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Diamargariton Frigidum
Compound Cooling Pearl Powder

Tradition:
Western, Unani

Source / Author:
Nicholas

Herb Name
Pearls, prepared
Melon seed
Gourd seed
Pumpkin seed
Cucumber seed
Purslane seed
White Poppy seed
Red Rose

Water Lilly flower
Borage
flower
Myrtle berry
Yellow Sandalwood
Ginger

Aloeswood
Red Coral
White Coral

Latin
Margarita
Citrullus vulgaris
Cucurbitas spp.
Cucurbita pepo
Cucumis sativus
Portulaceae oleracea
Papaver somniferum
Rosa gallica
Nymphea alba
Borago o
fficinalis
Myrtus communis
Santalum citrinum
Zingiber o
fficinalis
Aquillaria agallocha
Corallum rubrum
Corallum album

Amount
3 drams












1 dram each

1⁄2 dram each

Preparation:
Powder them all finely. The 4 Cold Seeds and Poppy seed were ordered not to be added until the powder was prescribed (as they will go rancid if left long). In that case, 1 dram the other powders can be mixed with 1 scruple of the powdered seeds. Some perfumed it with Musk and Ambergris.

Function:
Nourishes and restores Yin, clears deficient Heat, strengthens the Lungs, Stomach, Kidneys and Liver when damaged by Heat and dryness

Use:
1. Used for Consumption, Hectic Fevers and Wasting from Yin-deficient Heat 2. Used for Chronic dry and Yin-deficient Cough and Wheezing
3. Used for Yin Deficiency associated old-age disorders and convalescence.
4. Bene
ficial in chronic diseases associated with Heat of Blood or Bile.
5. Calms the Spirit when annoyed by Heat: Insomnia, Restlessness, Palpitations
6. Useful Female tonic: Heat-type Uterine Bleeding or Excess Menstruation; PMS and Menopausal syndrome; weakness during Pregnancy and after Birth.


Dose:
1⁄2–1 dram, often taken in Violet or Water Lily Syrup, or with Rose Water etc.

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:
1. Some versions added Tormentil, Dittany, Cinquefoil
2. some added a little Gold leaf and Musk.
3. Others added precious stones and Amber.
4. A French version added Deer horn.
5. It was often taken with
Diarrhodon Abbatis for Cough, Asthma, Palpitations, Heart Weakness, Heat Inflammations, Consumption, Menopausal complaints etc.


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1. Renodeus said ‘This powder, which is denominated from Pearl, is so variously described, that its Author is not known, but everyone changes it variously at will’.
2. ‘Authors hold it to be restorative in Consumptions, to help such as are in Hectic Fevers, to restore Strength lost, to help Coughs, Asthmas and Consumptions of the Lungs, and restore such as have labored long under Languishing or Pining diseases’. (Culpeper)

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