Pulvis Ethiopicus
Black Powder

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Salmon (not the originator)

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

Toad

Bufo

30

Preparation:

Burn in a pot under ashes. It is better to burn in a sealed or covered pot. Then grind to powder and keep.

Function:

Promotes Urine, Resists Poison

Use:

1. Edema
2. Small Pox
3. Cancer

Dose:

1⁄2–1 dram in a suitable vehicle

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

‘It prevails also against Cancers, being given for some time inwardly, and outwardly applied to the Ulcer: it absorbs the Corrosive Acid, and destroys the malignity … you may give it from half–1 dram against Malignant diseases, in some proper Sudorific and Alexipharmic vehicle, at night going to bed’. (Salmon, Pharmacopoeia Bateana, 1700)

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