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“ Godfrey’s cordial

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.

Use not statedUse not stated PreparationCordial RouteInternal use

No specific intended use is stated in the extracted passage

The extracted preparation passage does not state a specific intended use.

It documentsA historical source passage and its preparation structure.
It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
Use relationship map

Exact source claims and related context are never blended together.

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

Use not stated in the extracted passage.

The preparation remains searchable as an archival method record without an invented indication.

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 Dispensatory of the United States of America by Wood, George B. (George Bacon), 1797-1879 (1843), paragraph-11587.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • of Tincture of Opium Oiss
  • Dissolve the Carbonate of Potassa in the Water, add the Molasses, and heat over a gentle fire till they simmer; take off the seum which rises, and add the Laudanum and Oil of Sussafras, having previously mixed them well together.” This preparation con- tains the strength of rather more than one grain of opium ina fluidounce. (Journ. of ithe Phil

Method as extracted

  1. Take of Tincture of Opium Oiss..
  2. Dissolve the Carbonate of Potassa in the Water, add the Molasses, and heat over a gentle fire till they simmer; take off the seum which rises, and add the Laudanum and Oil of Sussafras, having previously mixed them well together.” This preparation con- tains the strength of rather more than one grain of opium ina fluidounce. (Journ. of ithe Phil.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, quality score below 70, 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 Dispensatory of the United States of America — The Dispensatory of the United States of AmericaPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-11587.
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