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Tincture of Myrrh

  Myrrh powder                      2 oz.
  S.V. (Brandy)                         sufficient

Put the Myrrh into a suitable vessel, and pour on S.V., enough to cover the Myrrh by about 4 inches (10cm). Seal, and digest for 3 or 4 days, then decant the clear Tincture and keep for use.
Dose: 10–20 drops, up to 30 drops, usually in Wine; from 1–2 drams was taken in the treatment of Plague and other Epidemic diseases.

    Tincture of Myrrh is very useful to move the Blood, promote Menstruation, and open obstructions of the Womb. It ‘is a singular good thing against Vapours, and all sorts of Hysteric Fits, Hysteric Colics, and the like’.
    ‘It is of great use to hastens Women’s labor, to bring away both birth and after-birth’.
    It was also much used for Vertigo, Headache, Migraines, Apoplexy and Paralysis and all similar diseases coming from a corruption of the Humors.
    Also used for Epidemic diseases, for the Plague and to prevent putrefaction. It was used for various Toxic and Infectious Diseases.
    Used externally for Wounds, Bruises, Strains, Ulcers, pain of the Uterus, pain and weakness of the Back etc. Also useful for inflammation of the Mouth and Throat, and in gargles for Tonsillitis and Sore Throat.
    It also prevents Gangrene, and ‘scales rotten Bones’. (Bates, Salmon)

Additions:
1. Mixed with Tincture of Aloes and applied to dissolve various Tumors, and for Gangrene.

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