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Antispasmodic Drink

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Valerian and tea work together. They rank in the top 58% of all ingredient pairs. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Antispasmodic Drink

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine the tincture of assafœtida, volatile sal ammoniac, tincture of opium, valerian root, and prepared kali in a bowl.

  2. Add the warm rue tea to the mixture and stir well.

  3. Serve the drink warm.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Valerian + teatop 58% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together0 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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