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Historical source record Digestive & gastrointestinal

A cordial Emulfion

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Related plant contextDysentery PreparationCordial RouteInternal use Plant recordBourreria succulenta ↗

Dysentery

An intestinal infectious disease that involves inflammation of the intestines, especially colon, due to chemical irritants, bacteria, protozoa, or parasitic worms, which results in severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood.

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Source: The plain English dispensatory; containing the natural history and medicinal virtues of the principal simples now in use. Also all the compositions in the three dispensatories of London, Edinburgh, and Dr. Fuller; the history of the incorporation of the College of Physicians of London: of the principal chymists; of the venereal disease; of the circulation of the blood; and other important subjects by Colborne, Robert, active 1753 (1753), paragraph-4004.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • com¬ pound Piony-water, Epidemial- water, of each four Ounces
  • To which add Pearl-fugar, three Drams
  • Decodton of burnt Hartjborn not clear but white, a Quart ; fweet Almonds blanched, and white Poppy-feeds, of each half an Ounce ; make an Emul¬ fion ; to which, when drained, add drong Cinnamon-water, two Oun¬ ces
  • If two or three Drops of the Oil were drop¬ ped on Loaf-fugar, and then mixed and beat with the Almonds, it would make a mod; agreeable Liquor, A pacific Emulfion
  • white Poppy-feeds, two Drams ; one fweet Almond blanched ; red Poppy-wa¬ ter, three Ounces and a half ; when drained, add Mint-water, a Dram
  • Diacodium, three Drams:
  • Pio- nyi and white Poppy-feeds, of each half an Ounce; blanched Almonds, the fame Quantity ; fine Loaf-fugar, an Ounce
  • Oil of Nutmegs, two Drops :
  • Being well beaten together, add black Cherry water, a Quart ; when drained, add two Ounces of compound Piony- water

Method as extracted

  1. Take com¬ pound Piony-water, Epidemial- water, of each four Ounces ;
  2. Take Decodton of burnt Hartjborn not clear but white, a Quart ; fweet Almonds blanched, and white Poppy-feeds, of each half an Ounce ; make an Emul¬ fion ; to which, when drained, add drong Cinnamon-water, two Oun¬ ces ;
  3. Take white Poppy-feeds, two Drams ; one fweet Almond blanched ; red Poppy-wa¬ ter, three Ounces and a half ; when drained, add Mint-water, a Dram ;
  4. Mix for a Dole.
  5. Take Pio- nyi and white Poppy-feeds, of each half an Ounce; blanched Almonds, the fame Quantity ; fine Loaf-fugar, an Ounce ;

Live editorial status

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Modern safety boundary

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  • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
  • Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
  • Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic.
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  1. The plain English dispensatory; containing the natural history and medicinal virtues of the principal simples now in use. Also all the compositions in the three dispensatories of London, Edinburgh, and Dr. Fuller; the history of the incorporation of the College of Physicians of London: of the principal chymists; of the venereal disease; of the circulation of the blood; and other important subjects — The plain English dispensatory; containing the natural history and medicinal virtues of the principal simples now in use. Also all the compositions in the three dispensatories of London, Edinburgh, and Dr. Fuller; the history of the incorporation of the CPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-4004.
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