Syrupus Cassia Senn^;, Edin

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Source: The London dispensatory [electronic resource] : containing, I. The elements of pharmacy; II. The botanical description, natural history,chemical analysis, and medicinal properties, of the substances of the materia medica; III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions of the pharmacopoeiasof the London, the Edinburgh, and the Dublin colleges of physicians : the whole forming a practical synopsis of materia medica, pharmacy, and therapeutics, illustrated with many useful tables and copper- by Thomson, Anthony Todd, 1778-1849; University of Glasgow. Library; University of Glasgow. Library (1822), paragraph-10214.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• « Take of Senna leaves, two ounces ; boiling Water, a pound and a half; burnt Syrup, eight ounces
• " Take of Balsam of Tolu, an ounce; boiling Water, a pint ; refined Sugar, two pounds:

Method as extracted

1. Macerate the leaves in the water in a covered vessel for four hours, and strain ; then add the syrup, and boil with a gentle heat until the whole ac- quires the consistence of the burnt syrup.
2. Let the senna leaves be macerated in the water in a covered vessel for twelve hours ; then dissolve the manna and the sugar in the strained This syrup contains the purgative properties ot the senna, and is chiefly intended for children; but the simple infusion of senna, sweetened with sugar, and with the addition of a little milk, given in the form of tea, is more willingly taken by child- ren, and operates with more certainty.
3. Boil the balsam in the water for half an hour in a close vessel, frequently stirring it, and strain the liquor when it is cold; then add the sugar so as to make a syrup." i Syr. balsamicus, P.

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