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Diuretic Decoction

From The botanic physician, or, Family medical adviser (1837).

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From The botanic physician, or, Family medical adviser (1837), printed page 347, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/2545046R.nlm.nih.gov

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Take of, Golden rod plant, 1 lb.
  2. Wild potatoe, lib.
  3. Elder bark, 1 lb.
  4. Cider, 6 quarts.
  5. Bruise, or pulverize the solid ingredients, and then put them into the cider, and boil down to fonr quarts, strain, and bottle up for use.
  6. Dose, one gill, three times per day, increasing the dose after the first day or two, both in quantity and frequency.
  7. This decoction is a good diuretic, and is valuable in the treatment of gravel, dropsy, suppressions of urine, &c.
  8. ,Take of, .
  9. Rushes, the fresh plant, 1 lb.
  10. Water-melon seeds, 1 lb.
  11. Bruise both articles, and make a strong decoction in water, or cider.
  12. Dose, a half pint, three or four times a day.
  13. This is a powerful diuretic, and will be found very valuable in gravel, and in dropsical complaints.
  14. From the American Practice we transcribe the following valuable recipe.
  15. Take of, Queen of the meadow roots, 2 oz.
  16. Milk weed, 2 oz.
  17. Juniper berries, 2 oz.
  18. Dwarf elder bark, 2 oz.
  19. Spearmint, 2 oz.
  20. Wild carrot seeds, 2 oz.
  21. Bruise all the articles well m a mortar, and make a strong decoction.
  22. Dose, a half pint, to be taken often through the day.
  23. Useful for gravel, dropsy, and suppressions of urine.
  24. Take of, Roots of summer grape-vine, 8 oz.
  25. Roots of horse radish, 8 oz.
  26. Roots of parsley, 8 oz.
  27. Smart weed, 8 oz.
  28. Water-melon seeds, 8 oz.
  29. Pumpkin seeds, 4 oz.
  30. Bruise all these articles well in a mortar, and then add four gallons of water;
  31. boil down to one: then strain, and add one quart of honey, and one quart of Holland gin.
  32. Dose, a gill, three times a day.
  33. Excellent for gravel, dropsy and the like.