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It's hard to say for sure, but I think she was made outside. She's a western doll, and there simply isn't that much demand for these in Gensokyo. If we remove Alice, we don't know of many characters that would seek such a doll. The fact that she was still discarded at the Nameless Hill is strange. I at least would never throw away such a beautiful doll. But perhaps she was thrown away in the past? Like, in the 19th century? It isn't impossible. After the initial Meiji years westernization was going on strongly in Japan, and it isn't impossible that a high-quality western doll would be imported. It's harder to imagine someone importing a doll today; most humans don't have easy ways to communicate with the outside world and the few characters we know were capable of crossing the border before 2005 don't seem to have any interest that would justify bringing her.
Now, the fact that she's mentioned to be like a ventriloquist doll is intriguing. If we look at the original story Medicine for Melancholy, the girl is mentioned to look like a doll; during the story, she's so weak (and lethargic) she can't even move herself or speak that much, requiring to be brought outside in bed. It's safe to say that the circumstances affecting this girl might be similar to those affecting Medicine. Knowing this, I'd say that it's hard to believe that Medicine has known love. The original medicine for melancholy is love, so perhaps Medi is the cure for someone else?
As for her resentment towards humanity, much of it comes from being abandoned obviously, but looking at the description of the Nameless Hill, it is mentioned to be a place where parents left young unwanted or frail children to die (or be picked up by youkais). This only makes Medicine being abandoned stranger: was she abandoned with a child? Perhaps the parent left the child with their favorite doll? Perhaps, some of the resentment Medicine has towards humans is actually the resentment the souls of the dead children had towards their parents who abandoned them? Perhaps Medicine is actually a child who died and possessed a doll?
Also, it's important to say that Medicine is not always explicitly referred to as a youkai. You might think this is irrelevant, but she clearly says multiple times that her existence is pure, and her body is neither alive nor dead. What powers her body is poison, the poison of the flowers that killed the children. She's also never stated to be a tsukumogami.
Yeah, Medicine is fascinating. If my thoughts weren't so disorganized perhaps I could write something for her.