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Diasptum
Or, Electuarium Centaurium
Antidote of Seven Things
Or, Electuary of Centaury
Or, Electuarium Centaurium
Antidote of Seven Things
Or, Electuary of Centaury
Tradition:
Western
Source / Author:
Seven Books of Paulus Aegineta
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Preparation:
Powder the herbs and mix with three times their weight of clarified Honey to form an Electuary.
Function:
Clears Heat and Damp, relieves Inflammation and Pain
Use:
1. Gout of the Feet;
2. Arthritic conditions
Dose:
1 dram
Cautions:
Birthwort should be omitted or substituted.
Modifications:
1. Some added Stone Parsley seed 1 oz. Celery seed could be used in its place.
2. Birthwort should be replaced by a suitable substitute.
‘But Aetius chiefly commends the Antidote of Centaury, and he writes, that he knew many cured by the use thereof; and that it was so wholesome for such as were troubled with the Gout [Arthritis], that the use thereof had enabled many that had been affected herewith fifteen years, and so well recovered them, that they went journeys on foot; and that it was grateful to the stomach, convenient for the belly, and provoking much urine’. (Sennertus, Practical Physick, 1676)
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