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Historical source record Digestive & gastrointestinal

Balm and Sage, of each four ounces

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 contextCarminative PreparationBalm RouteTopical use Plant recordCinnamon ↗

Carminative

A traditional action term for aromatic preparations associated with gas and digestive discomfort.

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: The new British domestic herbal; or, a correct description of British medicinal plants: intended for the use of families, and for every purpose of domestic medicine ... by Waller, John Augustine. n 85056614 (1822), paragraph-95.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Balm and Sage, of each four ounces
  • Angelica Seeds, six ounces
  • Sweet Fennel seeds, two ounces :
  • Cinnamon, two drachms
  • Cloves and Mace, of each one drachm

Method as extracted

  1. Let the dried herbs be coarsely powdered ; then add.

Live editorial status

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

Modern safety boundary

Toxic / do not self-use

Do not self-use. The record remains public for historical, botanical and hazard research.

  • 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.

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Primary and supporting references

  1. The new British domestic herbal; or, a correct description of British medicinal plants: intended for the use of families, and for every purpose of domestic medicine ... — The new British domestic herbal; or, a correct description of British medicinal plants: intended for the use of families, and for every purpose of domestic medicine ...Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-95.
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