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Sarsap>arilla Syrup

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Source: The Indian vegetable family instructer: : containing the names and descriptions of all the most useful herbs and plants that grow in this country, with their medicinal qualities annexed; also, a treatise on many of the lingering diseases to which mankind are subject, ... with a large list of recipes, which have been carefully selected from Indian prescriptions ... Designed for the use of families in the United States. by Bowker, Pierpont F. nr 99010063 (1851), paragraph-1272.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • six ounces of sarsaparilla, one ounce of sas- safras, one ounce of shavings of gum guaiacum, one ounce of liquorice, root, six drachms of mezerion root
  • a wine glass full three to six times a day
  • To one gallon of Alcohol add one pound of oil of cedar, half a pound of squaw weed oil, half a pound of oil origanum, half a pound of wormwood, half a pound of spearmmt, half a pint of tincture of lobelia
  • To one gallon of Alcohol, add one pound red cedar oil and half a pound of squaw weed oil

Method as extracted

  1. Take six ounces of sarsaparilla, one ounce of sas- safras, one ounce of shavings of gum guaiacum, one ounce of liquorice, root, six drachms of mezerion root.
  2. Let it stand on the stove six hours, then strain off the liquor and put in the other articles.
  3. Let the whole stand by a stove four hours ; then boil it fifteen minutes ; then strain the liquor.
  4. Add loaf sugar and brandy enough to keep ftom souring.
  5. Take a wine glass full three to six times a day.

Live editorial status

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Modern safety boundary

Toxic / do not self-use

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  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
  • Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. The Indian vegetable family instructer: : containing the names and descriptions of all the most useful herbs and plants that grow in this country, with their medicinal qualities annexed; also, a treatise on many of the lingering diseases to which mankind are subject, ... with a large list of recipes, which have been carefully selected from Indian prescriptions ... Designed for the use of families in the United States. — The Indian vegetable family instructer: : containing the names and descriptions of all the most useful herbs and plants that grow in this country, with their medicinal qualities annexed; also, a treatise on many of the lingering diseases to which mankind Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-1272.
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