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Historical source record Immune, infection & fever

Ointment of Quercus alba

A primary-source historical herbal preparation preserved from A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica. The source wording is retained for research and educational reference; it is not modern treatment guidance.

Related plant contextAntiseptic PreparationOintment RouteTopical use Plant recordQuercus alba ↗

Antiseptic

Antiseptic is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.

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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Use relationship map

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.

Historical preparation record

This formula was extracted from a rights-cleared historical primary source and is preserved as an archival record. Historical terminology, identity, strength and safety require modern interpretation.

Historical use wording: scabies is of the strength of one ounce of liquid styrax to two ounces of lard

Source: A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica by Brunton, Thomas Lauder, Sir, 1844-1916; Williams, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1852-1936; University of Leeds. Library (1887), monograph-offset-2623995-1.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Quercus alba: A styrax ointment very useful in scabies is of the strength of one ounce of liquid styrax to two ounces of lard.

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: A styrax ointment very useful in scabies is of the strength of one ounce of liquid styrax to two ounces of lard.

Automated publication scope

This archival record passed the strict source, formula, botanical identity and hazard gates. Automatic publication confirms record integrity and internal botanical linking; it does not establish clinical effectiveness or modern dosing safety.

Modern safety boundary

Toxic / do not self-use

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

  • 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.
Sources & editorial standard

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

  1. A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica — A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medicaPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at monograph-offset-2623995-1.
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