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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A decoction of some plant, generally a bitter plant, used as an anthelmintic.
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With senna, it forms the well-known and efficacious remedy called worm-tea: composed of spig. half an ounce; senna two drachms; savin half a drachm, and manna two drachms -- to be infused in a pint of water and strained, of which one to two ounces may be given to a child.
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