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Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth, made Ounce; Syrup of Marfhmallows, with Spirit of Wine, make

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Related plant contextEmollient PreparationSyrup RouteGargle / oral rinse Plant recordAstragalus gummifer ↗

Emollient

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

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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: The plain English dispensatory; containing the natural history and medicinal virtues of the principal simples now in use. Also all the compositions in the three dispensatories of London, Edinburgh, and Dr. Fuller; the history of the incorporation of the College of Physicians of London: of the principal chymists; of the venereal disease; of the circulation of the blood; and other important subjects by Colborne, Robert, active 1753 (1753), paragraph-4138.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Syrup of Marfhmallows, with Spirit of Wine, make Paflils ac- three Ounces:
  • Plantain -water, eight Ounces
  • red Role- water, four Ounces
  • Mullein, half an Handful; red Rofes, Sal Prunella, four Scruples, and Balauitines, and Frankincenfe, of each Syrup of Marfhmallows, four Oun- half a Dram, and Maflich, a Dram ; ces :

Method as extracted

  1. Mix. cording to Art.
  2. Take Plantain -water, eight Ounces ;
  3. Take red Role- water, four Ounces ;
  4. Mix. make a grofs Powder, the Smoke whereof (call upon Coals) is to be re¬ ceived through a perforated Chair.

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Modern safety boundary

Toxic / do not self-use

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  • 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.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. The plain English dispensatory; containing the natural history and medicinal virtues of the principal simples now in use. Also all the compositions in the three dispensatories of London, Edinburgh, and Dr. Fuller; the history of the incorporation of the College of Physicians of London: of the principal chymists; of the venereal disease; of the circulation of the blood; and other important subjects — The plain English dispensatory; containing the natural history and medicinal virtues of the principal simples now in use. Also all the compositions in the three dispensatories of London, Edinburgh, and Dr. Fuller; the history of the incorporation of the CPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-4138.
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