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Historical source record Digestive & gastrointestinal

Powder of IRON

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.

Documented in sourceDysentery PreparationPowder RouteInternal use

Dysentery

An intestinal infectious disease that involves inflammation of the intestines, especially colon, due to chemical irritants, bacteria, protozoa, or parasitic worms, which results in severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood.

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: dysentery

Source: Modern domestic medicine or, A popular treatise, illustrating the character, symptoms, causes, distinction, and correct treatment, of all diseases incident to the human frame ... by Graham, Thomas John, 1795?-1876 (1829), narrative-offset-121322.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • IRON: It is an established fact, that an emetic given at the commencement of continued fevers, will sometimes cut short their progress, or if it fail in accomplish¬ ing this object, will give to the subsequent symptoms a milder aspect, and with this view, fifteen or twenty grains of ipeca- cuan powder may be used with great advantage. In doses of two or three grains repeated every three or four hours, till it operates by v

Method as extracted

  1. Grind according to the source passage: It is an established fact, that an emetic given at the commencement of continued fevers, will sometimes cut short their progress, or if it fail in accomplish¬ ing this object, will give to the subsequent symptoms a milder aspect, and with this view, fifteen or twenty grains of ipeca- cuan powder may be used with great advantage. In doses of two or three grains repeated every three or four hours, till it operates by vomiting, sweating, or purging, it is found of emi¬ nent utility in dysentery and chronic looseness; indeed, its effects in these severe complaints are often invaluable, and it is, perhaps, the most beneficial aperient in dysentery;

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  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. Modern domestic medicine or, A popular treatise, illustrating the character, symptoms, causes, distinction, and correct treatment, of all diseases incident to the human frame ... — Modern domestic medicine or, A popular treatise, illustrating the character, symptoms, causes, distinction, and correct treatment, of all diseases incident to the human frame ...Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-121322.
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