Powder of fpirit of lavender root

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Source: The compleat family physician : or, universal medical repository. Containing the Causes, Symptoms, Preventions, And Cures, Of all the various Maladies to which Human Nature is subject, from the Birth to the Grave. Including The Diseases peculiar to Seamen, as well as those of particular Climates; such as the East and West Indies, Coast of Guinea, Greenland, Newfoundland, &c. with the proper Methods of treating Lunaticks, and Persons who are subject to Fits of any Kind. - And the best and most ap by Smythson, Hugh; Royal College of Physicians of London. n 80046799 (1781), narrative-offset-3386660.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• fpirit of lavender root: one ounce of the root or bark, and, ac- cording to it’s nature, cut or bruife it to- pieces; let it infufe twelve or fourteen days in a place moderately warm, fhaking it fre- quently till the laft twenty-four hours, when it muft be left to fettle, and then poured or ftrained off fine, and bottled for ufe

Method as extracted

1. Grind according to the source passage: Many tindlures are ufeful, and it would not be amifs to keep them, of all the roots and barks which are prefcribed in the courfe of this work to be taken in a dry flate; for tindtures will contain more oriels of their virtues, and may be found ufeful where the powder or decodtion cannot be adminiftered; and as the feveral medicinal roots and barks have been already enume- rated, it is not neceffary to repeat them, as a tindlure may be made from either or any of them, by one general rule. Take one ounce of the root or bark, and, ac- cording to it’s nature, cut or bruife it to- pieces; let it infufe twelve or fourteen days in a place moderately warm, fhaking it fre- quently till the laft twenty-four hours, when it muft be left to fettle, and then poured or ftrained off fine, and bottled for ufe.

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