A universal formulary : containing the methods of preparing and administering officinal and other medicines. / by R. Eglesfeld Griffith.

  • Robert Eglesfeld Griffith
Date:
1851
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    1 398 TARAXACUM. Boil gently for an hour, or till it becomes gelatinous; flavor with sugar, wine, &c., according to circumstances. Ellis. Tapioca Pudding. R. Yolks of eggs two gugar half an ounce Beat together, and stir the mixture with Tapioca mucilage one pint Bake in a slow oven. The mucilage should be made with milk, not water. A. T. Thomson. TARAXACUM. Dandelion. This officinal article is the root of Taraxacum dens lionis, a small, herbaceous plant, with a perennial, fusiform root. It is a native of Eu- rope, but has become abundantly naturalized in this country. „ , . Sex- Syst. Syngen. equal. Nat. Syst. Asteracese. Haller, i. 23. Griffith, Med. Bot. 414. The root is fusiform, of a light brown color externally, succulent, inodorous, and of a muci- la-inous, bitterish taste. It is aperient, diuretic, and somewhat tonic, and thought to be resolvent in engorgements of the liver. water mixed with half a pint of alcohoL for two days, expressed, &c., as above. ' W. Proct Extract op Dandelion. R. Root of dandelion, bruised, one poi Water one gallc Boil down to four pints, express, ai strain, then evaporate to proper co? sistence. ^- Dose, a scruple to a drachm, three times an alone, or dissolved in cinnamon or mint waterj R. Bruise the recent root collected September; add one-fourth its bulk of all cohol; allow the whole to macerate twelv<[ hours, express powerfully, add a litt dilute alcohol, and again express. Ev porate the mixed liquids in a water-bati to the proper consistence. W. Frocter] Decoction op Dandelion. R. Bruised dandelion root two ounces ' Water ^^^ P^^*^ Boil down to a pint, and strain. U. S. Ph. A wineglassful, two or three times a-day, as a diuretic, &c. Cojvipotjnd Inpusion of Dandelion. R Infusion of dandelion four fi. ounces ' Extract of dandelion two drachms Carbonate of soda half a drachm Tartrate of potassa three drachms Tincture of rhubarb three fl. drachms henbane twenty drops Mix. One-third part, three times a-day, in dropsical and visceral affections. ^ Meigs. Fluid Extract op Dandelion. R Dandelion root, fresh, thirty-two ounces Slice it, and reduce to a pulp. Mix this with one-sixth its bulk of alcohol, mace- rate for twenty-four hours, and express strongly. Add a pint of water contaimng a little alcohol, and again express. Eva- porate the mixed products to twelve tL ounces, add four fl. ounces of alcohol, and filter A'tcaapoonful is equal to half a drachm of the extract obtained from the expressed juice. It may bo made from sixteen ounces of the dried root, reduced to a coarse powder, macerated in two pints ot Pills op Extract op Dandelion R. Extract of dandelion half a drac Powdered liquorice sufficieni Mix, and make eight pills. One, threi times a-day. In dropsy, and diseases oi the urinary apparatus. Pl^^ R, Extract of dandelion Soap, each, one ounce Liquid acetate of potassa suflleieni Mix, and make pills of four grains. Fom to six in a day, as diuretic, &c. St. Marie Pills op Dandelion and Blue IMass R. Extract of dandelion half a drachn Blue pill five to ten grains Powdered uva ursi sufficien Mix, and make ten pills. One, thrice _a day. In dropsy connected with liver dip ease. Mixture of Dandelion. Extract of dandelion two ounce Peppermint water Clarified honey six fl. ounce -^or' one oun( Ularmea noney f r-m Mix. Two spoonfuls, every three hours -I i R. Richt0l§^\\- Extract of dandelion half a drach Decoction of dandelion nine fl. drachm Spirit of nitric ether one fl. drachi Syrup of ginger two fl. drachm ^« Mix. To be taken three times a-day, aa Ifii^^^ diuretic in anasarca and ascites. AS)-a(7M^f(jjjj, R. Cremor tartar two drachn Bruised cloves t^o »<^rupl« Sugar ^^''t Decoction of dandelion one pou» ]\Iacerate for two hours, and strain. On( fourth to be given every six hours, « dropsy. Sprag^