Infusion of Tamarind pulpa

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Source: The London dispensatory, containing: I, the elements of pharmacy; II, the botanical description ... and medicinal properties, of the substances of the materia medica; III, the pharmaceutical preparations and compositions of the pharmacopoeias of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Colleges of Physicians by Thomson, Anthony Todd, 1778-1849 (1836), monograph-offset-1733143-1.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Tamarind pulpa: Medical properties and uses. —'Tamarind pulp is refrigerant, and gently laxative. ‘The simple infusion of the pulp in warm water, or a whey made by boiling 3 ij. of it in two pints of milk, and straining, form very grateful, refrigerant beverages, which are advantageously used in febrile diseases. ‘The dose of the simple fruit required to act upon the bowels is so large, that it is seldom given alone as a purgative,

Method as extracted

1. Infuse according to the source passage: Medical properties and uses. —'Tamarind pulp is refrigerant, and gently laxative. ‘The simple infusion of the pulp in warm water, or a whey made by boiling 3 ij. of it in two pints of milk, and straining, form very grateful, refrigerant beverages, which are advantageously used in febrile diseases. ‘The dose of the simple fruit required to act upon the bowels is so large, that it is seldom given alone as a purgative, but is generally combined with cassia or manna, the action of which it aug- ments; or with such of the neutral purgative salts as are not decomposed by it; which is the case with those that have potassa for their base, and are therefore incompatible in mix- tures with this fruit.

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