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Orange

Sometimes combined in database with lemons.

A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865

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I’ve included Orange Flower Water in these remedies

Remedies Containing or to be used with Orange

Acid, Citric (22/1): syrup of orange-peel included in “Saline Mixture”
Acid, Nitric, Diluted (27/6): syrup of orange-peel included in draught used to treat heartburn. Syrup of orange-peel is also included in “Nitric Acid Draught” used to treat typhoid fevers
Aromatic Confection (42/21): syrup of orange-peel included in “Cordial Draught for Relaxed Bowles”
Arrow-root (43/22): when making a jelly from arrow-root, orange juice may be added, but it is more used in the flavouring of the remedy, not medicinally necessary.
Bark, Peruvian (48/27): syrup of orange-peel is used in a draught that is administered in cases of ague “when the sulphate of quinine has failed”
Bark, Canella (49/28): the rind of two Seville oranges is used in the recipe for usquebaugh (whisky)
Bismuth, White (53/32): orange-flower water included in “Gastrodynia with Flatulence” draught recommended by Dr. Copland
Carrageen, or Irish Moss (62/41): a decoction of the moss made with water and flavoured with Seville orange juice (among other options) can be given to consumptive patients throughout the day, when needed, to provide nourishment.
Glycerine (92/71): orange-flower water (or rose water, or elder flower water) used in a mixture that can be applied to the skin to treat chapping, roughness, sun burn, dandriff, and other skin irritations.
Hartshorn Shavings (100/89): “it forms, when united with orange-juice, sugar, and a little wine, a good article of diet for the sick and convalescent”
Infusions, Concentrated (105/84) of cloves, calumbo, cascarilla, chamomile, gentian, orange peel, quassia, rhubarb, roses, and senna: used often in medicine chests as they can be diluted to form infusions. This allows for large doses to be provided in smaller amounts.
Kreosote, or Creasote (112/93): “Creasote Mixture” contains syrup of orange-peel, and orange flower water.
Nitre (126/105): syrup of orange-peel used in a draught to administer nitre
Oil of Almonds (126/105): orange-flower water included in a mixture used to combating a “tickling and irritating cough”
Quinine, Sulphate of (114/123): “The compound tincture of quinine, which is a combination of Seville orange-peel and quinine…” Quinine can also be used in the treatment of neuralgic odontalgia (headache caused by toothache) when combined with a tincture of orange-peel and Hoffman’s ether
Senna Leaves (154/133): tincture of orange-peel used in a mixture to be given to children. Senna on its own is has a “nauseous taste”
Spirit of Mindererus (161/140): syrup of orange-peel is included in “Diaphoretic Draught”
Water, Orange Flower (189/168): “This water is one of the most agreeable of flavours for medicinal preparations. Its sedative effects, which are not generally known in this country, is especially useful in nervous affections. A tablespoon will occasionally allay nervous irritability and produce refreshing sleep.”

Diseases Treated with Orange

General Diseases

Cough (240/119): orange flower water is included in a mixture for “Sever Coughs of Children of Four Years of Age”
Gout (255/234): Infusion of orange-peel included in a mixture recommended by Dr. Copland, to treat gout that is in early stages, resulting in “inflammatory excitement.”
Putrid Sore Throat (271/250): orange-flower water included in a gargle
Scurvy (275/254): “beverages strongly impregnated with the juice of lemons and oranges, or the effervescing saline draughts, are very beneficial.”
Sickness (276/255): an infusion of orange-peel can be used to treat sickness that “proceeds from a chronic debility of the stomach”
Typhus Fever (279/258): drinks given to patients should be cold, and slightly acidulated with either orange or lemon juice

Medical Articles Containing Orange

Compound Infusion of Orange Peel (310/289): orange-peel, dried,
Decoction of Senna with Tamarinds (314/293): syrup or orange-peel is added to the mixture once strained
Gout Tincture (321/300): Seville orange-peel

Prescriptions Containing Orange

Antacids

Antacid Powder for Wet-Nurses (326/305): powdered orange-peel “one of these powders may be given to wet-nurses when their children are troubled with gripe”
Antacid Draught (Another) (327/306): tincture of orange-peel
Antacid Draught (Another) (328/307): tincture of orange-peel
Chronic Gout (329/308): tincture of orange-peel
Aperient Oil Draught (333/312): syrup of orange-peel

Antispasmodics

Anti-Asthmatic Draught (337/316): syrup of orange-peel

Astringents

Astringent Draught (Another) (339/318): syrup of orange-peel
Astringent Mixture (340/319): syrup of orange-peel
Stimulating Astringent Mixture (340/319) syrup of orange-peel

Demulcents

Demulcent Mixture (Another) (344/323): orange flower water

Diuretics

Diuretic Draught (345/324): syrup of orange-peel

Diaphoretics

Cordial and Diaphoretic Mixture (348/327): syrup of orange-peel

Emmenagogues

Ferruginous Mineral Water (349/328): orange flower water, and syrup or orange-peel “may be taken with advantage in green sickness, fluor albus, and dyspepsia”

Narcotics and Anodynes

Compound Sedative Syrup (353/342): syrup of orange peel
Sedative Mixture (353/342): syrup of orange peel

Salines

Refrigerant Draught (354/333): syrup of orange peel

Stimulants

Stimulant Mixture (Another) (354/344): syrup if orange peel

Tonics

Tonic Mixture (355/334): syrup of orange peel
Tonic Mixture (Another) (355/334): tincture of orange peel

Cookery for the Sick that includes Orange

Imperial Drink (357/336): boiling water is added to cream of tartar, lemon and orange chips, and sugar-candy. “Use for a common drink when feverish, or when urine is scanty.”
Orgeat (367/346): orange flower water is combined with almonds, bitter almond, milk, water, sugar, and capillaire. “This is an excellent drink for those who have a tender chest; and in gout it is highly useful; and, with the addition of half an ounce of gum Arabic, has been found to allay the painfulness of the attendant heat.
Orangeade or Lemonade (367/346): the juice of the fruits combined with sugar (as a syrup), and water (which has been infused with peel).

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 * Orgeat (367/346): orange flower water is combined with almonds, bitter almond, milk, water, sugar, and capillaire. “This is an excellent drink for those who have a tender chest; and in gout it is highly useful; and, with the addition of half an ounce of gum Arabic, has been found to allay the painfulness of the attendant heat.
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