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thefe, and be often convenient, where the Powder 
or Decoction could not be given. _It is needlefs 
to enumerate thefe; and one Rule of making, 
ferves for them all: —Two Ounces of the Ineredient 
is to be cut to thin Slices, or bruifed in a Mortar, 
and put into 4 e of Spirit; it is to ftand 4 
Fortnight, in a Place a little warm, and be often 
fhook ; at the End of this Time, it isto be taken 
out, ftrained off, and made to pafs through 4 
Funnel, lined with whitith brown Paper, and "put 
up with the Name of the Ingredient. : 
- To thefe Tinctures of the Englifh Roots, Barks 
and Seeds; It would be well to add a few made 
of foreign Ingredients. ; 
Asi. The bitter Tin@ture for the Stomach, 
is made of two Ounces of Gentian; an Ounce of 
dried Orange Peel, and half an Ounce of Carda- 
mom Sceds, and a Quart of Spirit: Or it may 
be made in White Wine, allowing two Quarts.’ 
2. Tinéture of Caftor, good in hyfteric Com- 
plaints, and made with two Ounces of Caftor and 
a Quart of Spirit. | 
3. Tincture of Bark, which wiil cure thofe whe 
will not take the Powder, made of four Ounces 
of Bark, and a Quart of Spirit. - 
_4. Tincture of Soot for. Fits, made with two’ 
_ Ounces of Wood Soot, one Ounce of Afiafoetida, 
and a Quart of Spirit. Se 
s. Tintture of Steel, for the ae of the 
Menfes, made of Flowers of Irom four Ounces, 
and Spirit a 
of Myrrh, and a Quart of Spirit, good for curing 
he Sao. | Lae 
7. Tinéture of Rhubarb, made of two Ounces 
of Rhubarb, half an Ounce of Cardamom Seeds, 
and a Specs of an Ounce of Saffron, wi 
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