Physic is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
The label is preserved as historical source vocabulary and may not map cleanly to current terminology.
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Open preparation note ↗Method · Traditional useCordial of OF PRACTICAL BOTANIC PHYSIC juiceAn 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.
Open preparation note ↗Method · Traditional usePowder of OF PRACTICAL BOTANIC PHYSICAn 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.
Open preparation note ↗Method · Traditional useOintment of OF PRACTICAL BOTANIC PHYSIC juiceAn 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.
Open preparation note ↗Method · Traditional useInfusion of ANTI-BILIOUS PHYSICAn 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.
Open preparation note ↗Method · Traditional usePowder of sennaA primary-source historical herbal preparation preserved from Lexicon medicum, or, Medical dictionary [electronic resource] : containing an explanation of the terms in anatomy, botany, chemistry, materia medica, midwifery, mineralogy, pharmacy, physiology, practice of physic, surgery, and the various branches of natural philosophy connected with medicine. The source wording is retained for research and educational reference; it is not modern treatment guidance.
Open preparation note ↗Method · Traditional usePowder of cinnamonA primary-source historical herbal preparation preserved from Lexicon medicum, or, Medical dictionary [electronic resource] : containing an explanation of the terms in anatomy, botany, chemistry, materia medica, midwifery, mineralogy, pharmacy, physiology, practice of physic, surgery, and the various branches of natural philosophy connected with medicine. The source wording is retained for research and educational reference; it is not modern treatment guidance.
Open preparation note ↗Method · Traditional useDecoction of SennaA primary-source historical herbal preparation preserved from The complete herbal to which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs ... To which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and Key to [Galen's Method of] physic ... forming a complete family dispensatory and natural system of physic ... to which is also added ... receipts selected from the author's Last legacy. To his wife. The source wording is retained for research and educational reference; it is not modern treatment guidance.
Open preparation note ↗Method · Traditional useLiniment of Senna ComposA primary-source historical herbal preparation preserved from The London practice of physic : wherein the definitions and symptoms of diseases, with the present methods of cure, are clearly laid down : to which are added proper tables, exhibiting the doses of medicines, and the quantity of purgatives, opiates, and mercurials, in the compositions of the London dispensatory; and complete indexes of the diseases and medicines : the whole calculated for the general use of young practitioners. The source wording is retained for research and educational reference; it is not modern treatment guidance.
Open preparation note ↗The use profile explains the vocabulary and connects related data. It does not establish safe preparation, dose, route, effectiveness or suitability for a modern diagnosis.