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Documented in sourceDysentery PreparationPowder RouteInternal use

Automated live import - unreviewedPublished directly for live editorial inspection; identity and safety are not verifiedUpdated Jul 18, 2026 · version 1

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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Use relationship map

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Documented in source

DysenteryDigestive & gastrointestinal

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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.

Historical use wording: dysentery

Source: The book of health; a compendium of domestic medicine (1840), narrative-offset-571263.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

JALAP: When administered for dysentery, or looseness, the best method is to give it in three or four grain pills, every four or five hours; but if it be wanted to bring on a plentiful perspiration, ten grains is a proper dose COMPOUND POWDER OF JALAP.

Method as extracted

Grind according to the source passage: When administered for dysentery, or looseness, the best method is to give it in three or four grain pills, every four or five hours; but if it be wanted to bring on a plentiful perspiration, ten grains is a proper dose COMPOUND POWDER OF JALAP.

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 herbal remedy, 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

The book of health; a compendium of domestic medicine — The book of health; a compendium of domestic medicinePrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-571263.

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