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, Bitter Infusion.—Take tops of the lesser centaury and

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Related plant contextDiabetes PreparationInfusion RouteInternal use Plant recordCentaurium erythraea ↗

Diabetes

A glucose metabolism disease that is characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia with disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both.

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Source: Domestic medicine. A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners by Buchan, William, 1729-1805 (1824), paragraph-6025.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • , Bitter Infusion.—Take tops of the lesser centaury and. camomile-flowers, of each half an ounce; yellow | tind. of. lemon and orange-peel, carefully freed. from the inner white part, of each two drachms

Method as extracted

  1. Cut them ‘inssmall pieces, and infuse them in a quart of -boiling water, | : cook | + For indigestion, weakness of the stomach, or want or appetite, a tea-cupful of this infusion may be taken twice or thrice a-day. pigs), aay, Geka | at - Infusion of the Bark.—To an:ounce of the bark, in powder, add four or five table-spoonsful of brandy, and a pint of boiling water.
  2. Let them infuse for two or three days.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: promotion title hygiene score below 90. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

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Primary and supporting references

  1. Domestic medicine. A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners — Domestic medicine. A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitionersPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-6025.
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