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Worm-Powder

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 contextEmmenagogue PreparationPowder RouteInternal use Plant recordArtemisia abrotanum ↗

Emmenagogue

A historical term for substances used to stimulate menstrual flow. Some plants carrying this label may be unsafe in pregnancy.

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: Pharmacopoeia universalis: or, a new universal English dispensatory by James, R. (Robert), 1703?-1776 (1747), paragraph-8218.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • of the Leaves of the Female Southernwood, of the Flowers of Taniey, and of Worm-feed and Coralline, each half an Ounce
  • of Bole Armenic, or of French Bole, four Ounces ; of Scordium, yi6 7he New Englifli Difpenfatcry] * Book IV ^

Method as extracted

  1. Take of the Leaves of the Female Southernwood, of the Flowers of Taniey, and of Worm-feed and Coralline, each half an Ounce;
  2. Mix and make them into a Pow¬ der ; whereto add of the dillilPd Ods of Rue and Savin, received upon a little Sugar, each twenty Drops ; and mix all together.
  3. Take of Bole Armenic, or of French Bole, four Ounces ; of Scordium, yi6 7he New Englifli Difpenfatcry] * Book IV ^

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, quality score below 70, not herbal remedy, 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

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  • 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.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. Pharmacopoeia universalis: or, a new universal English dispensatory — Pharmacopoeia universalis: or, a new universal English dispensatoryPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-8218.
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