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Decoction of Sarsaparilla

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Piscicide

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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: Domestic medicine. Or, a treatise on the cure and prevention of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. Containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners by Buchan, William, 1729-1805. n 82060399; Buchan, A. P. (Alexander Peter), 1764-1824. n 84110426; Coffin, John G. (John Gorham), 1769-1829. n 85247863 (1825), paragraph-4608.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Decoction of Sarsaparilla. — Take of fresh sarsaparilla root, sliced and bruised, two ounces ; shavings of guaiacum wood, one ounce
  • Boil over a slow fire, in three quarts of water, to one ; adding, towards the end, half an ounce of sassafras wood, and three drachms of liquo- rice
  • This decoction may be taken, from a pint and a half to two quarts in the day

Method as extracted

  1. Boil over a slow fire, in three quarts of water, to one ; adding, towards the end, half an ounce of sassafras wood, and three drachms of liquo- rice.
  2. Strain the decoction.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, title ingredient mismatch, 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

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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: toxic metal or mineral, serious disease claim.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. Domestic medicine. Or, a treatise on the cure and prevention of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. Containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners — Domestic medicine. Or, a treatise on the cure and prevention of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. Containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitionersPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-4608.
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