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Show YELLOW GENTIAN. 246 YELLOW GENTIAN. twelve o’clock, seven in The dose is two or three drachms, at improve digestion. the evening, and bed-time, every day, to (Infusum Gentiane com. Compounp Infusion oF GENTIAN. positum. L.) , one drachm; Take of the root of gentian, cut into pieces dried orange peel, a drachm and a half; 1 ; fresh outer rind of lemons, half an ounce : re measu boiling water, twelye ounces, by } t and strain. Macerate for an hour, Take of bruised gentian root, two drachms ; ounce; — fresh outer rind of lemons, half an m anda half; drach a es, —_— dried peel of Seville orang proof spirit, four ounces by measure; re: —___—. boiling water, twelve ounces by measu the water: lastly, First pour on the spirit, and after three hours The Edinburgh they incollege employ the largest proportion of gentian ; but ple princi bitter the fuse it in cold water, which does not extract , although it dissipates less so quickly or so fully as boiling water The alcohol is a useful addiof the flavour of the aromatics. of the virtues of all the ction tion, both in promoting the extra longer from spoiling. on infusi the ingredients, and in preserving the European bitters, of t pures and est Gentian is the strong infusions are in These . water to s virtue its ts and readily impar ‘The dose is oer very common use as stomachic and tonic. , or any other vehicle. two to three drachms in simple peppermint D Burret Comrounn Wine or GrENTIAN, COMMONLY CALLE Vinum AmaWixz. (Vinum Gentianez compositum; vulgo rum. E.) ‘Take of gentian root, half an ounce; cinchona bark, one ounce ; Seville orange-peel, dried, two drachms ; canella alba, one drachm ; diluted alcohol, four ounces ; bruised, and, after twenty-four hours, add the wine; then ma- cerate for seven days, andstrain. This wine, which is a pleasant bitter, is intended as a substi- tute for the old tinctura ad stomachicos. Wines of this kind are sometimes introduced at the tables of epicures in Italy, to assist the stomach in digestion. The quantity given is from twoto three drachms, in water, three or four times a day, or an hour before dinner, to create an appetite andassist digestion. It properly enters into the composition of the bitter tincture of rhubarb of the Edinburgh college, which see under the article Rhubarb. PREPARATIONS, Dub. after macerating two hours, filter. These formula are all essentially the same. QAT ——— Spanish white wine, two pounds and a half: First pour the diluted alcohol on the root and parks, sliced wf R,. 1. Take of the compoundinfusion of gentian, drachms 3, prepared kali - = = = - = grains 2, spirit of pimento -. - - - - drachms 2, cinnamon water = - - - = drachms 7: Make into a draught, to be taken an hour before dinner to sreate an appetite, or with some people four times a day. .2. Take of the compoundtincture of gentian, drachms 2, tincture of colombo - - - = drachms 2, cinnamon water, —_—. peppermint water, equal quantities, drachms 4: Form into a draught, of which take one four times a day, as a fine tonic. |