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Pilulae Aloephangine
Aromatic Pills of Aloes,

or
Sweet Pills of Aloe


Tradition:
Western, Unani

Source / Author:
Mesue

Herb Name
Cinnamon
Cubeb
Aloeswood
Nutmeg

Mace
Calamus
Clove
Cardamon
Asarabacca
Balsam fruit
Schoenanth
Indian Spikenard
Wormwood
Rose

Latin
Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Piper cubeba
Aquillaria agallocha
Myristica fragrans
Myristica fragrans

Acorus calamus
Eugenia caryophyllus
Elettaria cardamomum
Asarum europeum
Commiphora opobalsamum
Cymbopogon schoenanthus
Nardostachys jatamansi
Artemisia absinthum
Rosa gallica

Amount











1 oz. each

5 drams each

Preparation: Boil in 12 lbs. of water down to 3 lbs. To 3 lbs. of the strained decoction, add 1 lb. of Aloe in powder, mix well, and in the heat of the sun, evaporate the excess, then when most of the moisture has evaporated, add the following in fine powder: Mastic and Myrrh, of each 5 drams, Saffron 2 drams.

Function:
Purges Bile, cleanses the Head and Stomach

Use:
1. Promote good appetite and digestion
2. Stops Vomiting caused by Bile
3. Vertigo
4. Headache
5. Migraine
6. Lethargy
7. Obstructed Menstruation


Dose:
2–4 scruples, up to 1 1⁄2 drams, taken a bedtime. (1⁄2 dram works mildly, 1 dram will work strongly the next day so that you should ‘keep the house’ [stay at home]– Culpeper)

Cautions:
They were only to be used in Winter by the young or those hot by nature.

Modifications:
1. The original version of Mesue had some expensive ingredients as well as some deemed unnecessary. Therefore, it was often reformed; a French version used the following herbs: Cinnamon, Clove, Cardamom, Nutmeg, Mace, Calamus, Juniper berries, Schoenanth, Yellow Sandalwood, Goat’s Rue and Roses. Some versions added Galangal but omitted Juniper berries and Goat’s Rue.
2. To promote Menstruation, add Savin
3. Dead Palsy, add Colocynth (
Troches of Alhandal) and Troches of Agaric.


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