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Electuarium Elescop,
or Episcopi
‘Bishops Electuary’


Tradition:
Western, Unani

Source / Author:
Mesue

Herb Name
Scammony prepared
Turbith               
Clove
Cinnamon
Ginger
Emblic Myrobalan
Nutmeg
Polypody               
Sugar               
Clarified Honey

Latin
Convolvulus scammonia
Operculina turpethum
Eugenia caryophyllus
Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Zingiber officinalis
Emblica officinalis
Myristica fragrans
Polypodium vulgare
Saccharum
Mel

Amount

6 drams ea.





2½ drams ea.
6 drams
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

Cautions:
1. Avoid overdose
2. Not used in Yin deficiency

Modifications:

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‘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)

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