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.
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 British flora medica : or, History of the medicinal plants of Great Britain by Barton, Benjamin Herbert, active 1835; Castle, Thomas, 1804?-1840?; University of Glasgow. Library (1845), monograph-offset-236809-1.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- June to August root: The distilled water is a good vehicle for other medicines, and the flowers themselves are useful to strew about the room where patients are lying with fever, &C.-]" An infusion or decoction of half an ounce of the root, or of one ounce of the leaves to a pint of water, may be taken as an astringent in doses of a cupful, at suitable intervals.
Method as extracted
- Infuse according to the source passage: The distilled water is a good vehicle for other medicines, and the flowers themselves are useful to strew about the room where patients are lying with fever, &C.-]" An infusion or decoction of half an ounce of the root, or of one ounce of the leaves to a pint of water, may be taken as an astringent in doses of a cupful, at suitable intervals.
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 marked promotable. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.
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.
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
- The British flora medica : or, History of the medicinal plants of Great Britain — The British flora medica : or, History of the medicinal plants of Great BritainPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at monograph-offset-236809-1.