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Source: Gray's supplement to the pharmacopoeia : being a concise but comprehensive dispensatory and manual of facts and formulae, for the chemist and druggist and medical practitioner by Gray, Samuel Frederick, 1766-1828; Redwood, Theophilus, 1806 - 1892; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1848), narrative-offset-1278956.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- Tur- meric: Roots, Turmeric, imported from the East Indies in tubers about the size of the little finger; aromatic, tonic, discussive, and heating; used especially in the jaundice and the itch; dose 3j. to 3ij.; d}'^es a deep yellow, and is used as a seasoning in Indian cookery. (G.) Bitter, aromatic, stimulant, tonic; employed in debilitated states of the sto- mach, intermittent fever, and dropsy. (Roxb.j Considered by the nati
Method as extracted
- Macerate according to the source passage: Roots, Turmeric, imported from the East Indies in tubers about the size of the little finger; aromatic, tonic, discussive, and heating; used especially in the jaundice and the itch; dose 3j. to 3ij.; d}'^es a deep yellow, and is used as a seasoning in Indian cookery. (G.) Bitter, aromatic, stimulant, tonic; employed in debilitated states of the sto- mach, intermittent fever, and dropsy. (Roxb.j Considered by the native practitioners of India an excellent application in powder for cleansing foul ulcers; also used in dyeing. (L.) Formerly much used in cookery to give things a colour; root tinges the urine a deep yellow colour. (Lou.) White paper dyed by an alcoholic tincture of Tur- meric is a very sensitive test for alkalies. (O’Sh.) Curcuma rubescens. (Roxb.) Bengal.
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Primary and supporting references
- Gray's supplement to the pharmacopoeia : being a concise but comprehensive dispensatory and manual of facts and formulae, for the chemist and druggist and medical practitioner — Gray's supplement to the pharmacopoeia : being a concise but comprehensive dispensatory and manual of facts and formulae, for the chemist and druggist and medical practitionerPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-1278956.