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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 contextAlterative PreparationSyrup RouteGargle / oral rinse Plant recordliquorice ↗

Alterative

A historical herbal term for gradual improvement of general function or elimination; it has no single modern medical definition.

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Source: Pharmacopoeia universalis: or, a new universal English dispensatory. Containing, I. An account of all the natural and artificial implements and instruments of pharmacy, together with the processes and operations, whereby changes are induced in natural bodies for medicinal purposes ... With two copious indexes to the whole by James, R. (Robert), 1703?-1776 (1764), paragraph-14334.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • the Roots of Marfhmallows, Liquorice, and Pearl-Barley, of each an ‘Ounce
  • Boil thefe in three Pints of Water: to a Pint and a half; and:to the ftrained Liquor add three Ounces of the Syrup of Marfhmallows, fora Gargle
  • Ory. er oe Take Quince-Seeds, two Drams
  • Thea add three Ounces of Syrup of Mulberries, for a Gargle, ., (Pb
  • of Marfhmallow-Root, two _ Ounces
  • Water,. three Pints, Boil them to a Quart, and then, {train off the Liquor,

Method as extracted

  1. Take the Roots of Marfhmallows, Liquorice, and Pearl-Barley, of each an ‘Ounce ;
  2. Boil thefe in three Pints of Water: to a Pint and a half; and:to the ftrained Liquor add three Ounces of the Syrup of Marfhmallows, fora Gargle.
  3. Beat them in a Mortar, with half a Pint of Spring-Water, and twe Ounces. of Rofe-Water:
  4. Take of Marfhmallow-Root, two _ Ounces ;

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: generic title requires manual verification, promotion title hygiene score below 90, primary taxon poison flag. 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.
Sources & editorial standard

Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.

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Primary and supporting references

  1. Pharmacopoeia universalis: or, a new universal English dispensatory. Containing, I. An account of all the natural and artificial implements and instruments of pharmacy, together with the processes and operations, whereby changes are induced in natural bodies for medicinal purposes ... With two copious indexes to the whole — Pharmacopoeia universalis: or, a new universal English dispensatory. Containing, I. An account of all the natural and artificial implements and instruments of pharmacy, together with the processes and operations, whereby changes are induced in natural bodPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-14334.
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