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: A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica by Brunton, Thomas Lauder, Sir, 1844-1916; Williams, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1852-1936; University of Leeds. Library (1887), materia-1049-1.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- Colchicum autumnale: Compound Decoction of Sarsaparella. — Sarsaparilla, cut and bruised, 10 parts, or 2| oz. ; sassafras, guaiacum wood and liquorice root, of each 2 parts, or i oz. ; mezereon, 1 part, or 1 dr. ; boiling water up to 100 parts, or up to 1 pint after straining. Extractum Sarsaparilla Compositum Fluidum. — Sarsaparilla, 75; glycyrrbiza, 12; sassafras bark, 10; mezereum, 8; glycerin, 10; alcohol and water, of each, q.s. to
Method as extracted
- Boil according to the source passage: Compound Decoction of Sarsaparella. — Sarsaparilla, cut and bruised, 10 parts, or 2| oz. ; sassafras, guaiacum wood and liquorice root, of each 2 parts, or i oz. ; mezereon, 1 part, or 1 dr. ; boiling water up to 100 parts, or up to 1 pint after straining. Extractum Sarsaparilla Compositum Fluidum. — Sarsaparilla, 75; glycyrrbiza, 12; sassafras bark, 10; mezereum, 8; glycerin, 10; alcohol and water, of each, q.s. to make 100 parts. Syrupus Sarsaparilla Compositus. — SarsaparUla, 150 ; guaiacum wood, 20 ; pale rose, 12 ; glycyrrhiza, 12 ; senna, 12 ; sassafras, 6 ; anise, 6 ; gualtheria, 6 ; sugar, 600 ; diluted alcohol and water, of each, q.B. to make 1,000 parts.
Live editorial status
This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: quality score below 70, primary taxon poison flag, 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: high risk botanical.
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
- A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica — A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medicaPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at materia-1049-1.