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DECOCTUM SMILACIS SARSAPARILLE

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 contextCancer PreparationDecoction RouteInternal use Plant recordSmilax aspera ↗

Cancer

A disease of cellular proliferation that is malignant and primary, characterized by uncontrolled cellular proliferation, local cell invasion and metastasis.

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: The Edinburgh new dispensatory containing 1. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. 2. The materia medica ... 3. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions. Including translations of the London pharmacopoeia of 1825 ... Edinburgh pharmacopoeia ... 1817; Dublin pharmacopoeia ... 1807 by Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832 (1826), paragraph-8227.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • of sa * Sarsaparilla root; sliced, an ounce anda half
  • Boiling water, two pints. © 8 | Digest in a moderate heat, for two hours ; then take out the sarsaparilla.and bruise it; when bruised, put it back into the liquor, and repeat the digestion for two hours; then . express the liquor, after it has been reduced to one half, through linen, and strain it. | Lond
  • of | Sarsaparilla root, sliced, four ounces
  • Boiling water, four pints. | fas
  • When bruised put it again into the liquor: macerate | for two hours moré, then boil down to two pints, and:stram: |

Method as extracted

  1. Take of sa * Sarsaparilla root; sliced, an ounce anda half;
  2. Take of | Sarsaparilla root, sliced, four ounces ;
  3. Macerate for four hours in a loosely covered vessel, at the side of the fire ; then take out the sarsaparilla root, and bruise | it.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, not marked promotable. 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.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. The Edinburgh new dispensatory containing 1. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. 2. The materia medica ... 3. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions. Including translations of the London pharmacopoeia of 1825 ... Edinburgh pharmacopoeia ... 1817; Dublin pharmacopoeia ... 1807 — The Edinburgh new dispensatory containing 1. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. 2. The materia medica ... 3. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions. Including translations of the London pharmacopoeia of 1825 ... Edinburgh pharmacopoeia ..Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-8227.
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