Exact source claims and related context are never blended together.
This hierarchy shows why a use appears beside the preparation. The strongest relationship comes first; contextual links remain explicitly labeled.
This use is documented for the same plant in a separate source; it is not claimed by this preparation passage.
↗ Related plant contextThis use is documented for the same plant in a separate source; it is not claimed by this preparation passage.
↗ Related plant contextThis use is documented for the same plant in a separate source; it is not claimed by this preparation passage.
↗ Related plant contextThis use is documented for the same plant in a separate source; it is not claimed by this preparation passage.
↗ Related plant contextThis use is documented for the same plant in a separate source; it is not claimed by this preparation passage.
↗ Related plant contextThis use is documented for the same plant in a separate source; it is not claimed by this preparation passage.
↗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 student's guide to materia medica [electronic resource] : in accordance with the latest issue of the British Pharmacopoeia by Thorowgood, John C. (John Charles), 1833-1913 (1874), paragraph-1242.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- In dose of three to six grains it is absorbed into the system, and acts as an alterative in syphilis and other chronic affections
- Often two or three grains of blue pill are com- bined with the compound col'ocynth pill as a purgative, to act on the liver and relieve biliousness and headache
Method as extracted
Live editorial status
This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, quality score below 70, missing instructions, not herbal remedy, not marked promotable, critical hazard archive only. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.
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.
- Automated review flags: toxic metal or mineral, serious disease claim.
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
- The student's guide to materia medica [electronic resource] : in accordance with the latest issue of the British Pharmacopoeia — The student's guide to materia medica [electronic resource] : in accordance with the latest issue of the British PharmacopoeiaPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-1242.