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Distilled preparation of Deadly Nightshade root

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Use not statedUse not stated PreparationDistilled Water RouteRoute not stated

No specific intended use is stated in the extracted passage

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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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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: Translation of the Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, of London, 1851 : with notes and illustrations by Phillips, Richard, 1778-1851, translator (1851), narrative-offset-243602.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Deadly Nightshade root: of Deadly Nightshade root, bruised, ten pounds, Rectified Spirit one gallon, Hydrate of Lime one ounce, Distilled Water eight fluidounces, Carbonate of Potash, and Dilute Sulphurie Acid, as much as may be sufficient

Method as extracted

  1. Distill according to the source passage: This alkaloid is procured from the JA£ropa Belladonna, Deadly Nightshade, a plant of the natural family /So- lanacee. t is obtained from the root, although it exists in all parts of the plant, which is indigenous, growing in hedges and waste ground, on calcareous soils ; the root is sometimes more than a foot in length, aud is externally greyish or brownish white, and internally white; it has but little odour ; its taste is slight and sweetish. Take of Deadly Nightshade root, bruised, ten pounds, Rectified Spirit one gallon, Hydrate of Lime one ounce, Distilled Water eight fluidounces, Carbonate of Potash, and Dilute Sulphurie Acid, as much as may be sufficient.

Live editorial status

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

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.
  • Automated review flags: high risk botanical.
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. Translation of the Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, of London, 1851 : with notes and illustrations — Translation of the Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, of London, 1851 : with notes and illustrationsPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-243602.
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