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Tincture of Cinnamon bark

A primary-source historical herbal preparation preserved from The London dispensatory. The source wording is retained for research and educational reference; it is not modern treatment guidance.

Related plant contextAstringent PreparationTincture RouteInternal use Plant recordCanella winterana ↗

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

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Historical preparation record

This formula was extracted from a rights-cleared historical primary source and is preserved as an archival record. Historical terminology, identity, strength and safety require modern interpretation.

Source: The London dispensatory by Thomson, Anthony Todd, 1778-1849 (1811), narrative-offset-2068574.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Cinnamon bark: Macerate for four- teen days, (seven days, Dub. ) and filter.” This tincture contains the active principles of the bark, and is an elegant and useful adjunct to the chalk mixture and astrin- gent infusions. The dose is from fz] to £3 1ij.

Method as extracted

  1. Macerate according to the source passage: Macerate for four- teen days, (seven days, Dub. ) and filter.” This tincture contains the active principles of the bark, and is an elegant and useful adjunct to the chalk mixture and astrin- gent infusions. The dose is from fz] to £3 1ij.

Automated publication scope

This archival record passed the strict source, formula, botanical identity and hazard gates. Automatic publication confirms record integrity and internal botanical linking; it does not establish clinical effectiveness or modern dosing safety.

Modern safety boundary

Professional review advised

Professional review is advised before any practical use of this preparation.

  • 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 — The London dispensatoryPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-2068574.
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