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Infusion of Seneka

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Documented in sourceVenereal PreparationInfusion RouteInternal use

Venereal

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Historical use wording: the venereal

Source: Domestic medicine. A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners by Buchan, William, 1729-1805 (1824), narrative-offset-1387556.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Seneka: of sarsaparella, three ounces; liquorice and me-— zereon root, of each half an ounce; shavings of guaia- cum and sassafras-wood, of each one ounce; crude an-. timony powdered, an ounce and a half

Method as extracted

  1. Infuse according to the source passage: This decoction may be taken from a pint and a half to two quarts in a day. | j | The following decoction is said to be similar to that used by Kennedy, in the cure of the venereal. disease, and may supply the place of the Lisbon diet-drink. » Take of sarsaparella, three ounces; liquorice and me-— zereon root, of each half an ounce; shavings of guaia- cum and sassafras-wood, of each one ounce; crude an-. timony powdered, an ounce and a half. Infuse these ingredients in eight pints of boiling water for twenty-four hours, then boil them till ‘one. half.of the waters con- sumed; afterwards strain/the decoction. This decoction may be used in the same manner as the preceding. | Decoction of Seneka.—Take of seneka rattle-snake root, one ounce; water, a pint and a half.

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Modern safety boundary

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  • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
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  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
  • Automated review flags: serious disease claim.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. Domestic medicine. A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners — Domestic medicine. A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitionersPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-1387556.
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