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« Take of hepatic aloes, two ounces; myrrh, saffron, of each, one ounce; simple syrup, @

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A historical and nonspecific term for preparations believed to cleanse or purify the body or blood.

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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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: The London dispensatory, containing: I, the elements of pharmacy; II, the botanical description ... and medicinal properties, of the substances of the materia medica; III, the pharmaceutical preparations and compositions of the pharmacopoeias of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Colleges of Physicians by Thomson, Anthony Todd, 1778-1849 (1830), paragraph-10229.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • « Take of hepatic aloes, two ounces; myrrh, saffron, of each, one ounce; simple syrup, @ sufficient quantity
  • “ Take of socotorine aloes, four parts ; myrrh, two parts ; saffron, one part

Method as extracted

  1. Rub the myrrh and the aloes separately to powder, and beat the whole together into a mass.” Pitutz AxLors Et Myrruam, Edin.
  2. Beat them into a mass with simple syrup.” Syn.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: promotion title hygiene failed, primary taxon poison flag. 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. The London dispensatory, containing: I, the elements of pharmacy; II, the botanical description ... and medicinal properties, of the substances of the materia medica; III, the pharmaceutical preparations and compositions of the pharmacopoeias of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Colleges of Physicians — The London dispensatory, containing: I, the elements of pharmacy; II, the botanical description ... and medicinal properties, of the substances of the materia medica; III, the pharmaceutical preparations and compositions of the pharmacopoeias of the LondoPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-10229.
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