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Historical source record Nervous system, sleep & mood

Tincture of For instance

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.

Documented in sourceStimulant PreparationTincture RouteInternal use

Stimulant

Stimulant is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.

The intended use is stated in the extracted primary-source 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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Automated live-review record

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Historical use wording: stimulant purposes, the presence of the spirit is rather an assistance than otherwise, but the rule should be borne in mind, that unless stimulant act

Source: A dictionary of domestic medicine and household surgery by Thomson, Spencer, 1848-1883 (1898), monograph-offset-3312711-3.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • For instance: Of course, when tinctures, such as those of rhubarb, ginger, orange peel, &c. , are avowedly stimulant, and given for stimulant purposes, the presence of the spirit is rather an assistance than otherwise, but the rule should be borne in mind, that unless stimulant action is required, or at least admissible, a medicine ought luver to he given in tincture, if the dose which must he administered involves an amount of sp

Method as extracted

  1. Macerate according to the source passage: Of course, when tinctures, such as those of rhubarb, ginger, orange peel, &c. , are avowedly stimulant, and given for stimulant purposes, the presence of the spirit is rather an assistance than otherwise, but the rule should be borne in mind, that unless stimulant action is required, or at least admissible, a medicine ought luver to he given in tincture, if the dose which must he administered involves an amount of spirit which will he felt hy the system.

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. 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.
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. A dictionary of domestic medicine and household surgery — A dictionary of domestic medicine and household surgeryPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at monograph-offset-3312711-3.
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