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Infusion of linseed

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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-263515.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • linseed: This disease proceeds from too much choler or phlegm in habits which abound with gross humours and living high ; when it happens externally it is improper to repel the humour, but give medi- cine to correct it, which may be cool purges of salts, jalap, mountain flax infusion, or the sweet wood decoction* or vegetable sirup may be taken m Of the Itch. in any quantity : some blood may be let from the arm, and a poultic

Method as extracted

  1. Infuse according to the source passage: This disease proceeds from too much choler or phlegm in habits which abound with gross humours and living high ; when it happens externally it is improper to repel the humour, but give medi- cine to correct it, which may be cool purges of salts, jalap, mountain flax infusion, or the sweet wood decoction* or vegetable sirup may be taken m Of the Itch. in any quantity : some blood may be let from the arm, and a poultice applied to the part made of powder of linseed, two ounces, boil in half a pint of milk, and lay on the part warm, or a common poultice made of wheaten bread and milk with a little hog's lard added. Imposthumes often hap- pen after fevers, which carry off’ the disease when ripe, they may be opened with a lancet and dressed with basilicon or any other plaster which draws and heals : to correct the habit, one or two of the imperial pills may be taken once or twice a day, and continue until the abscess is cured.

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Modern safety boundary

External use only

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  • Automated review flags: high risk botanical.
Sources & editorial standard

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Primary and supporting references

  1. The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory . — The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory .Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-263515.
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