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POWDER for a SORE THROAT

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.

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Sore throat

Sore throat is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.

The intended use is stated in the extracted primary-source 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 use wording: a SORE THROAT

Source: Culpeper's English physician; and complete herbal : to which are now first added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult properties, physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind : to which are annexed, rules for compounding medicine according to the true system of nature, forming a complete family dispensatory, and natural system of physic, beautified and enriched with engravings of upwards of four hundred and fifty different by Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654; Sibly, E. (Ebenezer), 1751-1800; Teichman, Oskar, Provenance; Margetts, P., Provenance; Windt, Harry de, Provenance; University of Bristol. Library (1790), paragraph-1259.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • one ounce, and a half of purified fal ammoniac, and half an ounce of purified nitre, mix them very well together in a mortar for ufe
  • mint water, fyrvp of lemons, of each four ounces ; fait of wormwood, two drachms

Method as extracted

  1. Take one ounce, and a half of purified fal ammoniac, and half an ounce of purified nitre, mix them very well together in a mortar for ufe.
  2. Take mint water, fyrvp of lemons, of each four ounces ; fait of wormwood, two drachms.
  3. Mix them well together for ufe.

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Modern safety boundary

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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: corrosive or toxic chemical.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. Culpeper's English physician; and complete herbal : to which are now first added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult properties, physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind : to which are annexed, rules for compounding medicine according to the true system of nature, forming a complete family dispensatory, and natural system of physic, beautified and enriched with engravings of upwards of four hundred and fifty different — Culpeper's English physician; and complete herbal : to which are now first added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult properties, physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind : to whPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-1259.
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