the decoCtion of broom-tops

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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), paragraph-3739.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Boil two handfuls of the tender tops of this plant ten minutes, in three quarts of water
• the leaves of fenna dried and powdered, cream of tartar, and jalap, of each half an ounce
• Boil two handfuls of the roots of elder, for ten or fifteen minutes, in a quart of water; ftrain it, and drink a wine-glafsful of the decodfion every day

Method as extracted

1. Boil two handfuls of the tender tops of this plant ten minutes, in three quarts of water.
2. Let it Hand till it is cold, ftrain it off, and fweeten with honey..
3. Rub the affedted. part with fweet-oil for a very confiderable time every day ; the hand Should be warmed, and the patient placed near the fire: the longer the chafing the part is continued, the more hope may be had- of fuccefs.
4. Take the leaves of fenna dried and powdered, cream of tartar, and jalap, of each half an ounce.
5. Mix them well, and take a dram every morning in broth or milk whey.
6. Boil two handfuls of the roots of elder, for ten or fifteen minutes, in a quart of water; ftrain it, and drink a wine-glafsful of the decodfion every day..

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