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Syrup of five aperient Roots

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Use not statedUse not stated PreparationSyrup RouteInternal use

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It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
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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: An account of the diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany, from January 1761 to the return of the troops to England in March 1763 by Monro, Donald, 1727-1802 (1764), narrative-offset-258993.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • five aperient Roots: freely of Soap, along with a Decodtion of the aperient Roots, in Winter

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: The Baron Van Sweiten tells us, that he has cured many obftinate Jaundices by making the Pa¬ tients drink daily a Pint or two Pints of a Decodtion of Grafs, Dandelion, Fumaria, Succory, and fuch like, prepared in Whey ; to each Pint of which he added Half an Ounce oi fal ■ fcljchrej. ?, and an Ounce or two of Syrup of the five aperient Roots ; and by ordering them to drink the Spa Water in Sum¬ mer, arid take freely of Soap, along with a Decodtion of the aperient Roots, in Winter.

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

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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.

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Primary and supporting references

  1. An account of the diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany, from January 1761 to the return of the troops to England in March 1763 — An account of the diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany, from January 1761 to the return of the troops to England in March 1763Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-258993.
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