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Compound Tincture of Lavender (Tinctura La- vandtdoi composita)

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 PreparationTincture RouteInternal use Plant recordJoannesia princeps ↗

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: Pharmacopœia of India [electronic resource] : prepared under the authority of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in council by Waring, Edward John, 1819-1891; University of Glasgow. Library (1868), paragraph-1900.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • of Oil of Lavender, one fluid drachm and a half
  • Eectified Spirit, two pints
  • Macerate the cinnamon, nutmeg, and red sandal wood in the spirit for seven days in a closed vessel, with occasional agitation ; then strain and press, dissolve the oils in the strained tincture, filter, and add sufficient rectified spirit to make two pints

Method as extracted

  1. Take of Oil of Lavender, one fluid drachm and a half ;
  2. Macerate the cinnamon, nutmeg, and red sandal wood in the spirit for seven days in a closed vessel, with occasional agitation ; then strain and press, dissolve the oils in the strained tincture, filter, and add sufficient rectified spirit to make two pints.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: quality score below 70, 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

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.
  • Automated review flags: 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. Pharmacopœia of India [electronic resource] : prepared under the authority of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in council — Pharmacopœia of India [electronic resource] : prepared under the authority of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in councilPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-1900.
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