Electuarium Elescop,
or Episcopi
‘Bishops Electuary’

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Mesue

Herb Name	Latin	Amount
Scammony prepared	Convolvulus scammonia
Turbith	Operculina turpethum	6 drams ea.
Clove	Eugenia caryophyllus
Cinnamon	Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Ginger	Zingiber officinalis
Emblic Myrobalan	Emblica officinalis
Nutmeg	Myristica fragrans
Polypody	Polypodium vulgare	2½ drams ea.
Sugar	Saccharum	6 drams
Clarified Honey	Mel	10 oz., 1 dram

Preparation:

Powder the herbs with the sugar, then mix with the warmed honey and form an Electuary.

Function:

Purges Bile and Pituitous (Damp) Humors, Settles Wind

Use:

1. Joint Pain
2. Arthritis
3. Sciatica
4. Lumbar pain
5. Edema
6. Colic
7. Clears Damp from the Urinary system
8. Hypochondriac pain
9. clears Excess from the Body

Dose:

2–6 drams

Comment:

‘Mesue says, it purges Wind, Phlegm and Choler from all parts of the Body, cleanses the Reins and Bladder, is good against Gout, Sciatica and Pains of the Joints, Dropsy and Watery humors’. (Salmon)