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Decoction of Punica Granatum

A primary-source historical herbal preparation preserved from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines. It remains a review draft until plant identity, quantities, safety and modern context are verified.

HHT
JockeSite ownerUpdated 2026-07-17 · version 2
EvidenceTraditional use
Safety levelHigh
Content typeMethod
Reading time1 minutes
Preparation card

Materials

  • Punica Granatum: a mild purgative such as 30 grams of castor oil to expel the tænia

Method

  1. Boil according to the source passage: After taking the third dose of the decoction the patient should take a mild purgative such as 30 grams of castor oil to expel the tænia.

Historical preparation record

This formula was extracted from a rights-cleared historical primary source and requires expert verification before publication or practical interpretation.

Source: The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Pardo de Tavera, T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) (historical date not recorded), monograph-offset-201026-3.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Punica Granatum: a mild purgative such as 30 grams of castor oil to expel the tænia

Method as extracted

  1. Boil according to the source passage: After taking the third dose of the decoction the patient should take a mild purgative such as 30 grams of castor oil to expel the tænia.

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Documented-use connections

What this preparation is connected to in the atlas.

These links come from terms explicitly present in the note. They connect the practical preparation layer to the historical plant-use index without turning an association into a treatment claim.

Other documented usesDecoctionDecoction is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.Digestive & gastrointestinalPurgativePurgative is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.
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  • 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.
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Evidence references

  1. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines — Project GutenbergPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at monograph-offset-201026-3.
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