Materials
- Boil three ounces of the shavings, or chips, of logwood, in four pints of water, till one half the liquor is wasted
- Two or three ounces of simple cinnamon-water may be added to this decoction
Method
- Boil three ounces of the shavings, or chips, of logwood, in four pints of water, till one half the liquor is wasted.
Historical preparation record
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Source: Domestic Medicine by William Buchan (1784), paragraph-2618.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- Boil three ounces of the shavings, or chips, of logwood, in four pints of water, till one half the liquor is wasted
- Two or three ounces of simple cinnamon-water may be added to this decoction
Method as extracted
- Boil three ounces of the shavings, or chips, of logwood, in four pints of water, till one half the liquor is wasted.
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- Domestic Medicine — Project GutenbergPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-2618.