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Tincture of opium in a cup

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Source: The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory . by Bullman, E; University of Glasgow. Library (1810), narrative-offset-245139.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • opium in a cup: electricity, and let the stroke be ap- plied to the stomach, which will seldom fail to remove it. After the disease moves to the extre- mities, this fomentation may be used; take chamo- mile flowers, one ounce : leaves of dwarf elder, a handful

Method as extracted

  1. Macerate according to the source passage: If it will- not move by this treatment, take twenty drops of tincture of opium in a cup of guaiacum tea twice a day ; and to raise 165 Of the Scurvy. a sweat, take ten grains of compound powder of ipecacuhana in half a pint of warm wine whey/ every four hours,, the dose may he repeated two or three times in the course of the fit, the patient must lay in bed to encourage a perspiration ; if by these means the morbific matter will not disperse from the stomach, use electricity, and let the stroke be ap- plied to the stomach, which will seldom fail to remove it. After the disease moves to the extre- mities, this fomentation may be used; take chamo- mile flowers, one ounce : leaves of dwarf elder, a handful : boil them in two pints of water, strain and add half an ounce of camphorated spirits of wine ; bathe the part with the warm liquor, after- wards apply the flowers in a flannel over the part all night; new flannels should be worn over the legs and feet during the fit.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, title ingredient mismatch, quality score below 70, not herbal remedy, not marked promotable, critical hazard archive only. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

Modern safety boundary

Toxic / do not self-use

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  • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
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  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
  • Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic, serious disease claim.
Sources & editorial standard

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Primary and supporting references

  1. The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory . — The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory .Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-245139.
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