Fomentation of A Fomentation

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Historical use wording: without any fach help

Source: Pharmacopoeia officinalis et extemporanea: or, a compleat English dispensatory. In two parts. Theoretic and practical. Part I in two books ... Part II in five books ... by Quincy, John, -1722 (1749), narrative-offset-2354923.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• A Fomentation: ‘ hounds tongue, plantain, yarrow, elder-leaves, of each 4 handfuls : pomegranate-peels, 1 ounce

Method as extracted

1. Mix according to the source passage: But the man- ner of operation, to fuch a pur- pofe, does not come within our compafs of reafoning in fuch mat- ters ; and it will feldom be thought worth trying in fuch cafes, a few hours making a. cure without any fach help. oR ~ Fotus Hemorrhoidalis, a A Fomentation for the Hemorrhoids. Take ‘ hounds tongue, plantain, yarrow, elder-leaves, of each 4 handfuls : pomegranate-peels, 1 ounce: .boil them ,in water and rough red wine, of each 3, pounds to 4 pounds, In the ftrained liquor diffolve alum, half ah ounce, and fugar of lead, 2-drams. , / _ This not only checks the inordi- nate bleeding of, the hemorrhoidal} veins, but alfo an immoderate flux of the menfes: but the following is moft {erviceable in the dry piles. . Take onions,..and_, linfeed, of each 4 ounces: .henbane, night- fhade, yarrow, and houteleek, of each.2 handfuls: boil them in.

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