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Historical source record Pain, inflammation & musculoskeletal

Syrup of Mistura camphor ala

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 contextToothache PreparationSyrup RouteInternal use Plant recordCinnamomum camphora ↗

Toothache

Toothache 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.

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Historical use wording: gonorrhoea

Source: A new supplement to the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Paris; forming a complete dispensatory and conspectus; including the new French medicines, as well as herbs, drugs, compounds, veterinary drugs, patent medicines, perfumery, paints, varnishes, and similar articles kept in the shops; with their composition, uses, doses, and adulterations; being a general book of formulae for daily reference in the laboratory, and at the counter by Rennie, James, A.M. surgeon; University of Glasgow. Library (1820), narrative-offset-538415.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Mistura camphor ala: 3SS of balsam of copaiba, 3jss of gum Arabic mucilage, 5ij of olibanum, 3SS of simple syrup, 5V of cinnamon- water ; powder the olibanum, and mix with the copaiba ; mix this with the syrup and mucilage, and then add the water. Dose 5 jss to 3ij, or more, twice or thrice a day, in gonorrhoea and gleet ; also in mucous expectoration

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: Take 3SS of balsam of copaiba, 3jss of gum Arabic mucilage, 5ij of olibanum, 3SS of simple syrup, 5V of cinnamon- water ; powder the olibanum, and mix with the copaiba ; mix this with the syrup and mucilage, and then add the water. Dose 5 jss to 3ij, or more, twice or thrice a day, in gonorrhoea and gleet ; also in mucous expectoration.

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, critical hazard archive only. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

Modern safety boundary

Toxic / do not self-use

Do not self-use. The record remains public for historical, botanical and hazard research.

  • 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

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Primary and supporting references

  1. A new supplement to the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Paris; forming a complete dispensatory and conspectus; including the new French medicines, as well as herbs, drugs, compounds, veterinary drugs, patent medicines, perfumery, paints, varnishes, and similar articles kept in the shops; with their composition, uses, doses, and adulterations; being a general book of formulae for daily reference in the laboratory, and at the counter — A new supplement to the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Paris; forming a complete dispensatory and conspectus; including the new French medicines, as well as herbs, drugs, compounds, veterinary drugs, patent medicines, perfumery, paints, Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-538415.
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