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Decoction of Iceland liverwort

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Source: The medical guide, for the use of the clergy, heads of families and practitioners in medicine and surgery [electronic resource] : comprising a domestic dispensatory and practical treatise on the symptoms, causes, prevention, and cure of the diseases incident to the human frame, with the latest discoveries in medicine by Reece, Richard, 1775-1831; Sloggatt, S. B., active 1828 former owner; St. Thomas's Hospital. Medical School Library former owner; King's College London (1817), narrative-offset-663530.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Iceland liverwort: of ipecacuan powder, one grain ; rhubarb powder, four grains ; cinnamon ditto, four grains. — Mix. If, after one or two days’ trial of this medicine, the symp- toms should not considerably

Method as extracted

  1. Boil according to the source passage: When the violence of the first symptoms has abated, and the system in a quiet state, the following powder, taken thi-ee times a day in a teacupful of the decoction of the Iceland liverwort, will complete the cure : Take of ipecacuan powder, one grain ; rhubarb powder, four grains ; cinnamon ditto, four grains. — Mix. If, after one or two days’ trial of this medicine, the symp- toms should not considerably give way, eight grains of the compound cretaceous powder, and five drops of laudanum, may bo substituted for the rhubarb-j)owder.

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Modern safety boundary

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  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
  • Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. The medical guide, for the use of the clergy, heads of families and practitioners in medicine and surgery [electronic resource] : comprising a domestic dispensatory and practical treatise on the symptoms, causes, prevention, and cure of the diseases incident to the human frame, with the latest discoveries in medicine — The medical guide, for the use of the clergy, heads of families and practitioners in medicine and surgery [electronic resource] : comprising a domestic dispensatory and practical treatise on the symptoms, causes, prevention, and cure of the diseases incidPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-663530.
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