Infusion of horseradish

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Source: The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory . by Bullman, E; University of Glasgow. Library (1810), narrative-offset-360316.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• horseradish: elaterium or wild cucumber in powder, twenty grains : of purified nitre, half a dram : saffron, ten grains : rub all together into powder and di- vide into twenty-four doses by weight, one or two powders may be taken once or twice a day, in a teacupful of broom bud or elder flower tea : or take this

Method as extracted

1. Infuse according to the source passage: The drink may be cof- fee, gin, brandy and whey mixed, or infusion of horseradish, mustard whey,, decoction of the tops and blossoms of broom, knot grass, liquorice root, madder, parsnips, ground ivy, charvil, leeks, onions, garlic, fennel, gromwel, pillatory of wall ; any of these herbs may be made into a decoction by boiling a handful in a quart of water, pour of clear and drink in common ; if the patient is weak a glass of birch or elder wine may be added to the drink, or taken alone At the beginning of the disease the patient may take from twenty to thirty grains of purified nitre once or twice a day, in a tea cupful of the decoction of the herbs or in geneva : or a tea spoonful of cream of tartar may be put into a pint of the common drink : or take elaterium or wild cucumber in powder, twenty grains : of purified nitre, half a dram : saffron, ten grains : rub all together into powder and di- vide into twenty-four doses by weight, one or two powders may be taken once or twice a day, in a teacupful of broom bud or elder flower tea : or take this :

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