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Antidotum Quod Helenae Augustae Conficiebatur
Antidote prepared for the Empress Helena


Tradition:
Western, Unani

Source / Author:
Nicholas Alexandrinus (Medici Graeci, 1541)

Herb Name
Cinnamon
Ginger
White Pepper
Galangal
Lovage
Carrot seed
Macedonian Parsley seed
Celery seed

Fennel seed
Honey

Latin
Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Zingiber o
fficinalis

Piper nigrum
Alpina o
fficinarum
Levisticum o
fficinale
Daucus carrota
Petroselinum macedonicum
Apium graveolens
Foeniculum vulgare

Mel
Amount


8 drams ea.

6 drams ea.



2 drams ea.
qs

Preparation:
Powder the herbs and mix with three times their weight of clarified Honey to form an Electuary

Function:
Warms, clears Phlegm, stops Wind

Use:
1. Vertigo
2. Tumors

3. Cough
4. strengthens the Voice
5. Stomach pain and hardness
6. Tumors and Hardness of the Liver and Spleen
7. Tensions of the Sides (stitches)
8. Punctures of the Intestines (puncturas intestinorum)
9. Strangury
10. Dysuria
11. Promotes Menstruation
12. Promotes Conception (‘Con
firms Conception’)


Dose:
3 drams with warm water

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:

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