Tincture of cardamom

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Source: The medical guide, for the use of the clergy, heads of families and practitioners in medicine and surgery [electronic resource] : comprising a domestic dispensatory and practical treatise on the symptoms, causes, prevention, and cure of the diseases incident to the human frame, with the latest discoveries in medicine by Reece, Richard, 1775-1831; Sloggatt, S. B., active 1828 former owner; St. Thomas's Hospital. Medical School Library former owner; King's College London (1817), narrative-offset-807280.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• cardamom: of lime water, seven ounces; extract of cascarilla, one drachm ; tincture of cardamom seeds, half an ounce. — Mix

Method as extracted

1. Macerate according to the source passage: If the remedies above recommended do not succeed in re- moving the disease, we may suspect that some organic mischief exists either in the coats of the stomach or in the organs con- nected with it, as the pancreas, liver, &c. with the view of removing which, a grain of calomel may be administered every night for a week or a fortnight, according to its effects on the constitution; The Euphorbium plaster should be applied over the region of the stomach, and a wineglassful of the following mixture taken three times a day : — Take of lime water, seven ounces; extract of cascarilla, one drachm ; tincture of cardamom seeds, half an ounce. — Mix.

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