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Tincture of colomba

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.

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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 not stated in the extracted passage.

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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.

Historical use wording: agues depends on promoting the secretions

Source: The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory . by Bullman, E; University of Glasgow. Library (1810), narrative-offset-80128.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • colomba: of the red peruvian bark, in fine powder, one ounce : of conserve of roses, two ounces : sirup of poppy, enough to make it smooth : a tea spoonful may be taken every three hours ; this is proper to be taken through every stage of the dis- ease between the fits, as the cure of agues depends on promoting the secretions

Method as extracted

  1. Macerate according to the source passage: If the fever should leave a trou- blesome purging, the patient may take from one to two drams of the tincture of colomba, once or twice a day. — ( See Appendix.) Bark Electuary . Take of the red peruvian bark, in fine powder, one ounce : of conserve of roses, two ounces : sirup of poppy, enough to make it smooth : a tea spoonful may be taken every three hours ; this is proper to be taken through every stage of the dis- ease between the fits, as the cure of agues depends on promoting the secretions.

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

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.
  • Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic.
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 medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory . — The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory .Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-80128.
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