Infusion of Parent smell

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Source: The Edinburgh new dispensatory containing 1. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. 2. The materia medica ... 3. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions. Including translations of the London pharmacopoeia of 1825 ... Edinburgh pharmacopoeia ... 1817; Dublin pharmacopoeia ... 1807 by Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832 (1826), monograph-offset-598295-1.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Parent smell: The only. inconveniences complained of in this drug are, its being apt to gripe, and its nauseous flavour. ‘hese are — best obviated by adding to the senna some aromatic sub-- stance, as cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, &c. and by facilis. tating its operation by drinking plentifully of any mild di-, luent. > vie bebe Ey att neg Senna may be given in substance to the extent of about a drachm, but this is rather too bulky,

Method as extracted

1. Infuse according to the source passage: The only. inconveniences complained of in this drug are, its being apt to gripe, and its nauseous flavour. ‘hese are — best obviated by adding to the senna some aromatic sub-- stance, as cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, &c. and by facilis. tating its operation by drinking plentifully of any mild di-, luent. > vie bebe Ey att neg Senna may be given in substance to the extent of about a drachm, but this is rather too bulky, and it is therefore bet- ter to divide it into two doses, and to take one half at night; andthe other in the morning. | It is more conveniently given in the form of infusion, which is generally made by pouring _ about six ounces .of . boiling water upon from two to ‘six: — drachms of senna leaves ina tea-pot, and letting it stand=_ about an hour. | Senna ought never to be ordered im decoc+ tion, Gren says, because it becomes perfectly inert, from the total dissipation of the nauseous and volatile principles. on which its purgative effects depend.

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