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Historical source record Respiratory & ENT

Gargle of Not official

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.

Documented in sourceSore throat PreparationGargle RouteGargle / oral rinse

Sore throat

Sore throat is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.

The intended use is stated in the extracted primary-source 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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Use relationship map

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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.

Historical use wording: sore throat

Source: Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia [electronic resource] : comparing the strength of the various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added not official preparations and practical hints on prescribing by Squire, Peter; Squire, Alfred Herbert; Squire, Peter Wyatt, Sir, 1847-1919 (1894), materia-359-3.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Not Official: Dose. — 1 dim. (Austr., Belg-., Fr. (Sirop de Mures), Hung., ItaL, Span, and Swiss ; not in the others.) An agreeable addition to a gargle for sore throat. Used as a colouring matter for draughts, 1 drm. to 1 oz.

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: Dose. — 1 dim. (Austr., Belg-., Fr. (Sirop de Mures), Hung., ItaL, Span, and Swiss ; not in the others.) An agreeable addition to a gargle for sore throat. Used as a colouring matter for draughts, 1 drm. to 1 oz.

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, not herbal remedy, not marked promotable. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

Modern safety boundary

External use only

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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.
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. Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia [electronic resource] : comparing the strength of the various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added not official preparations and practical hints on prescribing — Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia [electronic resource] : comparing the strength of the various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added not official preparations and practPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at materia-359-3.
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