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Powder of Ratanhia-red or Cinchona-red

A primary-source historical herbal preparation preserved from Medicinal plants : being descriptions with original figures of the principal plants employed in medicine and an account of the characters, properties and uses of their parts and products of medicinal value. The source wording is retained for research and educational reference; it is not modern treatment guidance.

Use not statedUse not stated PreparationPowder RouteInternal use Plant recordCinchona pubescens ↗

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.

Historical preparation record

This formula was extracted from a rights-cleared historical primary source and is preserved as an archival record. Historical terminology, identity, strength and safety require modern interpretation.

Source: Medicinal plants : being descriptions with original figures of the principal plants employed in medicine and an account of the characters, properties and uses of their parts and products of medicinal value by Bentley, Robert, 1821-1893 (1880), monograph-offset-463450-1.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Ratanhia-red or Cinchona-red: Barclay, who appears to have been the first practitioner who called attention to the remedial value of the areca nut in the expulsion of tapeworm, administered it in powder in doses of from four to six drachms, stirred up in milk.

Method as extracted

  1. Grind according to the source passage: Barclay, who appears to have been the first practitioner who called attention to the remedial value of the areca nut in the expulsion of tapeworm, administered it in powder in doses of from four to six drachms, stirred up in milk.

Automated publication scope

This archival record passed the strict source, formula, botanical identity and hazard gates. Automatic publication confirms record integrity and internal botanical linking; it does not establish clinical effectiveness or modern dosing safety.

Modern safety boundary

Professional review advised

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

  • 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.

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. Medicinal plants : being descriptions with original figures of the principal plants employed in medicine and an account of the characters, properties and uses of their parts and products of medicinal value — Medicinal plants : being descriptions with original figures of the principal plants employed in medicine and an account of the characters, properties and uses of their parts and products of medicinal valuePrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at monograph-offset-463450-1.
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