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Historical source record Cancer & abnormal growth

ALOES, Compound Decoction of

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Related plant contextCancer PreparationDecoction RouteInternal use Plant recordArundo donax ↗

Cancer

A disease of cellular proliferation that is malignant and primary, characterized by uncontrolled cellular proliferation, local cell invasion and metastasis.

This use is documented for the same plant in a separate source; it is not claimed by this preparation passage.

It documentsA historical source passage and its preparation structure.
It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
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Automated live-review record

This formula was extracted automatically from a historical source and published directly for live editorial inspection. It may contain OCR, title, botanical-identity, ingredient, structure or safety errors. Do not use it as treatment, dosage or self-care guidance.

Source: Consult me, to know how to cook meats, poultry, fish, game, vegetables, soups, gravies, sauces, meat pies, puddings, food for the sick, &c.; consult me on confectionary ... consult me on household management and economy; ... consult me on diseases and their remedies ... consult me on how to dye ... consult me also on a thousand other things by University of Leeds. Library (1870), paragraph-148.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • ALOES, Compound Decoction of. — Extract of valerian, two drachms ; extract of Liquorice, half an ounce; extract of Socco- trine aloes, powdered myrrh, pow- dered saffron, of each two drachms ; subcarbonate of potash, two scru- les ; aniseed, quarter of an ounce raised ; water, a pint and a half
  • Boil 20 minutes ; add four ounces of compound tincture of carda- moms

Method as extracted

  1. Boil 20 minutes ; add four ounces of compound tincture of carda- moms.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: primary taxon poison flag. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

Modern safety boundary

Professional review advised

Professional review is advised before any practical use of this preparation.

  • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
  • Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
Sources & editorial standard

Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.

The public record separates the historical passage, structured preparation data, use relationship and modern safety boundary. Same-plant context is presented as context, never as proof that this preparation was intended for that use.

Primary and supporting references

  1. Consult me, to know how to cook meats, poultry, fish, game, vegetables, soups, gravies, sauces, meat pies, puddings, food for the sick, &c.; consult me on confectionary ... consult me on household management and economy; ... consult me on diseases and their remedies ... consult me on how to dye ... consult me also on a thousand other things — Consult me, to know how to cook meats, poultry, fish, game, vegetables, soups, gravies, sauces, meat pies, puddings, food for the sick, &c.; consult me on confectionary ... consult me on household management and economy; ... consult me on diseases and thePrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-148.
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