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Decoction of the Bark

A primary-source historical Decoction preserved from Domestic Medicine. Its extracted passage does not state a specific use; Piscicide is shown only as related same-plant context.

Related plant contextPiscicide PreparationDecoction RouteInternal use Plant recordJoannesia princeps ↗

Piscicide

Piscicide is retained as a hazardous, toxicological or harmful-use term. It is presented for completeness and research, never as a practical instruction.

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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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

  • Boil an ounce of the Peruvian bark, grossly powdered, in a pint and a half of water to one pint; then strain the decoction

Method as extracted

  1. Boil an ounce of the Peruvian bark, grossly powdered, in a pint and a half of water to one pint; then strain the decoction.
Preparation
Decoction
Route
Internal use
Plant part
Bark

Primary-source transcription

Boil an ounce of the Peruvian bark, grossly powdered, in a pint and a half of water to one pint; then strain the decoction. If a tea-spoonful of the weak spirit of vitriol be added to this medicine, it will render it both more agreeable and efficacious.

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

Domestic Medicine by William Buchan. Published 1784. paragraph-2621.

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Modern safety boundary

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.
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. Domestic Medicine — Project GutenbergPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-2621.
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