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Pilulae Aloephangine
Aromatic Pills of Aloes,
or Sweet Pills of Aloe
Aromatic Pills of Aloes,
or Sweet Pills of Aloe
Tradition:
Western, Unani
Source / Author:
Mesue
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Herb Name
Cinnamon
Cubeb Aloeswood Nutmeg Mace Calamus Clove Cardamon Asarabacca Balsam fruit Schoenanth Indian Spikenard Wormwood Rose |
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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, and form Pills.
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.
Similar to Golden Pills.
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