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Pill of Rhus glabra

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 PreparationPill RouteInternal use Plant recordRhus glabra ↗

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.

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-2305682-1.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Rhus glabra: When mix with aloes it renders the pill less readily soluble, and so to ex( an action more on the lower than upper part of the intestine.

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: When mix with aloes it renders the pill less readily soluble, and so to ex( an action more on the lower than upper part of the intestine.

Live editorial status

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Modern safety boundary

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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.
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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-2305682-1.
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