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Source: Primitive physic : or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases by Wesley, John, 1703-1791 (1850), paragraph-2373.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- Decoction of Sarsaparilla—Take of fresh Sarsaparilla root, sliced and bruised, two ounces; shavings of guaiacum wood, one ounce
- Boil over a slow fire in three quarts of water, to one, adding towards the end, half an ounce of sassa- fras wood, and three drachms of liquorice
- For all these intentions it is greatly preferable to the decoc- tion of woods ‘This decoction may be taken from a pint and a half to two quarts in aday
- of sarsaparilla, three ounces; liquoric and menzerion root, of each half an ounce; shavings of guaicaum and sassafras wood, of each one ounce; crude antimony, powdered, an ounce and ahalf
Method as extracted
- Boil over a slow fire in three quarts of water, to one, adding towards the end, half an ounce of sassa- fras wood, and three drachms of liquorice.
- Strain the decoction.
- Take of sarsaparilla, three ounces; liquoric and menzerion root, of each half an ounce; shavings of guaicaum and sassafras wood, of each one ounce; crude antimony, powdered, an ounce and ahalf.
- Infuse these ingredients in eight
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Primary and supporting references
- Primitive physic : or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases — Primitive physic : or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseasesPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-2373.