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Distilled preparation of Root of Marshmallows

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Use not statedUse not stated PreparationDistilled Water RouteRoute not stated

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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: The pharmacopoeia universalis or, complete encyclopedia of the materia medica; contained in the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin as well as of all those of Europe and America ; and of the dispensatories, formularies and chemical works ... With an appendix ... by Jourdan, A. J. L. (Antoine Jacques Louis), 1788-1848 (1833), materia-94-7.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Root of Marshmallows: Frerr.; and Van Moxs give the same formula as Dugz.—GaLLz. prescribes one part of proto-nitrate of mercury, six parts of distilled water, and a sufficient quantity of solution of acetate of potass to effect a complete precipitation.—CoxEe gives the same as Enins.—Borvus.—five ounces of solution of acetate of potass, four pounds of boiling water to dilute it, and four ounces of solution of nitrate of mercury.—Bruc- NA

Method as extracted

  1. Distill according to the source passage: Frerr.; and Van Moxs give the same formula as Dugz.—GaLLz. prescribes one part of proto-nitrate of mercury, six parts of distilled water, and a sufficient quantity of solution of acetate of potass to effect a complete precipitation.—CoxEe gives the same as Enins.—Borvus.—five ounces of solution of acetate of potass, four pounds of boiling water to dilute it, and four ounces of solution of nitrate of mercury.—Bruc- NATELLI—half a pound of mercury, half a pound of diluted nitric acid, and eight ounces of acetate of potass dissolved in two pounds and a half of hot distilled water. Mercury, one pound. Nitric Acid, diluted with water, two pounds.

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

Toxic / do not self-use

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  • 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: toxic metal or mineral, corrosive or toxic chemical.
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. The pharmacopoeia universalis or, complete encyclopedia of the materia medica; contained in the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin as well as of all those of Europe and America ; and of the dispensatories, formularies and chemical works ... With an appendix ... — The pharmacopoeia universalis or, complete encyclopedia of the materia medica; contained in the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin as well as of all those of Europe and America ; and of the dispensatories, formularies and chemical works ... WPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at materia-94-7.
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