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Historical source record Respiratory & ENT

Syrup of COWSLIPS

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.

Related plant contextBronchitis PreparationSyrup RouteInternal use Plant recordPrimula veris ↗

Bronchitis

A bronchial disease that is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes. It is caused by bacteria and viruses. The disease has_symptom cough with mucus, has_symptom shortness of breath, has_symptom low fever and has_symptom chest tightness.

This use is documented for the same plant in a separate source; it is not claimed by this preparation 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

Exact source claims and related context are never blended together.

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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.

Source: A new family herbal, or, A history & description of all the British and foreign plants, which are useful to man. Either as food, medicine, farming purposes, or in the arts and manufactures, [electronic resource] by Brook, Richard, 19th cent (1840), narrative-offset-103993.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • COWSLIPS: of fresh Cowslip flowers, twelve ounces

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: Distil one part and a half.( From one to two ounces may be taken at a dose. SYRUP OF COWSLIPS. Take of fresh Cowslip flowers, twelve ounces ;

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, not marked promotable. 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.
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. A new family herbal, or, A history & description of all the British and foreign plants, which are useful to man. Either as food, medicine, farming purposes, or in the arts and manufactures, [electronic resource] — A new family herbal, or, A history & description of all the British and foreign plants, which are useful to man. Either as food, medicine, farming purposes, or in the arts and manufactures, [electronic resource]Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-103993.
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