ASSAFŒTIDA.
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ounce of atsafœtida to be digested in eightounces of spirit of ammonia ; and to distilin a water-bath. — Hiss. — four ounces ofassafœtida to be digested, without heat, insixteen of spirit of ammonia, for eightdays.
This last formula diifers from all theothers, in not requiring distillation ; which,in fact, is perfectly useless ; the preparationis better on that account.
It is stimulant and anti-hysteric-from five to sixty drops or more.
-Dose,
FETID MIXTURE. (SwEDIAUr)
R. Ammoniated Spirit of Assafœtida,
one ounce.Peppermint Water, seven ounces.
Dose, two table spoonfuls. It is pre-scribed in the syncope of hysterical women.
COMPOUND WATER OF ASSAFŒTIDA.
Aqua fœtitla sen Pragensis. (Sax. ; Nie-mann ; Spielmann)
of each,
half an ounce.
three drams.
two drams.
two handfuls.
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Root of Peony,
---------- Wild Parsley
---------- Zedoary,
---------- Fraxinella,
Herb of Rue,
---------- Feverfew,
---------- Mint,
---------- Mugwort,
Flowers of Chamo-mile,
------------- Elder.
------------- Rosemary,
Lily of the
of each,one handful.
of each,two handfuls.
Valley,
—----------- Primrose, J
Seeds of Peony, ]
-Osier {Siler),\
of each,
half an ounce.
three drams.
three ounces.
of each, two drams.
two ounces.
Cinnamon,Lesser Galanga,Cubebs, 1Mace, jCastor, M
Assafœtida } of each, three ounces.Myrrh, half an ounce.
White Wine,
one hundred and twenty ounces.Distilled Water of Feverfew,
twenty-four ounces,water-bath, and pre-(Niemann ; Spiel-
Infuse ; distil in aserve the product.
mann)
R. Galbanum,Assafœtida,Castor,Root of Valerian,
of each,three parts.
Myrrh,
Cubebs,
Camphor,
Lesser Galanga,
Cascarilla,
Cinnamon,
Flow ers of Elder,
------------- Rosemary,
------------- Chamo-mile,
Herb of Mentha Crispa,
---------- Rue,
---------■ Milfoil, J
Spring Water, two hundred parts.
Macerate, and distil one hundred andforty-four parts. (Sax. ; Niemann)
R. Assafœtida,
of each,one half part.
of each,one part.
Galbanum, JOpoponax, \Myrrh, j
Castor, "1
Root of Wild Parsley, I
---------- Peony,
---------- Galanga,
---------- Fraxinella, 1
Zedoary,
of each, two ounces.
of each,one ounce and a half.
of each,one ounce.
Cumin,
Mace,
Feverfew,
Balm,
Mint,
Rue,
Alcohol,
Water,
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of each,six drams.
> of each, two ounces.
two pounds,ten pounds.
Digest, anddistilsixpounds. (Niemann)
This preparation has beenavery celebratedremedy in hysteria. — Dose, a spoonful ormore.
2. Extraction by JEther.
¿ETHERIAL tincture of assafœtida.
Tinctura seu Essentia Assafœtida! œtherea.(Gall.)
R. Assafœtida, one part.
Sulphuric ¿Ether (46 degrees),
four parts.Macerate for two days, without heat, anddecant.
It is stimulant. — Dose, from fifteen grainsto half a dram.
3. Extraction by Alcohol.
tincture of assafœtida.
Tinctura seu Essentia Assafœtida;. (Lond.
Edinb. ; Dubl. ; Amer. ; Amst. ; Ant.
Austr. ; Batav. ; Bavar. ; Belg.
Dan. ; Mil. Copen. ; Hisp. ; Gall.
Fenn. ; Hann. ; Hass. ; Lipp. ; Pol.
Cast. Borus. ; Sax. ; Brugnatelii
Coxe;Piderit;Swediaur;VanMons)2Q
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