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Historical source record Pain, inflammation & musculoskeletal

COMPOUND OPIUM PLASTER

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 contextToothache PreparationPlaster RouteTopical use Plant recordCinnamomum camphora ↗

Toothache

Toothache is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.

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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Use relationship map

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.

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 dispensatory and pharmacopoeia of North America and Great Britain [electronic resource] by Buchanan, John; Siggins, John J (1878), paragraph-4283.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • of Resin plaster, an ounce
  • Opium, in fine powder, one drachm
  • Camphor, one drachm

Method as extracted

  1. Take of Resin plaster, an ounce ;
  2. Melt the resin plaster, and while cooling add the opium and the camphor previously dissolved in a small quantity of the olive oil ; mix thoroughly.

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, 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.

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.
  • Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic, high risk botanical.
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. The dispensatory and pharmacopoeia of North America and Great Britain [electronic resource] — The dispensatory and pharmacopoeia of North America and Great Britain [electronic resource]Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-4283.
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