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↗ Related plant contextThis use is documented for the same plant in a separate source; it is not claimed by this preparation passage.
↗ Related plant contextThis use is documented for the same plant in a separate source; it is not claimed by this preparation passage.
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This formula was extracted automatically from a historical source and published directly for live editorial inspection. It may contain OCR, title, botanical-identity, ingredient, structure or safety errors. Do not use it as treatment, dosage or self-care guidance.
Source: The Dispensatory of the United States of America by Wood, George B. (George Bacon), 1797-1879 (1843), paragraph-8737.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- Mezereon three drachms
- The Edinburgh process differs from the London only im the quantity of mezereon, which in the former is half an ounce. ‘The Dublin College takes four pints of the decoction, an ounce, each, of sassafras, guaiacum wood, and liquorice root, and three drachms of mezereon, and proceeds as above
- Boil to thirty pounds, and near the end of the boiling add of anisced, fenncl-seed, each, half an ounce, senna three ounces, liquorice root an ownce and a half
- To the residue add six ounces of sarsapurilla and ninety pounds of water
- Boit to thirty pounds, and near the end add lemon-peel, cinnamon, cardamom, liquorice, of each, three drachms
Method as extracted
- Boil fer a quarter of an hour, and strain.”’ Lond.
- Boil to thirty pounds, and near the end of the boiling add of anisced, fenncl-seed, each, half an ounce, senna three ounces, liquorice root an ownce and a half.
- Strain, and set aside the liquor under the name of THE WEAK bECocTION.
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- The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
- Automated review flags: toxic metal or mineral, serious disease claim.
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Primary and supporting references
- The Dispensatory of the United States of America — The Dispensatory of the United States of AmericaPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-8737.