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Powder of His reason is

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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Automated live import - unreviewedPublished directly for live editorial inspection; identity and safety are not verifiedUpdated Jul 18, 2026 · version 1
What this record is connected to

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

Exact source claims and related context are never blended together.

This hierarchy shows why a use appears beside the preparation. The strongest relationship comes first; contextual links remain explicitly labeled.

Use not stated in the extracted passage.

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

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: Observations, chemical and practical, on the Dublin Pharmacopoeia by Barker, F. n 89605289; Montgomery, Wm. F (1830), monograph-offset-855074-9.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • His reason is: Reduce the aloes and scammony into a powder with the sulphate of potash, then mix together the colocynth pulp and the oil, and finally, rub all together into a mass with the soap and treacle.

Method as extracted

  1. Grind according to the source passage: Reduce the aloes and scammony into a powder with the sulphate of potash, then mix together the colocynth pulp and the oil, and finally, rub all together into a mass with the soap and treacle.

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, quality score below 70, 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

Professional review advised

Professional review is advised before any practical use of this preparation.

  • 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: high risk botanical.
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. Observations, chemical and practical, on the Dublin Pharmacopoeia — Observations, chemical and practical, on the Dublin PharmacopoeiaPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at monograph-offset-855074-9.
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