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Cordial of A NEW AND COMPLETE SYSTEM

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Use not statedUse not stated PreparationCordial RouteInternal use

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Historical use wording: this dreadful malady, am Indulgent Pto- vidence has wifely put into our hands this powerful plant betony, if" we are not above trying it

Source: A new and compleat body of practical botanic physic, from the medicinal plants of the vegetable kingdom ... With useful observations and improvements, necessary regimen and diet, under all diseases by Baylis, Edward. nr 91010483 (1791), narrative-offset-239086.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • A NEW AND COMPLETE SYSTEM: thereof the fird in the morning, two hours before dinner, and one hour after fupper, the quantity of from one to three table fpoonfuls according to age, and their being accudomed to the ufe of fpirits, either alone, or with about the fame quantity of good cordial wine

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: "^Vith refpedl to the cure of this dreadful malady, am Indulgent Pto- vidence has wifely put into our hands this powerful plant betony, if" we are not above trying it ; and as we too frequently think light of his- beiK fits, becaufe he has fo bountifully bellowed them ; ^md though the gre tefl; reliance may be placed in this valuable herb alone, when pro- perly prepared, as it is of fo volatile a nature, that it fhould above all be chofen as frclh as poffible ; yet with the following advantageous alTift* antSj, tiS A NEW AND COMPLETE SYSTEM ants, It has feldom or ever difappointed me in my mod fangulne expec- tations, even in the mod dreadful and ftubborii cafes. Take of the herb betony in a fine day when it is full in bloflbm, and in its greatefi; vigour, two ounces, cut it fmall, and put it into a pint and a Iialf of the higheft rectified fpirlts of wine, to whicli add of ginger, diced thin, one ounce ; of the bed faffron half an ounce, digeft thefe together in a gentle heat for fix or eight days, fliaking it twice a day, when let it fettle, and pour off the clear tindlure, and put therein two drachms of oil of rofemary, which well unite therewith ; after which add of the fine juice, after it has fettled from Its dregs, of wild fage, and of betony, of each a quarter of a pint : diake the whole of the cephalic tinflure well together, and let the patient take thereof the fird in the morning, two hours before dinner, and one hour after fupper, the quantity of from one to three table fpoonfuls according to age, and their being accudomed to the ufe of fpirits, either alone, or with about the fame quantity of good cordial wine.

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  1. A new and compleat body of practical botanic physic, from the medicinal plants of the vegetable kingdom ... With useful observations and improvements, necessary regimen and diet, under all diseases — A new and compleat body of practical botanic physic, from the medicinal plants of the vegetable kingdom ... With useful observations and improvements, necessary regimen and diet, under all diseasesPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-239086.
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