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An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Related plant contextCarminative PreparationPowder RouteInternal use Plant recordLavender ↗

Carminative

A traditional action term for aromatic preparations associated with gas and digestive discomfort.

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Source: The compleat family physician : or, universal medical repository. Containing the Causes, Symptoms, Preventions, And Cures, Of all the various Maladies to which Human Nature is subject, from the Birth to the Grave. Including The Diseases peculiar to Seamen, as well as those of particular Climates; such as the East and West Indies, Coast of Guinea, Greenland, Newfoundland, &c. with the proper Methods of treating Lunaticks, and Persons who are subject to Fits of any Kind. - And the best and most ap by Smythson, Hugh; Royal College of Physicians of London. n 80046799 (1781), paragraph-5333.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • of the flowers of lavender, one ounce —of the root of Florentine orrice, half an ounce — of calomel prepared with water, two fcruples
  • of water diftilled in a glafs alembic, four ounces — -of corrofive fublimate, one grain

Method as extracted

  1. Take of the flowers of lavender, one ounce —of the root of Florentine orrice, half an ounce — of calomel prepared with water, two fcruples.
  2. Reduce the flowers and orrice to a fine powder, afterwards powder the calomel feparately, and then mix the whole well.
  3. Take of water diftilled in a glafs alembic, four ounces — -of corrofive fublimate, one grain.
  4. Let it ftand twen- ty-four hours, and pour it off cautioufly, fo as not to difturb the fediment, and drop a Angle drop into the eye occafionally, lowering it with water if it is too corrofive.

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Modern safety boundary

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  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. The compleat family physician : or, universal medical repository. Containing the Causes, Symptoms, Preventions, And Cures, Of all the various Maladies to which Human Nature is subject, from the Birth to the Grave. Including The Diseases peculiar to Seamen, as well as those of particular Climates; such as the East and West Indies, Coast of Guinea, Greenland, Newfoundland, &c. with the proper Methods of treating Lunaticks, and Persons who are subject to Fits of any Kind. - And the best and most ap — The compleat family physician : or, universal medical repository. Containing the Causes, Symptoms, Preventions, And Cures, Of all the various Maladies to which Human Nature is subject, from the Birth to the Grave. Including The Diseases peculiar to SeamenPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-5333.
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