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2S. Strengthening

Corroborating Medicines; Roborants; Tonics

The term ‘Cephalic’ denotes a medicine appropriate to the Head. By connotation, these are medicines regarded as strengthening to that part. Cephalic medicines may be Hot or Cold. A Hot Cephalic medicine will be regarded as ‘strengthening’ to someone with a Cold disease of the Head, the opposite applying to Cold Cephalic medicines.

The same applies to medicines appropriated to the other organs which may be viewed in section 4. In general, the following medicines are accounted strengthening in the Western Tradition.


Also see the Chinese Classification N. Tonics. This has a more in depth evaluation of Tonic medicine in Ayurveda, Western and Chinese systems.


Warming:
                       Opening Roots
                       Dates
                       Jujubes
                       Walnuts
                       Almonds
                       Chebulic Myrobalan
                       Long Pepper
                       Wormwood
                       Aloeswood
                       Calamus
                       Costus
                       Rosemary
                       Eyebright
                       Parsnip root
                       Licorice
                       Myrrh
                       Musk



Warming Seeds
Figs
Raisins
Pistachios
Juniper berry
Belleric Myrobalan
Galangal
Avens
Saffron
Indian Spikenard
Cyperus rotundus
Sage
Mastic
Sea Holly root
Elecampane
Frankincense
Amber


Cooling:
                       4 Lesser Cold Seeds
                       Emblic Myrobalan
                       Rose
                       Gum Arabic
                       Mulberry
                       Cherry
                       Pomegranate flower
                       Centaury
                       Horsetail
                       Red Coral
                       Tabasheer

4 Greater Cold Seeds
Tamarind
Sandalwood
Tragacanth
Raspberry
Arbutus
Pomegranate bark
Rhubarb
Oak bark
Pearl
Starch
5 Precious stones                     



Western Classification

2. Secondary Faculties
a. Aperients
b. Attenuaters
c. Inciding Medicines
d. Attenuaters of Congealed Blood
e. Lenitive
f. Purifying
g. Cleansing
h. Carminatives
i. Antispasmodics
j. Rarefying
k. Resolvent
l. Emollients
m. Drawing
n. Repellents
o. Astringent
p. Hemostatic
q. Anodyne
r. Narcotics & Hypnotics

s. Strengthening
t. Glutinate
u. Suppuratives
v. Expel Pus
w. Sarcotics
x. Incarnative
y. Corrosive
z. Cicatrizing
3. Tertiary Faculties
a. Sudorifics and Diaphoretics
b. Febrifuge and Antipyretic
c. Alexipharmic
d. Cordials and Cardiacs
e. Diuretics
f. Lithontriptic
g. Emmenagogue
h. Lactagogue
i. Aphrodisiacs
j. Increase Semen

k. Expectorant
l. Anti-tussive
m. Arthritic Medicines
n. Vulnerary
o. Emetics
p. Masticatories & Sternutatories
q. Anthelmintic
4. According to Part
a. Cephalic
b. Opthalmic
c. Cardiac
d. Pectoral
e. Stomachic
f. Splenetic
g. Hepatic
h. Nephritics
i. Uterine
j. Nervine
k. Arthritic

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