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TINCTURA MYRRHtE— Tincture of Myrrh

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Source: Note-book of materia medica, pharmacology, and therapeutics/ by R.E. Scoresby-Jackson by Scoresby-Jackson, R. E. (Robert Edmund), 1835-1867; Macdonald, Angus, 1836-1886; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1871), paragraph-3286.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • TINCTURA MYRRHtE— Tincture of Myrrh. — Me of myrrh, in coarse powder, 24 ounces; rectified spirit, 1 pint
  • Macerate the myrrh for forty-eight hours in fifteen fluid ounces of the spirit, in a closed vessel, agitating occasionally ; then transfer to a percolator, and ivJien the fluid ceases to pass, continue the percolation with the remaining five ounces of the spirit
  • Afterioards subject the contents of the percolator to pressure, filter the product, mix the liquids, and add sufficient rectified spirit to make one pint

Method as extracted

  1. Macerate the myrrh for forty-eight hours in fifteen fluid ounces of the spirit, in a closed vessel, agitating occasionally ; then transfer to a percolator, and ivJien the fluid ceases to pass, continue the percolation with the remaining five ounces of the spirit.

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, quality score below 70, not marked promotable, critical hazard archive only. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

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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.
  • Automated review flags: serious disease claim.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. Note-book of materia medica, pharmacology, and therapeutics/ by R.E. Scoresby-Jackson — Note-book of materia medica, pharmacology, and therapeutics/ by R.E. Scoresby-JacksonPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-3286.
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