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Che Searlet Decoction,

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 contextAstringent PreparationDecoction RouteInternal use Plant recordGeranium robertianum ↗

Astringent

A traditional action term for substances described as tightening or drying tissues, often because of tannin-rich preparations.

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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Source: Pharmacopoeia extemporanea, or, a body of medicines, containing a thousand select prescripts. Answering most intentions of cure. To which are added, useful scholia, a catalogue of remedies, and copious index, for the assistance of young physicians by Fuller, Thomas, 1654-1734 (1714), paragraph-843.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Nitre in Cryftals 1 Ounces white Su- gar 4 Ounces, Cochineal 16 Grains or t Scru- ples Powder all together, and put it into boil-. ing Water 1 Quart; continue it boiling juft. long enough to fcum it 5 then let it cool, and when it’s fettled, decant the clear
  • Také Pearl Barley half an Ounces Roots of Scorzonera 2-Ounces Roots of Sorrel 1 Ounces Wood Sorrel Leaves
  • 1 Handful
  • Parings of 2 Pippins s boil in Water 3 Pints to 28 Oun- ces 3 flrain, and fweeten with Syrup of Lemon and Rasberries, each 2 Ounces. ‘ .» Itsia pleafant Drink, \ fatisfies Thirft, re- preffes\a Febrile Flamé, reftrains Malignity, carries off:by Urine, and is a proper thing. for conftant Drink in continual Fevers. »
  • Herb Robert, white Horehound, Swale lage, Agrimony, each 1 Handful 5 Dill-feed half an Ounce
  • Boil in Water 3 Pints to 1 Quart, and ftrain

Method as extracted

  1. Take Nitre in Cryftals 1 Ounces white Su- gar 4 Ounces, Cochineal 16 Grains or t Scru- ples Powder all together, and put it into boil-. ing Water 1 Quart; continue it boiling juft. long enough to fcum it 5 then let it cool, and when it’s fettled, decant the clear.
  2. Take Herb Robert, white Horehound, Swale lage, Agrimony, each 1 Handful 5 Dill-feed half an Ounce ;
  3. Boil in Water 3 Pints to 1 Quart, and ftrain. .

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Modern safety boundary

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  • 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: corrosive or toxic chemical.
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  1. Pharmacopoeia extemporanea, or, a body of medicines, containing a thousand select prescripts. Answering most intentions of cure. To which are added, useful scholia, a catalogue of remedies, and copious index, for the assistance of young physicians — Pharmacopoeia extemporanea, or, a body of medicines, containing a thousand select prescripts. Answering most intentions of cure. To which are added, useful scholia, a catalogue of remedies, and copious index, for the assistance of young physiciansPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-843.
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