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Historical source record Pain, inflammation & musculoskeletal

Tincture of Soap, formerly Saponaceous Liniment

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 contextToothache PreparationTincture RouteInternal use Plant recordCinnamomum camphora ↗

Toothache

Toothache is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.

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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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 Edinburgh new dispensatory : containing 1. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. 2. The materia medica ... 3. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions ; including translations of the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia published in 1817 ... by Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832; University of Leeds. Library (1819), paragraph-9057.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • of | | } Soap, in shavings, four ounces : : .Camphor, two ounces ; - Volatile oil of rosemary, half an ounce
  • Alcohol, two pounds. . | Digest the soap in the alcohol for three days ; ‘then add to ihe filtered liquor the camphor and the oil, shaking them welt Aca Lryenrum SAPONIS COMPOSITUM
  • Lond. | Compound one Ud. hake oft Hard soap, three ounces:
  • Camphor, one ounce ; : :
  • Spirit of rosemary, one pint
  • Dub. i, Soap Liniment- Take of | ss a Soap, three ounces
  • Camphor, one ounce ; : | Spirit of rosemary, one pint

Method as extracted

  1. Take of | | } Soap, in shavings, four ounces : : .Camphor, two ounces ; - Volatile oil of rosemary, half an ounce ;
  2. Dissolve the.camphor in the spirit, then add the soap, and §=macerate in a sand-bath until it be dissolved.

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

Toxic / do not self-use

Do not self-use. The record remains public for historical, botanical and hazard research.

  • 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: high risk botanical.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. The Edinburgh new dispensatory : containing 1. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. 2. The materia medica ... 3. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions ; including translations of the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia published in 1817 ... — The Edinburgh new dispensatory : containing 1. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. 2. The materia medica ... 3. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions ; including translations of the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia published in 1817 ...Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-9057.
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