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Historical source record Digestive & gastrointestinal

| Extract of mimosa catechu, four ounces ; Kino, three ounces ; Cinnamon, Nutmeg, each

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 contextCarminative PreparationSyrup RouteInternal use Plant recordCinnamon ↗

Carminative

A traditional action term for aromatic preparations associated with gas and digestive discomfort.

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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This hierarchy shows why a use appears beside the preparation. The strongest relationship comes first; contextual links remain explicitly labeled.

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 Edinburgh pharmacopoeia published in 1817 ... by Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832; University of Leeds. Library (1819), paragraph-9546.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • | Extract of mimosa catechu, four ounces
  • Kino, three ounces
  • Opium, diffused in a sufficient quantity of Spanish white wine, one drachm and a half
  • Syrup of red roses, boiled to the consistence of honey, two pounds and a quarter. :
  • Compound Electuary of Catechu. r Catechu, four ounces
  • Cinnamon, two ounces

Method as extracted

  1. Reduce the solids to powder ; and having mixed them with the opium and syrup, make them into an electuary.

Live editorial status

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

Do not self-use. The record remains public for historical, botanical and hazard research.

  • 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: controlled or narcotic.
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 Edinburgh new dispensatory : containing 1. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. 2. The materia medica ... 3. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions ; including translations of the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia published in 1817 ... — 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 Edinburgh pharmacopoeia published in 1817 ...Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-9546.
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