» Opium Tincture contains, in each 100 mL, not less than 0.90 g and not more than 1.10 g of anhydrous morphine.

Opium Tincture may be prepared as follows.

Place 100 g of granulated or sliced Opium in a suitable vessel. [NOTE—Do not use Powdered Opium.] Add 500 mL of boiling water, and allow to stand, with frequent stirring, for 24 hours. Transfer the mixture to a percolator, allow it to drain, percolate with water as the menstruum to complete extraction, and evaporate the percolate to a volume of 400 mL. Boil actively for not less than 15 minutes, and allow to stand overnight. Heat the mixture to 80, add 50 g of paraffin, and heat until the paraffin is melted. Beat the mixture thoroughly, and cool.

Remove the paraffin, and filter the concentrate, washing the paraffin and the filter with sufficient water to make the filtrate measure 750 mL. Add 188 mL of alcohol to the filtrate, mix, and assay a 10-mL portion of the resulting solution as directed in the Assay. Dilute the remaining solution with a mixture of 1 volume of alcohol and 4 volumes of water to obtain a Tincture containing 1 g of anhydrous morphine in each 100 mL. Mix.