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.
The preparation remains searchable as an archival method record without an invented indication.
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 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), monograph-offset-987144-1.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- Me- landri root: The Dublin college has therefore judiciously in- serted it in the list of materia medica; and being an indigenous remedy, it deserves attention.’ It may be exhibited in the form of powder; or in an electuary compounded with honey and rhubarb; or a decoction may be made with one ounce of the root and one pint of water ; or a tincture with similar pro~ portions of the root and alcohol. The dose of the powder is 3ss. or
Method as extracted
- Macerate according to the source passage: The Dublin college has therefore judiciously in- serted it in the list of materia medica; and being an indigenous remedy, it deserves attention.’ It may be exhibited in the form of powder; or in an electuary compounded with honey and rhubarb; or a decoction may be made with one ounce of the root and one pint of water ; or a tincture with similar pro~ portions of the root and alcohol. The dose of the powder is 3ss. or 3]. four times a day; that of the decoction f 4j. every hour ; and of the tincture 4ss., properly diluted, three or four times a day.
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.
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.
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
- 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 monograph-offset-987144-1.