Infusion of Ferula persica

Historical preparation record

This formula was extracted from a rights-cleared historical primary source and is preserved as an archival record. Historical terminology, identity, strength and safety require modern interpretation.

Source: The Edinburgh new dispensatory [electronic resource] : containing, I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry: II. The materia medica; or, The natural, pharmaceutical, and medical history, of the substances employed in medicine: III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions. Including translations of the London Pharmacopoeia, published in 1809 ; of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia, in 1805 ; and of the Dublin Pharmacopoeia, in 1807. Illustrated and explained in the language, and according to by Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832; Whitfield, Richard Gullet, -1877 former owner; Wright, John, -1824; St. Thomas's Hospital. Medical School Library former owner; King's College London (1810), monograph-offset-894947-1.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Ferula Persica: Medical use. — An infusion of the inner green bark of the trunk in wine, or the expressed juice of tire berries in the dose of half an ounce or an ounce, is said to purge moderately, and in small doses to prove an efficacious deobstruent, capable of pro- moting ail the fluid secretions.

Method as extracted

1. Infuse according to the source passage: Medical use. — An infusion of the inner green bark of the trunk in wine, or the expressed juice of tire berries in the dose of half an ounce or an ounce, is said to purge moderately, and in small doses to prove an efficacious deobstruent, capable of pro- moting ail the fluid secretions.

Automated publication scope

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