Description Source
Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica - TF AllenAdditional facts
Natrum Aethylosulfuricum, с2H5KSO4 plus 2HO.
Preparation, Solutions in water.
In purge in relatively feeble doses; 25 grammes, or 5 drachms, are always sufficient; 10 grammes act on children, and sometimes on adults; the number of evacuations varies according to the quantity ingested; with a dose of 20 grammes in three glasses of water, it usually produces four or five stools; and from five to eight in doses of 25 grammes; the effects usually begin to manifest themselves an hour after it has been taken; it is the mildest of saline purgatives.
Preparation, Solutions in water.
In purge in relatively feeble doses; 25 grammes, or 5 drachms, are always sufficient; 10 grammes act on children, and sometimes on adults; the number of evacuations varies according to the quantity ingested; with a dose of 20 grammes in three glasses of water, it usually produces four or five stools; and from five to eight in doses of 25 grammes; the effects usually begin to manifest themselves an hour after it has been taken; it is the mildest of saline purgatives.