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Syrupus Rofarum folutivus

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 contextAstringent PreparationSyrup RouteInternal use Plant recordCinnamon ↗

Astringent

A traditional action term for substances described as tightening or drying tissues, often because of tannin-rich preparations.

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

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It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
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Automated live-review record

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Source: A complete English dispensatory: containing the general nature and medicinal virtues of all the simples now in use. With the prescriptions of the most approved authors, as well as of the London and Edinburgh dispensatories ... To which is prefix'd, the history of the ... College of Physicians, London; of the principal chymists; of the venereal diseases; of the circulation of the blood; and other ... subjects by Colborne, Robert (1756), paragraph-2833.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • qiidr left in the Still when fix Pounds of Damafk Ro fes have been diftilled ; and of double refined Sugar, five Pounds :
  • The Liquor being p-elfed out, boil it down to three Pints, and fet it by a Night to fettle; next Morning pour off the clear Liquor, and adding the Sugar, make a Syrup by boiling it away to feven Pounds and a half
  • The London Receipt is contrived with great Judgment ; ah Ounce of it, we are told, is a Dofe for Chil¬ dren, and two Ounces a Dofe for grown People ; but we never fee it given alone
  • of Vinegar of Squills, a Pint and a half
  • Cinnamon, and Ginger, each an Ounce ; of double refined Sugar, three Pounds and a half :
  • of Vinegar of Squills, two Pints, and of white Sugar, four Pounds

Method as extracted

  1. Take of Vinegar of Squills, a Pint and a half;
  2. Steep the Spices for three Days in the Vinegar, and when ftrained', ihake the Syrup by adding the Sugar.
  3. Take of Vinegar of Squills, two Pints, and of white Sugar, four Pounds.

Live editorial status

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Modern safety boundary

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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.
  • Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic, high risk botanical.
Sources & editorial standard

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Primary and supporting references

  1. A complete English dispensatory: containing the general nature and medicinal virtues of all the simples now in use. With the prescriptions of the most approved authors, as well as of the London and Edinburgh dispensatories ... To which is prefix'd, the history of the ... College of Physicians, London; of the principal chymists; of the venereal diseases; of the circulation of the blood; and other ... subjects — A complete English dispensatory: containing the general nature and medicinal virtues of all the simples now in use. With the prescriptions of the most approved authors, as well as of the London and Edinburgh dispensatories ... To which is prefix'd, the hiPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-2833.
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