spruce-fir, of each 1 oz.; horse-radish root, 2 oz. (all fresh, and bruised or sliced); new ale or beer, 31⁄2 pints (say, 1⁄2 gall.); macerate 4 days, press, and strain for use.
2. (Ph. Castr. Ruth. 1840.) Horse-radish (fresh), 4 lbs.; juniper berries, 3 lbs.; root of calamus aromaticus and buds of pinus abies, of each 1 lb.; ginger, 1 oz.; syrup (of brown sugar), 6 lbs.; beer, 120 lbs. (say, 12 galls.); macerate 4 days, or until it ferments, then decant, strain, and add of cream of tartar, 1⁄2 lb.; tincture of mustard (flour of mustard 2 oz., to proof spirit 12 oz.), 5 lbs. (say, 1⁄2 gall.). In scurvy, &c.
Beer, Cincho′na. Syn. A′gue-beer, Bark′-beer; Cerevis′ia cincho′næ, &c., L. Prep. 1. Bruised cinchona-bark, 1 oz.; proof spirit or brandy, 2 oz.; mix; the next day add of new beer, 1 quart, and in 3 days decant or filter.—Dose, 2 or 3 wine-glassfuls.
2. (Mutis.) Cinchona, 4 oz.; sugar, 2 lbs.; boiling water, 5 pints; when lukewarm, ferment with a little yeast, as for ginger-beer.—Dose, 1 or 2 wine-glassfuls.
3. (Ph. Ferrara.) Bruised Peruvian bark, 11⁄2 oz.; cinnamon, 2 dr.; nutmeg (rasped), 7 dr.; sugar, 25 oz.; yeast, 2 oz.; water, 5 pints; mix, ferment, decant, and strain, as before.—Dose, 3 or 4 wine-glassfuls. They are all administered during the intermission of ague.
Beer, Pipsissewa. Syn. Cervis′ia chimaph′ile, &c., L. Prep. (Dr J. Parrish.) Pipsissewa (chimaphila umbellata), 1⁄2 lb.; water, 1 gall.; boil, strain, add of sugar, 1 lb.; powdered ginger, 1⁄4 oz.; yeast, q. s.; and ferment, stain, and bottle, as for ginger-beer. In scrofulous affections; especially of the joints.—Dose. Half a tumblerful. It is a favorite remedy with some American practitioners.
Beer, Sarsaparil′la. Syn. Lis′bon di′et-beer, Span′ish Jarave; Cerevis′ia sar′zæ, C. sarsaparil′læ, Infu′sum s. para′tum fermentatio′ne, &c., L. Prep. 1. Compound extract of sarsaparilla, 11⁄2 oz.; hot water, 1 pint; dissolve, and when cold, add of good pale or East-India ale, 7 pints.
2. Sarsaparilla (sliced), 1 lb.; guaiacum-bark (bruised small), 1⁄4 lb.; guaiacum-wood (rasped), and liquorice root (sliced), of each 2 oz.; aniseed (bruised), 11⁄2 oz.; mezereon root-bark, 1 oz.; cloves (cut small), 1⁄4 oz.; moist sugar, 31⁄2 lbs.; hot water (not boiling), 9 quarts; mix in a clean stone jar, and keep it in a moderately warm room (shaking it twice or thrice daily) until active fermentation sets in, then let it repose for about a week, when it will be fit for use.
Obs. It is said to be superior to the other preparations of sarsaparilla as an alterative or purifier of the blood, particularly in old affections. That usually made has generally only one half the above quantity of sugar, for which treacle is often substituted; but in either case it will not keep well; whereas, with proper caution, the products of the above formulæ may be kept for one, or even two years. No yeast must be used.—Dose. A small tumblerful 3 or 4 times a day, or oftener.
Beer, Stomach′ic. Syn. Med′icated purl; Cerevis′ia stomach′ica, L. Prep. (Dr Quincy.) Centaury-tops and Roman wormwood, of each 4 handfuls; gentian root (bruised), 2 oz.; the yellow peels of 6 Seville oranges; Spanish angelica-root and Winter’s lard, of each (bruised) 1 oz.; new ale, or beer, 3 quarts (say, 1 gall.); digest for a few days, as before. One or two wine-glassfuls early in the morning, and an hour before a meal.