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Historical source record Skin, wounds & external care

SULPHUR is a certain remedy for the itch, more fafe than mer- cury

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 sourceItch PreparationOintment RouteTopical use Plant recordBrachystegia bussei ↗

Itch

Itch 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: the itch, more fafe than mer- cury

Source: The American dispensatory, containing the operations of pharmacy; together with the natural chemical, pharmaceutical and medical history of the different substances employed in medicine; illustrated and explained, according to the principles of modern chemistry: comprehending the improvements in Dr. Duncan's second edition of the Edinburgh new dispensatory. The arrangement simplified, and the whole adapted to the practice of medicine and pharmacy in the United States. With several copperplates, by Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864 (1806), paragraph-9275.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

    Method as extracted

      Live editorial status

      This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, quality score below 70, generic title requires manual verification, promotion title hygiene score below 90, missing ingredients, missing instructions, not herbal remedy, not marked promotable. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

      Modern safety boundary

      External use only

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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.
      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. The American dispensatory, containing the operations of pharmacy; together with the natural chemical, pharmaceutical and medical history of the different substances employed in medicine; illustrated and explained, according to the principles of modern chemistry: comprehending the improvements in Dr. Duncan's second edition of the Edinburgh new dispensatory. The arrangement simplified, and the whole adapted to the practice of medicine and pharmacy in the United States. With several copperplates, — The American dispensatory, containing the operations of pharmacy; together with the natural chemical, pharmaceutical and medical history of the different substances employed in medicine; illustrated and explained, according to the principles of modern chePrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-9275.
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