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Historical source record Immune, infection & fever

may be given at a Time with Syrup of Marfh mallows

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.

Related plant contextDiaphoretic PreparationSyrup RouteExternal use Plant recordElder ↗

Diaphoretic

Diaphoretic is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.

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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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: An introduction to physic and surgery by Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763 (1763), paragraph-3199.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Flowers of St John’s Wort fully blown, and frefh, carefully picked from their Calixes Jiv. of Oil-olive a Quart, pour the Oil on the Flowers, and then let them ftand till the Oil is well tinged
  • of Elder-flowers |f5 j. of Oil-olive a Quart
  • the Leaves of Bay, Rue, Marjoram, Sea- wormwood, Camomile, of each Jiii. of Oil-olive, a Quart ; bruife the Herbs and boil them gently in the Oil till they are crifp • then prefs out the Oil, and when the Ekeces have fubfided pour it off

Method as extracted

  1. Take Flowers of St John’s Wort fully blown, and frefh, carefully picked from their Calixes Jiv. of Oil-olive a Quart, pour the Oil on the Flowers, and then let them ftand till the Oil is well tinged.
  2. Take of Elder-flowers |f5 j. of Oil-olive a Quart.
  3. Boil the Flowers in the Oil ’till they are crifp, then prefs out the Oil, and let it fland, that the Faeces may fubfide.
  4. Take the Leaves of Bay, Rue, Marjoram, Sea- wormwood, Camomile, of each Jiii. of Oil-olive, a Quart ; bruife the Herbs and boil them gently in the Oil till they are crifp • then prefs out the Oil, and when the Ekeces have fubfided pour it off.

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, 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, pediatric or infant use.
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. An introduction to physic and surgery — An introduction to physic and surgeryPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-3199.
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