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Antidote Experienced Against Cold Gout & All Feet Pain
Antidote Experienced Against Cold Gout & All Feet Pain
Tradition:
Wetsern, Unani
Source / Author:
Nicholas Alexandrinus (Medici Graeci, 1541)
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Herb Name
Colchicum
Scammony prepared Turbith Euphorbium Clove Indian Spikenard Cinnamon Ginger Galangal Long Birthwort Costus Cyperus Saxifrage White Gromwell Butchers Broom seed Asparagus seed Nettle seed Zedoary Myrrh Cumin Black Pepper Carrot seed Lemon seed Honey |
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Preparation:
Powder, and mix with three times their weight of clarified Honey to form an Electuary
Function:
Warms, clears Wind, Cold and Damp, eases Pain
Use:
1. Cold and Damp-type Gout & Arthritis
2. Rheumatism from Cold and Damp
3. Special for Feet pain from Cold and Damp
4. Other Joint pain of the Lower Body from Cold and Damp
Dose:
3–4 drams before a warm bath
Cautions:
1. Not used in Heat or Yin deficiency.
2. Scammony, Colchicum and Euphorbium are all irritant and toxic in overdose. Birthwort is forbidden in many countries so should be omitted or substituted. Dose should begin smaller, increasing to 3 drams, and only increasing to 4 drams if required.
Modifications:
Nothing at the moment
Nothing at the moment
Nothing at the moment
