Peptic precepts : pointing out agreeable and effectual methods to prevent and relieve indigestion, and to regulate and invigorate the action of the stomach and bowels / by the author of The cook's oracle.

  • Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827.
Date:
1821
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    guid, i. e. when the Stomach is empty, about an hour before Dinner, and in the Evening. This agi’eeable Aromatic Tonic, is an effective help to concoction,—and we are under per- sonal obligations to it, for frequently putting our Stomach into good temper, and procuring us good Appetite and good Digestion. In low nervous affections arising from a lan- guid circulation—and, when the Stomach is in a state of shabby debility from age—intemper- ance, or other causes—this is a most acceptable restorative. N. B. Tea made with dried and bruised Seville Orange Peel, (in the same manner as common Tea,) and drank with milk and sugar, has been taken for Breakfast by Nervous and Dyspeptic persons with great benefit. Tincture of Cinnamon, (No. 416*). This excellent Cordial is made by pouring a bottle of genuine Cogniac (No. 471) on three ounces of bruised Cinnamon (Cassia will not' do). This cordial restorative was more in vogue formerly, than it is now;—a teaspoonful of it, and a lump of Sugar, in a glass of good Sherry or Madeira, with the yolk of an Egg beat up in it—was called “ Balsamum VitaJ*