Nutmeg
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Contents
British Pharmacopoeia 1867
Preparations of Nutmeg
Warm Plaster / Emplastrum Calefaciens 105
- cantharides in cparse powder (4 oz), expressed oil of nutmeg (4 oz), yellow wax (4 oz), resin (4 oz), soap plaster ( 3 ¼ lb), resin plaster (2 lbs), boiling water (1 pint)
Pitch Plaster / Emplastrum Picis 108
- burgundy pitch (26 oz), common frankincense (13 oz), resin (4 ½ oz), yellow wax (4 ½ oz), expressed oil of nuteg (1 oz), olive oil (2 fl oz), water (2 fl oz)
Compound Mixture of Iron / Mistura Ferri Composita 210-11
- sulphate of iron (25 grains), carbonate of potash (30 grains), myrrh (60 grains), refined sugar (60 grains), spirit of nutmeg (4 fl drachms), rose water (9 1/3 fl oz)
- dose: 1-2 fl oz
Volatile Oil of Nutmeg / Oleum Myristicae 225
- “Oil distilled in Britain from nutmeg… Colourless or strawyellow, having the odour and taste of nutmegs.”
- used in the preparations of: Pilula Aloes Socotrinae, Spiritus Ammoniae Aromaticus, Spiritus Myristicae
Expressed Oil of Nutmeg / Oleum Myristicae Expressum 225
- syn: myristicae adeps, 1864
- “A concrete oil obtained by means of expression and heat from nutmegs… Of an orage colour, firm consistence, and fragrant odour like that of nutmeg.”
- Used in the preparations of: Emplastrum Calefaciens, Emplastrum Picis
Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia / Spiritus Ammoniae Aromaticus 294
- Carbonate of Ammoia (8 oz), Strong solution of ammonia (4 fl oz), volatile oil of nutmeg (4 fl drachm), oil of lemon (6 fl oz), rectified spirit (6 pints), water (3 pints)
- dose: ½-1 fl drachm
Compound Spirit of Horseradish / Spiritus Armoraciae compositus 295
- horseradish root, scraped (20 oz), bitter-orange peel, cut small and bruised (20 oz), nutmeg, bruised (1/2 oz), proof spirit (1 gallon), water (2 pints)
- dose: 1-2 fl drachms
Spirit of Nutmeg / Spiritus Myristicae 297
- Volatile Oil of Nutmeg (1 fl oz), rectified spirit (49 fl oz)
- dose: ½ - 1 fl drachm
- used in preparations of: mistura ferri composita
Compound Tincture of Lavender / Tinctura Lavandulae Composita 335
- sun: spiritus lavandulae comositus
- oil of lavender (1 ½ fl oz), oil of rosemary (10 minims), cinnamon bark, bruised (150 grains), nutmeg, bruised (150 gains), red sandal wood (300 grains), rectified spirit (2 pints)
- dose: ½ - 2 fl drachms
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
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Remedies Containing or to be used with Nutmeg
- Acid, Citric (22/1): spirit of nutmeg is in the “Saline Mixture” to treat inflamed and sore throats
- Alum, Common (36/15): powdered nutmeg is included in “Alum Pills, For Spitting Blood”
- Ammonia, Sesquicarbonate (37/16): spirit of nutmeg included in “Diaphoretic Draught”
- Bark, Canella (49/28): nutmeg used in the making of usquebaugh (whisky), most likely included for flavour
- Quinine, Sulphate of (144/123): spirit of nutmeg is included in a formula ordered by Dr. Copland, used in the treating of dyspepsia when accompanied with hepatic derangement.
Diseases Treated with Nutmeg
General Diseases
- Flatulence (254/233): nutmeg can be eaten along with other spicy fruit and carminatives
Infantile Diseases
- Hooping or Chincough (295/274): for young children (2-3 years old) the hands, soles of the feet, spine, and pit of the stomach can be rubbed with oil of nutmeg, or other stimulating liniments.
Prescriptions Containing Nutmeg
Antacids
- Aromatic Chalk Mixture (330/309): spirit of nutmeg
Aperients and Cathartics
- Aperient Mixture (Another) (332/311): spirit of nutmeg
Salines
- Refrigerant Draught (354/333): spirit of nutmeg
Cookery for the Sick that includes Nutmeg
- Panada, made in Five Minutes (357/336): a scrap of nutmeg is boiled in white wine, sugar, lemon-peel, and bread crumbs.
- Chicken Panada (358/337): nutmeg is grated into the pounded white meat along with lemon-peel.
- Caudle (360/339): nutmeg is added to a fine smooth gruel, that also contains sugar, wine, and lemon-peel
- Caudle (Another) (360/339): nutmeg is added to the gruel that has had an egg yolk beaten into it, along with sugar, wine, and water. “It is very agreeable and nourishing”
- To Mull Wine (361/340): nutmeg and sugar are added to the wine and boiled
- To Mull Wine (Antoher) (361/340): grated nutmeg and a piece of cinnamon are boiled in wine
- Ground Rice Milk (363/342): nutmeg is boiled in milk that contains ground rice, cinnamon, and lemon-peel
- A Draught for Cough and Debility (365/344): Nutmeg is scraped into a mixture containg egg, milk, capillaire or vinegar, and rose water
- Egg Wine (367/346): nutmeg, sugar, water, and white wine are boiled together, and then slowly added to a beaten egg, returning the mixture to the saucepan and heating.