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Use-first preparation archive

What it was prepared for.
How strong the connection is.

Published preparation records now lead with use context. Exact source wording, editorial verification and same-plant context are visibly separated so the archive can be useful without overstating what a historical passage proves.

18,956published preparations
374direct use relationships
19connected use areas
411linked plants
Plant-use dossiers68,190 Use meanings & areas2,206 Preparation library18,956
01 · MeaningWhat the use term means

Legacy labels are translated into readable condition, symptom, traditional-action and hazard profiles while the original term remains visible.

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02 · PlantWhich taxon the record names

Secure matches connect the source plant to taxonomy, synonyms, common names, poison flags and every other documented use in the herbarium.

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03 · PreparationWhat has an actual recipe or method

Curated preparation notes are linked separately as exact plant-and-use, same-plant, or same-use connections. Missing recipes are never fabricated.

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Use-first preparation library

Start with what the source says it was for.

Every preparation now distinguishes an exact source-stated use from editorial verification, same-plant context and an unstated use. The relationship stays visible on the card and inside the record.

Preparation navigator

Filter by use, plant, method and route.

Use labels are relationship-aware: “same plant” is context, never a claim that the preparation passage stated that use.

Documented in source use is stated in the extracted passage.Related plant context comes from another record for the same plant.Use not stated means the archive preserves method without inventing purpose.
18,956matching published preparation records

18,956 records connected to the wider 68k-use atlas