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Confectio de Hyacintho
Confection of Hyacinth
Confection of Hyacinth
Tradition:
Western, Unani
Source / Author:
Herb Name
Jacinth
Red Coral Armenian Earth Lemnian Earth Kermes (Chermes) Tormentil Dittany root Citron seed Sorrel seed Purslane seed Saffron Myrrh Rose Red Sandalwood White Sandalwood Yellow Sandalwood Bone of a Stag’s Heart Burnt Deer horn Ivory Emerald Topaz Sapphire Pearl Silk Gold leaf Silver leaf Camphor Musk Ambergris |
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Preparation:
The stones must be properly prepared by levigation or other means; The Earths are prepared by levigating with Rose water then drying; Make a Confection with 4 oz. of Syrup of Lemons to every ounce of the above Powder by slowly adding the powders to the Syrup, adding the Musk, Ambergris, Gold and Silver towards the end.
Function:
Strengthens, clears Heat, benefits the Heart, stops Wind, settles the Mind and Nerves, Resists Poison
Use:
1. Syncope, Fainting
2. Palpitations
3. Heart weakness
4. Melancholy,. Sadness without Cause, Depression
5. Protects the Heart in Epidemic disease
6. Small Pox, Measles, Epidemic Fever
7. Weakness or Debility due to Fever
8. Shortness of Breath
9. Promotes a Happy disposition; Exhilarant
10. Dysentery
Dose:
1 scruple–1 dram; in Fever, takle with Syrup of Lemon
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
1. Dysentery, take with Troches of Amber
2. Also for Dysentery, take with Plantain
3. In Fevers, take with Syrup of Lemons.
4. Syphilis, combine Confect. de Hyacinth with Confection of Alkermes and Abbot’s Confect of Roses as a strengthener in the long-term treatment of Syphilis.
5. Cancer: Confect. de Hyacinth 1 1⁄2 oz., Confect. Alkermes 3 drams, Conserve of Rose, Conserve of Bugloss root 1 oz., Syrup of Apples, qs, form an Electuary. Take as much as a nut with wine.
‘It much helps the Heart and Noble parts in their affections; it cures the Syncope, exhilarates the Heart, emends Palpitations, dulcorates the Breath, takes away Melancholy, and her sister Sadness without a manifest cause; it cures venerate and contagious diseases, and produces the same effects with the Confection of Scarlet grains [ie. Confectio Alkermes]’. (Renodeus)
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