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Source: The family doctor : a dictionary of domestic medicine and surgery; especially adapted for family use (1890), narrative-offset-565157.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- There: There is also a Tincture of which a dose may be taken, in water, twice a day. TTie do»e of the former is from 1 to 2 drachms ; of the latter from 5 to 10 grains. Calumba appears to act chiefly upon the mucous membrane of the stomach, and upon the secretion and quality of the bile ; being free from astringency, slightly sedative, there is, perhaps, no tonic so well adapted for those of weak and dyspeptic con- stitutio
Method as extracted
- Macerate according to the source passage: There is also a Tincture of which a dose may be taken, in water, twice a day. TTie do»e of the former is from 1 to 2 drachms ; of the latter from 5 to 10 grains. Calumba appears to act chiefly upon the mucous membrane of the stomach, and upon the secretion and quality of the bile ; being free from astringency, slightly sedative, there is, perhaps, no tonic so well adapted for those of weak and dyspeptic con- stitutions : to such it may be given in powder, combined with Carbonate of Soda and Ginger, in the proportion of 8 drachms of each of the former to 2 drachms of the latter ; taking 5 a teaspoonful in a wdne- glassfui of water about an hour before or after each principal meal; or it may, perhaps, be more agreeable to add the Soda to an Infusion of the Calumba root and Ginger ; this infusion should be made fresh every day, especially in v/arm weather.
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- The family doctor : a dictionary of domestic medicine and surgery; especially adapted for family use — The family doctor : a dictionary of domestic medicine and surgery; especially adapted for family usePrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-565157.