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Historical source record Nervous system, sleep & mood

DEFENSIVE PLASTER

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 contextAnodyne PreparationPlaster RouteTopical use Plant recordCalamus draco ↗

Anodyne

A historical term for a substance used to relieve pain.

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: Culpeper's English physician and complete herbal. To which are now first added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult properties, physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind : to which are annexed, rules for compounding medicine according to the true system of nature forming a complete family dispensatory and natural system of physic ... by Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654. n 83007664; Sibly, E. (Ebenezer), 1751-1800. n 86817613 (1810), paragraph-1209.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • of litharge prepared, two pounds ; oil of olives, four pounds
  • Boil them almofi to the confijlence of a plafler, in which qualify fix ounces of yellow wax, and four ounces of slihanum
  • Then add fix ounces of bole ammoniac prepared, $wo ounces of dragon's blood in powder, and four ounces of Venice turpentine

Method as extracted

  1. Take of litharge prepared, two pounds ; oil of olives, four pounds.
  2. Boil them almofi to the confijlence of a plafler, in which qualify fix ounces of yellow wax, and four ounces of slihanum.
  3. Then add fix ounces of bole ammoniac prepared, $wo ounces of dragon's blood in powder, and four ounces of Venice turpentine.

Live editorial status

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Modern safety boundary

External use only

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  • 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: corrosive or toxic chemical.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. Culpeper's English physician and complete herbal. To which are now first added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult properties, physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind : to which are annexed, rules for compounding medicine according to the true system of nature forming a complete family dispensatory and natural system of physic ... — Culpeper's English physician and complete herbal. To which are now first added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult properties, physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind : to whicPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-1209.
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