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Astringent Pills

Tradition:
Western

Source / Author:
Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea, Thomas Fuller, London, 1710

Herb Name
Red Earth
Dragons Blood
Red Coral
Amber
Mastic
Astringent Crocus of Mars
Cinnamon Oil
Nutmeg Oil

Latin
Terra Rubra
Daemonorops draco
Corallum rubrum
Succinum
Pistacia lentiscus
Red Ferric oxide
Oleum Cinnamonum
Oleum Myristicae

Amount





1 dram ea.

6 drops ea,

Preparation:
Make all into a fine powder, and then with Turpentine, make a pill Mass; from every scruple, make 3 Pills, and dust them with Powder of Dragons Blood.

Function:
Clears Heat, astringent, stops Bleeding

Use:
1. Diarrhea
2. Dysentery, with or without Blood
3. Hemoptysis
4. Vomiting Blood
5. Hematuria

6. Excessive Menstruation
7. Postpartum Hemorrhage
8. Lumbago associated with excess loss of Blood, Leukorrhea or Spermatorrhea


Dose:
3 pills (1 scruple), 2 or more times daily

Cautions:
None noted

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