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in the course of this work, for a tincture will 

 contain more or less of the virtue of every one of 

 these, and be often con ve'Knt, where the ponder 

 or decoction could not be given, it is needless to 

 enumerate these, and one ru'e of making, serves i'or 

 them ail : two ounces of the ingredient is to be 

 cut to thin slices, or bruised in i mortar, and 

 put into a quart of spirit ; it is to stand n fort- 

 night in a place a little warm, and be often shook ; 

 at the end of this time, it is to be taken out, strain- 

 ed off, ano 1 made to pass through a funnel, lined 

 with whitish brown paper, and put up with the 

 name of thr ingredient. 



To these tinctures of the English roots, barks, 

 and seed*, it would be well to add a few made of 

 foreign iugredients. As, 



1. The bitter tincture for the stomach, is made 

 of two ounces of gentian, an ounce of dried 

 orange peel, and half an ounce of cardamom 

 seeds, and a quart of spirit : or it may be made 

 in white wine, allowing; two quails. 



2. Tincture of castor, good in hysteric com- 

 plaints, and made with two ounces of castor and 

 a quart of spirit. 



3. Tincture of bark, which will cure those who 

 "will not take the powder, made of four ounces 

 of bark, and a quart of spirit.^, . v 



4. Tincture of soot for fits, made^with tw<j 

 ounces of wood-soot, one ounce of assafoetida, 

 and a quart of spirit. 



5. Tincture of steel, for the stoppage of the 

 menses, made of flowers of iron four ounceSi and 

 spirit a quart. 



6. Tincture of mvrrh, made of three ounces 

 of myrrh, and a quart of spirit, good for curing 

 the scurvy in the gums. 



7. Tincture of rhubarb, made of two nnces 



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