5th Round

• SOLUTIONS – Are homogenous mixtures of one or more solutes dispersed in a dissolving medium (solvent).
• WATER

  • Used mainly as a vehicle and as a solvent for the desired flavoring or medicinal ingredients.
• AROMATIC WATER (MEDICATED WATER)

  • Clear saturated aqueous solutions of volatile oils used mainly as flavored or perfumed vehicles.
• AQUEOUS ACIDS

  • Inorganic acids and certain acids of minor significance as therapeutic agents but are of greater importance in chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• DOUCHES

  • Aqueous solutions directed against a part or into a cavity of the body. They function as a cleansing agent or antiseptic agent.
• Evacuation enemas are rectal preparations employed to evacuate the bowel.
• Retention enemas influences the general system by absorption or to affect locally the seat of disease.
• GARGLES

  • Aqueous solutions used for treating the nasopharynx by forcing air from the lungs through gargle which is held in the throat.
• MOUTHWASHES

  • Aqueous solutions which are most often used for their deodorizing, refreshing and antiseptic effect.
• JUICES

  • Prepared from fresh ripe fruits, aqueous in character and used in making syrups which are used as vehicles.
• SYRUPS

  • Concentrated solutions of sugar such as sucrose in water or other aqueous liquid. They are used as flavored syrup or medicated syrup.
• HONEY

  • Thick liquid preparation somewhat allied to the syrup and used as a base instead of syrup.
• MUCILAGES

  • Thick, viscid, adhesive liquids produced by dispersing gum in water or by extracting with water the mucilaginous principles from vegetable substances. NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
• JELLIES

  • Class of gel in which the structural coherent matrix contains a high proportion of liquid, usually water. They are used a lubricant for surgical gloves, catheters, and rectal thermometer.