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Historical source record Immune, infection & fever

PLAGUE AND FEVER WATER

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 contextDiaphoretic PreparationCordial RouteInternal use Plant recordElder ↗

Diaphoretic

Diaphoretic 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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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.

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: The British herbal and family physician to which is added a dispensatory for the use of private families by Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654. n 83007664 (1816), paragraph-1185.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • roots of master-wort, a pound and a half; angelica seeds, half a pouod; elder flowers, leaves of scordium, of each four ounces
  • French brandy, three gallons
  • Steep them together for the space of four days; and then draw off, by distillation, two gallons and a half
  • white vitriol, half a pound; water, four pints

Method as extracted

  1. Take roots of master-wort, a pound and a half; angelica seeds, half a pouod; elder flowers, leaves of scordium, of each four ounces ;
  2. Steep them together for the space of four days; and then draw off, by distillation, two gallons and a half.
  3. Take white vitriol, half a pound; water, four pints.
  4. Boil them until the vitriol is dissolved, and then filter the liquor for use.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: primary taxon poison flag, not marked promotable, critical hazard archive only. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

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: invasive or sensitive route.
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. The British herbal and family physician to which is added a dispensatory for the use of private families — The British herbal and family physician to which is added a dispensatory for the use of private familiesPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-1185.
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