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Decoction of Orange

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Source: Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh by Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1740), narrative-offset-147388.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Orange: of the clarified Juice of Oranges, a pint ; white Sugar, two pounds ; and make a Syrup thereof, without boiling, according to the rules of art f

Method as extracted

  1. Boil according to the source passage: Hie more fix’d roots of madder, birthwort, and turmeric will make a If ron g and fuitable decoction, without lots of their medicinal parts ; and the more aromatic ingredients being added at the end* will in great meafure preferve their refpedtive virtues in the. fyrup. io8 S r RU P s. infufe them in a clofe veffel, with a gentle heat in Balneo Marice^ for the fpace of fix hours; then ftrain off the liquor, and add to it twice its own weight of white Sugar; and thus make it into a Syrup, without boiling Syrupus e Succo Aurantiorum, Syrup of Orange-juice . Take of the clarified Juice of Oranges, a pint ; white Sugar, two pounds ; and make a Syrup thereof, without boiling, according to the rules of art f.

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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.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh — Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in EdinburghPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-147388.
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