE
Tincture of Indian Hemp ;  p. 411

Take of
  • Extract of Indian Hemp... 1 ounce
  • Rectified Spirit... 1 pint
-- 22 grains of extract in 1 fluid ounce, nearly

Dissolve the extract of hemp in the spirit.

Dose. -- 5 to 20 minims.