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thumb|Label from a bottle of Elixir Raspail, claiming its effectiveness against epidemic diseases

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Types
  • Non-medicated elixirs
  • Medicated elixirs
  • East Asian vitamin drinks
  • Pseudomedicinal drinks
  • Composition
  • Storage
  • See also
  • References

thumb|Label from a bottle of Elixir Raspail, claiming its effectiveness against epidemic diseases

An elixir is a sweet liquid used for medical purposes, to be taken orally and intended to cure one's illness. When used as a pharmaceutical preparation, an elixir contains at least one active ingredient designed to be taken orally.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “elixir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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