Infusion of Fresh Lavender Flowers

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 pharmacopoeia universalis or, complete encyclopedia of the materia medica; contained in the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin as well as of all those of Europe and America ; and of the dispensatories, formularies and chemical works ... With an appendix ... by Jourdan, A. J. L. (Antoine Jacques Louis), 1788-1848 (1833), materia-158-8.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Fresh Lavender Flowers: Infuse without heat for three days, and add Red Sanders Wood, one part. Macerate again for several days ; then ex- press and filter. (Van Mons) Hann. prescribes two pounds of spirit of lavender, eight ounces of spirit of rose- mary, two drams of cinnamon, as much of nutmeg, and half an ounce of red sanders. —NIEMANN; and FEE—three pounds of spirit of lavender, one pound of spirit of rosemary, half an ounce each, of c

Method as extracted

1. Infuse according to the source passage: Infuse without heat for three days, and add Red Sanders Wood, one part. Macerate again for several days ; then ex- press and filter. (Van Mons) Hann. prescribes two pounds of spirit of lavender, eight ounces of spirit of rose- mary, two drams of cinnamon, as much of nutmeg, and half an ounce of red sanders. —NIEMANN; and FEE—three pounds of spirit of lavender, one pound of spirit of rosemary, half an ounce each, of cinnamon and of nutmegs, and one ounce of red san- ders.—PaLAT.; and Suzrc.—three pounds of spirit of lavender, one pound of spirit of rosemary, half an ounce each, of cinna- mon and of nutmegs, and three drams of red sanders.—CADET DE GASSICOURT— three pounds of spirit of lavender, one pound of spirit of rosemary, one ounce and a half each, of cinnamon and of red sanders, and one ounce of nutmegs.—Van Mons.— twelve ounces of spirit of rosemary, thirty- six ounces of spirit of lavender, half an ounce each, of cinnamon and of nutmegs, and half a dram of cochineal. | LAVANDULA.—LAVENDER. Spirit of Lavender, three pounds.

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