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Evtract of Star-reed: 
Take Star-reed well bruised... . “1 pound; 
Common water, boiling «+. +. 6. we ee 8 pints : 
Infuse for two hours in a:suitable-matrass or vessel, shaking it 
repeatedly. Leave it to settle, and. when cold pour off the liquor: - 
to the residuum add boiling water four pints. | 
Shake, and proceed altogether as before, and to the residuum. 
add two pints of boiling water. | ee 
If the third quantity of water: comes off tinctured, repeat 
the operation until. the water is. withdrawn without taste or 
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. Unite the liquors, and: having filtered them through paper or 
sand, let them be evaporated until the extractive part acquires 
the consistency of honey ; then transfer the extract to a dish, and 
the solar heat, or a stove, will reduce it. to a solid consistency, 
which may be ascertained by pulverizing a little of it in a glass: 
mortar, or rubbing it between tlie fingers. In this state it may 
be wrapped in paper and preserved for use: 
The dose is from ten to eighteen grains. 
It may be administered in pills, or dissolved in boiling water,, 
as must be done with-all vegetable extracts, that. they may be. 
well dissolved... . | , 
_ Take of the pulverized bark of Star-reed -- -- 2 ounces, 3 
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Infuse for eight days ina matrass, shaking it from time to time, 
that the whole tincture may be the more effectually extracted: 
by the alcohol. Filter, and keep for use in a glass vessel well. 
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This beautiful essence is a digestive and corroborant stomachic, 
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