Colorless crystals or white powder, odorless or nearly odorless, and having an intensely sweet taste. Freely soluble in water (1:1.2) and soluble in alcohol (1:50). ACTION AND USES: Those of benzosulphinide (saccharin), but with the advantage of ready solubility. DOSAGE: 0.2 Gm. or 3 grains (U.S.P.). =*Sodii Bicarbonas (Sod. Bicarb.), Sodium Bicarbonate, U.S.P.= (Baking Soda).--NaHCO{3}. A white, odorless powder, having a cooling, mildly alkaline taste. Decomposed by acids and converted by boiling into the normal carbonate. Soluble in water (1:10) and insoluble in alcohol. ACTION AND USES: Used as a non-caustic alkali in conditions of acidosis, and to neutralize the acid of the gastric juice in hyperacidity and gastric ulcer. May be used intravenously in cases of extreme acidosis. Externally, used as a mild alkaline wash. DOSAGE: 1 Gm. or 15 grains (U.S.P.). For intravenous injection a 6 per cent. solution sterilized by boiling and thus partly converted into the normal carbonate has been recommended. One thousand Cc. of such a solution may be injected, but great care must be taken that none of the liquid gets outside the veins lest necrosis of the tissues occur. _Liquor Sodae et Menthae (Liq. Sod. et Menth.), Solution of Soda and Mint, N.F._ (Mistura Sodae et Menthae, N.F. III, Soda Mint).--Sodium bicarbonate (5%), aromatic spirit of ammonia (1%) and spearmint water. USES: Antacid and carminative. DOSAGE: 8 Cc. or 2 fluidrachms (N.F.). _Sal Vichyanum Factitium (Sal Vichy. Fact.), Artificial Vichy Salt, N.F._--Potassium carbonate (3.85%), magnesium sulphate (8%), sodium chloride (7.7%) and sodium bicarbonate (84.6%). USES: Alkaline saline cathartic. _Sal Vichyanum Factitium Effervescens (Sal Vichy. Fact. Eff.), Effervescent Artificial Vichy Salt, N.F._ (Pulvis Salis Vichyani Factitii Effervescens, N.F. III).--Artificial vichy salt (25%) in a mixture of sodium bicarbonate (48.5%), tartaric acid (16.45%) and citric acid (yielding sodium citrate and tartrate). DOSAGE: 4 Gm. or 1 drachm (N.F.). _Sal Vichyanum Factitium Effervescens cum Lithio (Sal Vichy. Fact. Eff. c. Lith.), Effervescent Artificial Vichy Salt with Lithium, N.F._ (Pulvis Salis Vichyani Factitii Effervescens cum Lithio, N.F. III).--Artificial vichy salt (25%), lithium citrate (8.33%) in a mixture of sodium bicarbonate (44.14%), tartaric acid (12.54%) and citric acid (yielding sodium tartrate and citrate). USES: Irrational laxative mixture. The lithium serves no useful purpose. DOSAGE: 6 Gm. or 1-1/2 drachms (N.F.). _Trochisci Sodii Bicarbonatis (Troch. Sod. Bicarb.), Troches of Sodium Bicarbonate, U.S.P._--Each troche contains sodium bicarbonate (0.18 Gm.) with sugar, nutmeg and mucilage of tragacanth. =*Sodii Boras (Sod. Bor.), Sodium Borate, U.S.P.= (Borax, Sodium Tetraborate, Sodium Pyroborate).--Na{2}B{4}O{7} + 10H{2}O.