Editing Tincture (section)

==Examples==
[[File:Bruine stopfles met label “TINCT. IPECAC.”, objectnr 40295-A-B.JPG|thumb|Bottle for holding [[ipecac]] tincture]]
Some examples that were formerly common in medicine<ref>The Pharmacopoeia of the United States, 1850 ed.</ref> include:
* [[Tincture of benzoin]]
* [[Tincture of cannabis]]
* Tincture of [[Cantharidin|cantharides]]
* Tincture of [[castoreum]]
* Tincture of ferric citrochloride, a [[chelate]] of [[citric acid]] and [[Iron(III) chloride]]
* Tincture of green [[soap]], which classically contains [[lavender]] oil
* Tincture of [[guaiacum|guaiac]] gum
* [[Tincture of iodine]]
* Tincture of [[opium]] ([[laudanum]])
** [[Camphor]]ated tincture of opium ([[paregoric]])
* Tincture of [[Mentha pulegium|pennyroyal]]
* [[Warburg's tincture]] ("Tinctura Antiperiodica" or "Antiperiodic Tincture", a 19th-century [[antipyretic]])

Examples of spirits include:
* Spirit of [[ammonia]] ([[spirits of hartshorn]])
* Spirit of [[camphor]]
* Spirit of ether, a solution of [[diethyl ether]] in alcohol
* "Spirit of Mindererus", [[ammonium acetate]] in alcohol
* "Spirit of [[nitre]]" is not a spirit in this sense, but an old name for [[nitric acid]] (but "'''sweet''' spirit of nitre" was [[ethyl nitrite]])
* Similarly "spirit(s) of salt" actually meant [[hydrochloric acid]]. The concentrated, fuming, 35% acid is still sold under this name in the UK, for use as a drain-cleaning fluid.
* "Spirit of [[vinegar]]" is an antiquated term for glacial [[acetic acid]]
* "Spirit of [[vitriol]]" is an antiquated term for [[sulfuric acid]]
* "Spirit of wine" or "spirits of wine" is an old term for alcohol (especially food grade alcohol derived from the distillation of [[wine]])
* "Spirit of wood" referred to [[methanol]], often derived from the [[destructive distillation]] of [[wood]]