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Liniment of Senna Compos

A primary-source historical herbal preparation preserved from The London practice of physic : wherein the definitions and symptoms of diseases, with the present methods of cure, are clearly laid down : to which are added proper tables, exhibiting the doses of medicines, and the quantity of purgatives, opiates, and mercurials, in the compositions of the London dispensatory; and complete indexes of the diseases and medicines : the whole calculated for the general use of young practitioners. The source wording is retained for research and educational reference; it is not modern treatment guidance.

Use not statedUse not stated PreparationLiniment RouteGargle / oral rinse

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

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Use not stated in the extracted passage.

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

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: The London practice of physic : wherein the definitions and symptoms of diseases, with the present methods of cure, are clearly laid down : to which are added proper tables, exhibiting the doses of medicines, and the quantity of purgatives, opiates, and mercurials, in the compositions of the London dispensatory; and complete indexes of the diseases and medicines : the whole calculated for the general use of young practitioners by Smith, Richard, 1772-1843, Provenance; Bristol Royal Infirmary. Library, Provenance; University of Bristol. Library (1797), materia-1-1.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Senna Compos: 81 93' 40 545 500 524 526 5»3 141 523 76 354 183 Ammoniacal Bark Powder ■- Draught . — — ■ Gargle Iron, in Rickets 466 1 ■ ■ — Liniment .

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: 81 93' 40 545 500 524 526 5»3 141 523 76 354 183 Ammoniacal Bark Powder ■- Draught . — — ■ Gargle Iron, in Rickets 466 1 ■ ■ — Liniment .

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

External use only

This boundary permits external context only. Do not convert it into an internal 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.
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 London practice of physic : wherein the definitions and symptoms of diseases, with the present methods of cure, are clearly laid down : to which are added proper tables, exhibiting the doses of medicines, and the quantity of purgatives, opiates, and mercurials, in the compositions of the London dispensatory; and complete indexes of the diseases and medicines : the whole calculated for the general use of young practitioners — The London practice of physic : wherein the definitions and symptoms of diseases, with the present methods of cure, are clearly laid down : to which are added proper tables, exhibiting the doses of medicines, and the quantity of purgatives, opiates, and mPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at materia-1-1.
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