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QUERCUS.
DECOCTION OF OAK BARK.
Decoctum Quercûs seu Quercus Roboris seuCorticis Quercus. (Lond. ; Edinb. ;Cast. Borus.; Niemann)
Decoctum Quercus. (Lond.; Nie-mann)
R. Oak Bark, one ounce.
Water, two pints.
Boil down to one pint, and strain.
Decoctum Quercus Roboris. (Edinb.)
R. Oak Bark, one ounce.
Water, two pounds and a half,Boil down to one pound, and strain.
Cast. Borus. prescribes two ounces ofbark, and sixteen ounces of water; to beboiled down to twelve.
It is astringent, tonic, and febrifuge, andis recommended in intermittent fevers. —Dose, a cupful, every three hours.
astringent fomentation. (Form.Hûp. Fb.)
R. Oak Bark, one ounce.
Water, a sufficient quantity
to obtain a pound and a half of strained de-coction.
astringent injection. (Swediaur)
R. Oak Bark or Leaves,
one or two ounces.Water, one pound and a half.
Boil down to one pound.
To be injected into the urethra three orfour times a day, in obstinate chronicgonorrhoea.
It may also be prepared with half an ounceof nutgalls in powder.
astringent fomentation.
Fomentum quercinum. (Augustin ;Ratier)
R. Oak Bark, half an ounce.
Water, three pounds.Boil down to one half, and add
Chamomile Flowers, one ounce.
Infuse for half an hour, and add whenstrained
Vinegar, four ounces.Mix. (Augustin)
R, Tops of Milfoil, one ounce.
Root of Avens, ] c . , ,,
' ^ of each, half an ounce.
Oak Bark,Lime Water,
twenty-four ounces.
Boil down to twelve ounces, and add
Alcohol, three ounces.
Mix. (Augustin)
R. Root of Cinquefoil, one ounce.
Oak Bark, in powder, "I of each,
Red Roses, J six drams.
Water, one pound.Boil, and strain. (Ratier)
astringent milk. (Saunders)
R. Oak Bark, ] -
Pomegranate Bark, !• , ot eacn >Root of Tormentil, J twl)drams -Spring Water, ] , ■ ,
Cow's Milk, j ofeach > one pound.
Boil down to one half, adding towardsthe end,
Cinnamon, in powder, two drams.
Strain.
decoction of oak bark with alum.
Decoctum Corticis Quercus cum Alumine,Fotus adstringens. (Mil. Copen. ;Saunders; Swediaur)
R. Oak Bark, two ounces.
Water, thirty-six ounces.
Boil down to one half; then add to theexpressed liquorAlum,Dissolve. (Mil. Copen.)R. Oak Bark,
Pomegranate Flowers,Spring Water,Boil down to one half, and add to thestrained liquor,
Alum, six drams.
Dissolve. (Saunders)
three drams.
one pound.
four ounces.
six pounds.
DECOCTION OF OAK BARK WITH VINEGAR.
Decoctum Corticis Quercus cum Aceto, Fo-tus anti-septicus. (Mil. Copen. ; Fuld. ;Hamb.)
R. Oak Bark, one ounce.
Herb of Wormwood, two ounces.
Water, thirty-six ounces.
Boil till reduced to twenty ounces ; addto the expressed liquor,
Vinegar, four ounces.
Mix. (Mil. Copen.)
R. Oak Bark, two ounces.
Vinegar, thirty-six ounces.
Boil, adding towards the end,
Herb of Rue, 1 of each,
---------- Scordium, J three drams.
Muriate of Ammonia, half an ounce.Strain. (Fuld.)