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Tincture of a golden yellow colour

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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 (1836), narrative-offset-2547155.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • a golden yellow colour: A transparent tincture of a golden yellow colour may be prepared by treating myrrh with alcohol or rectified spirit alone, as now ordered by the London College; but, when water is used, a rather turbid tincture is obtained; a circum- stance which, @ priori, might have been suspected. ‘This tincture is tonic and deobstruent; but it is more generally used in gargles, combined with Grane of roses and acids; or as an app

Method as extracted

  1. Macerate according to the source passage: A transparent tincture of a golden yellow colour may be prepared by treating myrrh with alcohol or rectified spirit alone, as now ordered by the London College; but, when water is used, a rather turbid tincture is obtained; a circum- stance which, @ priori, might have been suspected. ‘This tincture is tonic and deobstruent; but it is more generally used in gargles, combined with Grane of roses and acids; or as an application to foul ulcers, and exfoliating bones; or, diluted with water, as a wash for the mouth, when the gums are spongy. ‘The dose is from f 3ss. to f 3}.

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

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.
  • Automated review flags: serious disease claim.
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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 narrative-offset-2547155.
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