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Historical use wording: supporting the strength, and in allaying the irregular action which attends great febrile debility
Source: Gray's supplement to the pharmacopoeia : being a concise but comprehensive dispensatory and manual of facts and formulae, for the chemist and druggist and medical practitioner by Gray, Samuel Frederick, 1766-1828; Redwood, Theophilus, 1806 - 1892; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1848), materia-450-2.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- According to Gomez: Root, Serpentarice radix, antiseptic, heating, alexiterial, diaphoretic; given in doses of gr. x. to 3ss. of the powder, or an infusion of 3j. every four hours, against the bites of snakes and canine madness; im- ported from America in bales of 200 to 500 lbs., frequently mixed with the roots of Collinsonia prcecox ; the root has a penetrating resinous smell, and a pungent bitter taste; it acts as a stimulant tonic a
Method as extracted
- Infuse according to the source passage: Root, Serpentarice radix, antiseptic, heating, alexiterial, diaphoretic; given in doses of gr. x. to 3ss. of the powder, or an infusion of 3j. every four hours, against the bites of snakes and canine madness; im- ported from America in bales of 200 to 500 lbs., frequently mixed with the roots of Collinsonia prcecox ; the root has a penetrating resinous smell, and a pungent bitter taste; it acts as a stimulant tonic and diaphoretic, and in certain cases as an antispasmodic and anodyne; it is peculiarly useful in supporting the strength, and in allaying the irregular action which attends great febrile debility;
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Primary and supporting references
- Gray's supplement to the pharmacopoeia : being a concise but comprehensive dispensatory and manual of facts and formulae, for the chemist and druggist and medical practitioner — Gray's supplement to the pharmacopoeia : being a concise but comprehensive dispensatory and manual of facts and formulae, for the chemist and druggist and medical practitionerPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at materia-450-2.