Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Julep

JULEP, a convenient form of medicines, which require no decoction, and are mixed up with syrup or sugar, in order to dilute them properly, or to cover their pungency.

Acid julep consists of 3 drams of weak vitriolic acid, 3 ounces of simple syrup, and 2 pounds of spring-water. These ingredients are to be gradually mixed, and the whole carefully strained.—See Vitriolic acid.

Amber julep: Let two drams of tincture of amber, and half an ounce of refined sugar, be mixed with 6 ounces of spring water, and strained in the manner above-mentioned. Under this form, the tincture of amber is rendered an agreeable medicine, which way be substituted for the amber itself, in nervous atfedions, &c. for which it is sometimes prescribed.

Æther Julep is composed of 2 scruples of pure vitriolic æther, 6 ounces of spring water, and half an ounce of refined sugar, which ingredients are to be mixed and strained.—In spasmodic affections, this preparation is often given with advantage, in repeated draughts of about half a tea-cupful every hour, or oftener.

Saline julep, is a mixture of 3 drams of purified pot-ash and half a pound of water; to which are to be added, one ounce of the syrup of black currants, and half a pound of lemon-juice; or such a quantity of the latter as will be sufficient to saturate the alkali.—This compound is often used in febrile diseases, by taking two or three table-spoonfuls every hour, in order to promote a slight perspiration. It also increases the secretion of urine, and is frequently employed to restrain vomiting.