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This page prescribes plants as medicine according to pre-modern medical theory. Several of the plants named are toxic, correct identification is difficult, and the doses given have no scientific basis. Do not ingest or apply any preparation described here.
In addition, this page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional.
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Swaim's Vermifuge
Worm- Take 1 pound pulverized extract of liquorice, seed, 2 ounces; valerian, rhubarb, pink-root, 1½ pounds pulverized sugar, 4 ounces pulver- 4 ounces pulverwhite agaric, of each 14 ounces; boil in suffi- ized cubebs, 4 ounces pulverized gum-arabic, cient water to yield 3 quarts of decoction, and 1 ounce pulverized extract of conium and add to it 30 drops oil of tansy, and 45 (hemlock). Mix. drops oil of cloves, dissolved in a quart of 5257. Roche's Embrocation, rectified spirits. Dose, 1 table-spoonful at Whooping Cough Liniment. Olive oil, Liniment.
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