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.
The preparation remains searchable as an archival method record without an invented indication.
Documented historical use
The extracted preparation passage does not state a specific intended use. Related use records, when shown above, come from separate same-plant documentation.
Preparation summary
Materials as extracted
- Senna: it in a Decoction of Senna, it leaves a binding quality behind it
Method as extracted
- Boil according to the source passage: _Culpeper._] It purges the body of choler and melancholy, and expels the relics a disease hath left behind it; the dose is from one ounce to two, you may take it in a Decoction of Senna, it leaves a binding quality behind it.
- Preparation
- Decoction
- Route
- Internal use
- Plant part
- Leaf
Primary-source transcription
_Culpeper._] It purges the body of choler and melancholy, and expels the relics a disease hath left behind it; the dose is from one ounce to two, you may take it in a Decoction of Senna, it leaves a binding quality behind it.
Safety and interpretation
Professional review advised. Historical ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk, terminology and route may differ from modern practice. This archive record is educational and is not dosage or treatment guidance.
- 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.
Source record
The Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper. Published 1653. narrative-offset-1108205.
Professional review advised
Professional review is advised before any practical use of this preparation.
- 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.
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
- The Complete Herbal — Project GutenbergPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-1108205.