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Documented historical use
The extracted preparation passage does not state a specific intended use. Related use records, when shown above, come from separate same-plant documentation.
Preparation summary
Materials as extracted
- of tamarinds, one ounce; senna, and crystals of tartar, each two drachms
Method as extracted
- Take of tamarinds, one ounce; senna, and crystals of tartar, each two drachms.
- Let these ingredients be infused four or five hours in a pint of boiling water; afterwards let the liquor be strained, and an ounce or two of the aromatic tincture added to it.
- Preparation
- Infusion
- Route
- Internal use
- Plant part
- Not clearly stated
Primary-source transcription
Take of tamarinds, one ounce; senna, and crystals of tartar, each two drachms. Let these ingredients be infused four or five hours in a pint of boiling water; afterwards let the liquor be strained, and an ounce or two of the aromatic tincture added to it. Persons who are easily purged may leave out either the tamarinds or the crystals of tartar.
This is an agreeable cooling purge. A tea-cupful may be given every half hour till it operates.
This supplies the place of the _decoction of tamarinds and senna_.
Safety and interpretation
Professional review advised. Historical ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk, terminology and route may differ from modern practice. This archive record is educational and is not dosage or treatment guidance.
- 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.
Source record
Domestic Medicine by William Buchan. Published 1784. paragraph-2764.
Professional review advised
Professional review is advised before any practical use of this preparation.
- 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
- Domestic Medicine — Project GutenbergPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-2764.