and mix the mucilage with 8 lbs. of syrup, heated to 176° F., and strain through coarse cloth.
Syrup of Hedge Mustard. Syn. Syrupus erysimi. Prep. From the expressed juice of hedge mustard (clarified), 1 lb.; sugar, 2 lbs.; make into a syrup.
Syrup of Hedge Mustard, Compound. Syn. Syrupus erysimi compositus, Sirop de velar, Sirop de chantre. (P. Cod.) Prep. Pearl barley, raisins, liquorice root, of each 3⁄4 oz.; cut and dried leaves of borage and chicory, of each 1 oz.; fresh hedge mustard, 15 oz.; dried elecampane root, 1 oz.; maidenhair, 1⁄4 oz.; dried lavender and rosemary tops, of each 1⁄4 oz.; green aniseeds, 1⁄4 oz.; sugar, 20 oz.; honey, 5 oz. Boil the pearl barley in the water until it bursts, add the raisins and the sliced liquorice, the borage and the chicory, and after just boiling strain and press. Then pour the strained liquid on to the other substances properly bruised and cut, and let the mixture digest for 24 hours over a water bath; then distil, drawing over 21⁄2 oz. liquid (by weight); on the other hand, press and strain the liquor that remains in the retort, clarify with white of egg, add the sugar and honey, and make into a syrup that, when boiling, shall have a sp. gr. of 1·29; when nearly cold add the 21⁄2 oz. of distilled liquid, and strain.—Dose, 1⁄2 to 2 oz.
Syrup of Henbane. Syn. Syrupus hyoscyami (P. Cod.). From the tincture (P. Cod.) as syrup of belladonna.
Syrup, Hive. Compound syrup of squills.
Syrup of Horehound. Syn. Syrupus marubii, L.; Sirop de prassio, Fr. Prep. 1. (P. Cod.) Dried horehound, 1 oz.; horehound water, 2 lbs.; digest in a water bath for 2 hours, strain, and add of white sugar, 4 lbs.
2. White horehound (fresh), 1 lb.; boiling water, 1 gall.; infuse for 2 hours, press out the liquor, filter, and add of sugar, q. s.
Obs. A popular remedy in coughs and diseases of the lungs.—Dose. A table-spoonful, ad libitum. “It is sold for any syrup of herbs that is demanded, and which is not in the shop.” (Gray.)
Syrup, Horseradish. Syn. Syrupus armoraciæ. (Dr Cullen.) Prep. Scraped horseradish, 1 oz.; hot water, 8 oz.; digest, strain, and dissolve in the liquor twice its weight of sugar.—Dose, 1 dr. frequently in hoarseness from relaxation.
Syrup of Houndstongue. Syn. Syrupus cynoglossi. (Fuller.) Prep. Clarified juice of houndstongue boiled, with its weight of sugar, to a syrup. In catarrhous humours.