Infusion of Senna

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Source: The complete herbal to which is now added upwards of one hundred additional herbs with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind. To which are now first annexed the English physician enlarged, and Key to [Galen's Method of] physic with rules for compounding medicine according to the true system of nature forming a complete family dispensatory and natural system of physic by Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654 (1835), narrative-offset-1134278.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Senna: it from the fire and strainias the body is in age and strength. An it, and with five pounds of fine sugar

Method as extracted

1. Infuse according to the source passage: The strong the former. may take two ounces at a time, the weak, Culpeper.| This Syrupcoolsand moistens, } one, or you may mix an ounce of it with and that very gently, it corrects the sharp-} the Decoction of Senna. ness of choler, and gives ease in hot vices of} Syrupus de Epithymo. the breast, it quenches thirst in acute fevers, } Or Syrup of Epithimum. and resist the heat of the disease; it com-} Coliege.| Take of Epithimum twenty forts hot stomachs exceedingly, cools the { drams, Mirobalans, Citron, and Indian of liver and heart, and _ resists putefachon, } cach fifteen drams, Emblicks, Belloricks, pestilence, and poison. { Polypedium, Liquorice Agrick, ‘Thyme, ~ College.| Julep of Violets is made of} Calaminth, Bugloss, Stoechas of each six Syrupus de Symphyto. ad 8 306 THE COMPLETE HERBAL drains, Dodder, Fumitory, ot each ten } Culpener.| The Syrup is a cooling purge, drams, red Roses, Annis-seeds and sweet{and tends to rectify the distempers of the Fennel seeds of each two drams and an} blood, it purges choler and melancholy, and nalf, sweet Prunes ten, Raisins of the sun}therefore must needs be effectual both in stoned four ounces, Tamarinds two ounces yellow and black jaundice, madness, scurf, and an half, after twenty-four hours infusion } leprosy, and scabs, it is very gentle. ‘The in ten pints of spring water, boil it away i dose is from one ounce to three, according to six, then take it from the fire and strainias the body is in age and strength. An it, and with five pounds of fine sugar boil} ounce of it in the morning is excellent for it inty Syrup according to art. t such children as break out in scabs.

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