Medicine Traditions
  • Home
  • Materia Medica
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine FREE
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica FREE
    • Mineral Materia Medica PRO
    • Mineral Materia Medica FREE
  • About
  • Formulas
  • Treatment
    • Types of Treatment in Traditional Medicine
    • Treatment of Specific Conditions
    • Diseases and Formulas
  • Resources
    • Brief Overview of Traditional Medicine
    • Theory
    • Timeline
    • Authors and Sources
    • Glossaries
    • Articles on Traditional Medicine
    • Photos
    • Medicine Pictures
    • Substitute Medicines
  • Patient Resources
  • Links & Texts
  • Contact Us
  • Blog
Sentry Page Protection
Please Wait...

3E. Diuretics



Diuretics promote the passage of Urine. In general, they clear Damp and pas off toxins through the Kidneys. Warming diuretics stimulate Kidney function while cooling diuretics clear Heat and Damp.


i. Warming Diuretics
                       Opening Roots
                       Nettle
                       Agrimony
                       Onion
                       Mustard seed
                       Calamint
                       Lovage
                       Lavender
                       Saxifrage
                       Valerian
                       Cubeb
                       Juniper berry
                       Cyperus
                       Squill
                       Savin
                       Goat Blood
                       Scorpion
                       Pill Millipedes
                       Sal Ammoniac
                       Amber



Warming Seeds
Couch grass
Wormwood
Garlic
Radish seed, root
Betony
Thyme
Rosemary
Pimpinella
Spikenard
Cassia Wood
Bay berry
Costus
Ground Pine
Asarum
Cantharides
Toad ashes
Bee Ashes
Saltpeter



ii. Cooling Diuretics
                       4 Greater Cold Seeds
                       Chickpea
                       Licorice
                       Maidenhair
                       Bitter Almond
                       St. John’s wort
                       Winter Cherry
                       Madder
                       Camphor
                       Tragacanth
                       Spirit of Salt
                       Whey
                       Tartar Vitriolate
                       Earthworm



4 Lesser Cold Seeds
Barley
Marshmallow
Fumitory
Peach kernels
Rue
Southernwood
Dodder
Gum Ammoniac
Lacca
Spirit of Tartar
White Wine
Cream of Tartar
Grasshopper

Warming Compounds
                       Syrup of Two Roots
                       Syrup of Maidenhair
                       Oxymel Simple
                       Wormwood Wine
                       Vinegar of Calendula
                       Vinegar of Lavender
                       Troches of Amber
                       Theriac



Syrup of Five Roots
Byzantine Syrup
Compound Oxymel
Rosemary Wine
Vinegar of Rosemary
Vinegar of Squill

Diacalamint
Lithontribon

Cooling Compounds
                       Barley Water
                       Diarrhodon Abbatis
                       Diatragacanth Frigidum
                       Troches of Winter Cherry


Syrup of Maidenhair
Powder of 3 Sandalwoods
Diamargariton Frigidum
Troches of Camphor

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

Home
ABOUT
Brief Overview
RESOURCES
Timeline

materia medica – FREE
Materia Medica – PRO
Chinese Classification
Western Classification

Humoral Medicine

Diseases & Formulas
Resources
Theory
Links & Texts
Patient Resources

Shop
Texts for Sale
Contact us

TERMS OF USE
PRIVACY POLICY


© MedicineTradition 2015–2023
  • Home
  • Materia Medica
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine FREE
    • Materia Medica of Herbal Medicine PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica PRO
    • Animal Materia Medica FREE
    • Mineral Materia Medica PRO
    • Mineral Materia Medica FREE
  • About
  • Formulas
  • Treatment
    • Types of Treatment in Traditional Medicine
    • Treatment of Specific Conditions
    • Diseases and Formulas
  • Resources
    • Brief Overview of Traditional Medicine
    • Theory
    • Timeline
    • Authors and Sources
    • Glossaries
    • Articles on Traditional Medicine
    • Photos
    • Medicine Pictures
    • Substitute Medicines
  • Patient Resources
  • Links & Texts
  • Contact Us
  • Blog