3. |
Fluid Extract |
An extract of an herb that is
made according to official (and unofficial) pharmaceutical practice,
with a strength of 1:1. That means each ounce of the fluid extract
has the solutes found in an ounce of the dried herb. Advantageous
for some herbs (such as Arctium or Taraxacum), where the active
constituents retain the same proportions as in the plant, even though
reduced to a very small volume of menstruum, it is deadly for others
(such as Hydrastis or Lobelia), whose constituents may have wildly
varying solubility, and whose fluid extract will contain only the
most soluble constituents and lack others completely. |