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Tincture of Cinnamon

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 PreparationTincture 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.

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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Use relationship map

Exact source claims and related context are never blended together.

This hierarchy shows why a use appears beside the preparation. The strongest relationship comes first; contextual links remain explicitly labeled.

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 pharmacopoeia of the United States of America by National Convention for Revising the Pharmacopoeia; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1864), paragraph-2484.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • of Cinnamon, in fine powder, three troy- ounces
  • Then moisten the powder with a fluidounce of the mixture, pack it moderately in a conical perco- lator, and gradually pour the mixture upon it until two pints of filtered liquid are obtained

Method as extracted

  1. Take of Cinnamon, in fine powder, three troy- ounces ;
  2. Mix Alcohol and "Water in the proportion of two measures of the former to one of the latter.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: none recorded. 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.
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Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.

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Primary and supporting references

  1. The pharmacopoeia of the United States of America — The pharmacopoeia of the United States of AmericaPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-2484.
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