PEONÍA— PEONY.
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Bergius ; Brugnatelli ; GuibouRT;Murray and Gmelin ; Spielmann.
A plant of the South of Europe. (Pen-tandria Digynia, Linn. ; Papaveráceas,Juss. ; Fig. Flore Medic. VI. 274)
The root, flowers, and seeds are employed.
The root (Radix Pœoniœ) is large, long,tuberose, and fleshy.
In the fresh state, its smell is disagreea-ble and virous, but is very feeble after de-siccation. Its taste is bitter, sweetish,rather acrid, and feebly astringent : itsacridity becomes dissipated by drying.
The flowers (Rosa? benedicta seu regia?}are red. When fresh, their odour is disa-greeable ; their taste is mucilaginous andbitterish.
The seeds are inodorous and nearly insipid.conserve of peony. (Palat. ; Sard. ;
VVlRTEM.)
R. Petals of Peony, one part.
Sugar, two parts.
Triturate together. (Palat. ; Wirtem.)
Sard, directs one part of petals to bebeaten with a little sugar, and the pulp tobe boiled a little with three parts of simplesyrup.
FÉCULA OF PEONY.
Fécula Peonía?. (Wirtem.)
R. Fresh Root of Peony, any quantity.
Grate it, enclose the pulp in a linen bag,and submit it to the press. Add a littlewater to the juice, set it apart, decant theclear liquor, dry the remainder in the openair, and reduce it to powder.
DISTILLED WATER OF PEONY. (GaLL. ;
Palat.; Sard.)
R. Flowers of Peony, one part.
Water, four parts.
Distil one half. (Gall. ; Sard.)
Palat. prescribes one part of flowers,and three parts of water ; one and a half tobe distilled.
extract of peony. (Ferr. ; Wirtem.)
R. Root of Peony, sliced, one pound.
Boiling Water, six pounds.
Infuse for three days, then boil a little ;strain witli expression, and evaporate thedecoction to the consistence of an extract.(Wirtem.)
Ferr. directs one pound of fresh root tobe boiled in three pounds of water ; the de-coction to be clarified with white of egg,and evaporated.
Vol. II.
INFUSION OF PEONY FLOWERS. (HlSP.)
R. Fresh Petals of Peony, six pounds.
Boiling Water, twelve pounds.
Infuse for eight hours ; strain with ex-pression, and decant the liquor after a shorttime.
syrup of peony. (Hisp. ; Palat. ;Wirtem.)
R. Root of Peony, bruised, two ounces.Water, six pounds.
Boil down to four pounds, and add to thestrained liquor
White Sugar, tivo pounds.
Clarify, and make a syrup. (Hisp.)
R. Fresh Flowers of Peony,
three pounds and a half.Boiling Water, four pounds.
Infuse for twenty-four hours ; express, anddissolve in eighteen ounces of the liquor
White Sugar, thirty-two ounces.
Preserve. (Palat.; Wirtem.)
Dose, from two to three drams, in adraught.
ANTI-SPASMODIC BROTH. (BoRIEs)
R. Lean of Veal, six ounces.
Root of Valerian, "I of each,
---------- Male Peony, J one drain.
Leaves of Cichory, Í of each,
------------■ Lettuce, J half a handful.
Water, a sufficient quantity.
Boil, and add to the cold strained liquorPowdered Orange Leaves, half a dram.Sulphuric ¿Ether, ten drops.
To be taken at once, in the morning,
fasting.
ANTI-EPILEPTIC BROTH. (BoRIEs)
R. Neck of Mutton, four ounces.
Root of Cichory, "1 of each,
ries, j half ai
Strawberri
an ounce.
Leaves of Cichory,
------------- Borage, I of each,
—----------- Lettuce, | half a handful.
—-----------• Agrimony, J
------------- Balm, one pinch.
Seeds of White Poppy, half a dram.Water, a sufficient quantity.
Boil, and add to the strained liquorRoot of Peony, in powder,
two scruples.To be taken in the morning, fasting.
ANTI-APOPLECTIC SPECIES.
Species contra Apoplexiam. (Palat.;Wirtem.)
R. Prepared Amber,2U
half an ounce.