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Historical source record Skin, wounds & external care

Ointment of Quercus alba

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 contextAstringent PreparationOintment RouteTopical use Plant recordQuercus alba ↗

Astringent

A traditional action term for substances described as tightening or drying tissues, often because of tannin-rich preparations.

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.

Historical use wording: hemor- rhoids

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-2623995-3.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Quercus alba: 1 part in 10

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: Unguentum Gallse (1 part in 10) Action and Uses. — Galls are used in the form of galls and opium ointment as a local astringent in the treatment of hemor- rhoids.

Live editorial status

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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: controlled or narcotic.
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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-2623995-3.
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