Tincture of Myrrh alone

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Source: The family doctor : a dictionary of domestic medicine and surgery; especially adapted for family use (1890), narrative-offset-1504329.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Myrrh alone: The Tincture of Myrrh alone is a very good application, if it does not make the Gums smart too much, which it commonly does. Sometimes a morbid growth of the Gum extends downwards so as to cover the tooth, and intervene between it and the opposite one ; the remedy for this is the lancet, with which, or a sharp pen- knife, the extra growth may be cut off with- out danger ; a lotion, composed of Alum and Tincture of IM

Method as extracted

1. Macerate according to the source passage: The Tincture of Myrrh alone is a very good application, if it does not make the Gums smart too much, which it commonly does. Sometimes a morbid growth of the Gum extends downwards so as to cover the tooth, and intervene between it and the opposite one ; the remedy for this is the lancet, with which, or a sharp pen- knife, the extra growth may be cut off with- out danger ; a lotion, composed of Alum and Tincture of IMyrrh, about 1 drachm of the former and 4 of the latter to ^ a pint of Water, should be used after the excision, as a styptic.

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