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Ipecacuanha Powder

A primary-source historical herbal preparation preserved from Domestic medicine: or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines: with an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners. The source wording is retained for research and educational reference; it is not modern treatment guidance.

Related plant contextCarminative PreparationPowder 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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Historical preparation record

This formula was extracted from a rights-cleared historical primary source and is preserved as an archival record. Historical terminology, identity, strength and safety require modern interpretation.

Source: Domestic medicine: or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines: with an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners by Buchan, William, 1729-1805. n 82060399 (1812), paragraph-4580.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • of ipecacuanha, in powder, one ounce; mountain wine, a pint
  • filings of iron, two ounces ; cinnamon and mace, of each two drains

Method as extracted

  1. Take of ipecacuanha, in powder, one ounce; mountain wine, a pint.
  2. Infuse for three or four days; then filter the tincture.
  3. Take filings of iron, two ounces ; cinnamon and mace, of each two drains;
  4. Infuse for three or four weeks, frequently shaking the bottle; then pass the wine through a filter.

Automated publication scope

This archival record passed the strict source, formula, botanical identity and hazard gates. Automatic publication confirms record integrity and internal botanical linking; it does not establish clinical effectiveness or modern dosing safety.

Modern safety boundary

Toxic / do not self-use

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

  • 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. Domestic medicine: or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines: with an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners — Domestic medicine: or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines: with an appendix, containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitionersPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-4580.
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