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Tincture of Asafcetida

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Source: Domestic medicine, or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines : containing observations on the comparative advantages of vaccine inoculation, with instructions for performing the operation, an essay, enabling puptured [sic] persons to manage themselves, with engravings of bandages, which every person may prepare for himself, and a family herbal by Buchan, William, 1729-1805; Green, S. B., Mrs., Provenance; University of Bristol. Library (1823), narrative-offset-1438888.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Asafcetida: Seville orange-peel and cinnamon, of each half an ounce Let the barK be powdered, and the other ingredients bruised ; then infuse the whole in a pint and a half of brandy, for fivj* or six days, in a close vessel ; atterwards strain off the tincture.— This tincture is not only bene- IJcial m intermitting fevers, but also in the slow, nervous, and putrid kinds especially towards their decline.— The dose is from one dr

Method as extracted

  1. Macerate according to the source passage: Seville orange-peel and cinnamon, of each half an ounce Let the barK be powdered, and the other ingredients bruised ; then infuse the whole in a pint and a half of brandy, for fivj* or six days, in a close vessel ; atterwards strain off the tincture.— This tincture is not only bene- IJcial m intermitting fevers, but also in the slow, nervous, and putrid kinds especially towards their decline.— The dose is from one drachm to three or tour, every fifth or sixth hour. It may be given in any suitable liquor and occasionally sharpened with a few drops of the vitriolic aoid Voldtne Tincture of Asafcetida.— Infuse two ounces of asaftetida in one pmt oi compound spirit of ammonia, for eight days, in a close bot- Ue, irequent y shaking it; then strain the tincture.— This medicine is beneficial in hysteric disorders, especially when attended with lowness of spirits and faintings A tea-spoonful of it may be taken in a glass of wme, or a cupful of pennyroyal tea.

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Primary and supporting references

  1. Domestic medicine, or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines : containing observations on the comparative advantages of vaccine inoculation, with instructions for performing the operation, an essay, enabling puptured [sic] persons to manage themselves, with engravings of bandages, which every person may prepare for himself, and a family herbal — Domestic medicine, or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines : containing observations on the comparative advantages of vaccine inoculation, with instructions for performing the operation, an essay, enabling pupPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-1438888.
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