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MALVA.— MALLOW.
Syrup, three parts.
Boil for an instant. (Sard.)R. Dried Leaves of Mallow, in powder,
one part.White Sugar, five parts.
Distilled Water, two parts.
Triturate together. (Ant.)
EMOLLIENT CATAPLASM. (FeRR.)
R. Manna, four ounces.
Root of Mallow, two ounces.
Decoction of Marshmallows,
a sufficient quantity,to make a soft paste hy hoiling.
DISTILLED WATER OF MALLOW. (SARD.)
R. Fresh Herb of Mallow, one part.
Water, two parts.
Distil two thirds.
INFUSION OF MALLOW. (FORM. HOP Fr. ;
Ph. Syph.; Disp. Cha. Paris ; Spiel-mann)
R. Fresh Leaves of Mallow,
three handfuls.Boiling Water, lour pounds.
Infuse, and strain. (Ph. Syph.)R. Fresh Leaves of Mallow, two drams.Liquorice, one dram.
Water, a sufficient quantity
to obtain one pound of strained liquor.(Form. Hop. Fr.; Disp. Cha. Paris)R. Flowers of Mallow, two drams.
Boiling Water, two pounds.
Infuse and strain. (Ratier)It is emollient.
COMPOUND DECOCTION OF MALLOW.
Decoctum Malvíe compositum. (Lond. ;
Niemann)
R. Dried Leaves of Mallow,
one ounce.
-------- Chamomile Flowers,
half an ounre.
Water, one pint.
Boil for a quarter of an hour, and
strain.
It is used in fomentations and lavements.
pectoral potion. (Gall.)
R. Pectoral Flowers, two drams.
Boiling Water, two pounds.
Infuse for a quarter of an hour ; strain,and add,
Syrup of Maidenhair, one ounce.
Mix.
EMOLLIENT LAVEMENT. (HlSP.; RaTIER ;
Sfielmann ; Swediadr)
R. Leaves of Mallow, half an ounce.
Boiling Water, one pound.
Boil, and strain. (Ratier)R. Leaves of Mallow, one ounce.
Chamomile Flowers, half an ounce.Water, one pound and a half.
Boil down to two thirds. (Swediaur)R. Leaves of Mallow, one ounce.
Chamomile Flowers, "I of each,
Fennel, J half an ounce.
Water, twelve ounces.
Boil and strain. (Spielmann)
R. Leaves of Mallow, "Beet, j
of each,
two ounces.
two pounds.
Water,Boil, and add,
Olive Oil, three ounces.
Mix. (Ratier)
Hisp. prescribes ten ounces of decoctionof mallow and two ounces each, of honeyand of oil.
demulcent gargle. (Ratier)
four ounces,one ounce.
R. Decoction of Mallow,Cow's Milk,Mix.
anti-h^emorrhoidal fomentation.
(Piero.uin)
R.
Leaves of Mallow,------------- White Mul-
lein,Spring Water,Boil, and strain.
of each,three handfuls.
three pounds.
OINTMENT OF MALLOW,
R
(Van Mons)
Fresh Herb of Mallow,
one pound and a half.
------- Butter, two pounds.
Boil slowly to the consumption of the hu-midity, and express.
3. Malva Alcea, Linn. — Vervain Mallow.
Synonimes :— Mauve alcée, Mauve sau-vage, Fr. ; Feltrisswurzel, Schlitsblsett-rige Malva, Alceenmalve, Sigmundswurz,Sigmarskraut, Germ.
Bruns. ; Gall. ; Hamb. ; Hass. ; Olden. ;
Wirtem. ; Guibourt; Spielmann.
A plant of Europe. (Fig. Zorn, 7c. pi.t. 219.)
The root and herb are employed.
The root (Radix Alceœ) is thick, white,rather ligneous ; it is branched, and hasmany fibrillae.
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