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Electuaries
An Electuary is a stiff paste. Some are simply Powders that are mixed with clarified Honey. Some are mixtures of concentrated decoctions to which Sugar or Honey are added to form a thick type of syrup; some of these also have juices or powders added.

In India, similar paste-medicines are made with Ghee (clarified butter), or Ghee and Honey, while some also add Coconut Milk or animal Milk.

Electuaries are often elaborate medicines, and are suitable for keeping over a period of time. They are generally fairly concentrated and are usually quite palatable due to the Honey or Sugar content.

Sometimes the Electuary is left to ferment, being stirred a couple of times weekly over months until it rises. This was the case with Mithridate and Theriac.



Extra Classical Formulas – Electuaries
A number of Classical Electuaries, less commonly used by 17th century


A Sound and Experienced Electuary (Mesue)
Antidote Appropriate for Cough

Antidote Experienced Against Cold Gout & All Feet Pain
Antidote for Back Pain (Galen)
Antidote for Cold Kidneys and to Excite Libido
Antidote for Cold Kidneys, Venery, and Semen
Antidote for Edema
Antidote for Hip Pain and Arthritis
Antidote for the Liver and Chronic Cough
Antidote for Wind and Cold
Antidote of Seven Things (Paulus Aegineta)
Antidote Prepared for the Empress Helena
Antidote Proven for Diverse Diseases (Galen)
Antidote Proven for Hip Pain
Antidote Suitable for Cough
Antidotum Apollonii Laodicensis (Nicholas)
Antidotum Asclepiadus Minus (Nicholas)
Antidotum Asthmaticus (Nicholas)
Antidotum Haemogagum (Nicholas)
Antidotum Immortale (Nicholas)
Antidotus Acharistos Altera (Nicholas)
Antidotus Analeptica
Antimoron (Nicholas)
Arabian Confect Purging Melancholy (Confecio Hamech)

Aromatic Musk Compound (Aromaticum Moschatum)

Athanasia Lesser (Nicholas)
Athanasia Greater (Nicholas)
Bishops Electuary (Electuarium Elescop) (Mesue)
Catholicum (Diacatholicum) (Nicholas)
Compound for Paralysis (Salerno)
Compound Guaiacum Confection ('Chelsea Pensioner')
Compound of Turbith with Aniseed

Confection for Catarrh
Confection for Cold Coughs (Wirtzung)
Confection for Cold Kidneys
Confection for Melancholy of Galen
Confection of Astoron

Confection of Eyebright (Confectio Humain) (Mesue)
Confection of Hyacinth (Confectio de Hyacintho)

Confection of Stoechas
Cooling Electuary of Musk (Rhazes)
Diacameron Minus (Nicholas)
Diacameron Magnus (Nicholas)

Electuary Against Forgetfulness
Electuary Against Miscarriage
Electuary Against Sterility (Renodeus)
Electuary Against Sterility (Greater) (Renodeus)
Electuary Against Worms

Electuary for a Duke (Electuarium Ducis) (Nicholas)
Electuary for Amnesia (Unani)
Electuary for Asthma of Andrezeos
Electuary for Asthma (Gereonis)
Electuary for Asthma (1) (De morbis internis curanda)
Electuary for Asthma (2) (De morbis internis curanda)
Electuary for Back Pain (Galen)
Electuary for Bile and Melancholy (Mesue)
Electuary for Crass and Viscid Humors (Azaricon)
Electuary for Gastric Pain
Electuary for Head and Stomach Pain (Galen)
Electuary for Incontinence (Riverius)
Electuary for Internal Bruising
Electuary for Melancholy and Fear (Filius Zacharia)
Electuary for Paralysis (Wirtzung)

Electuary for Quotidian, Tertian and Quartan Fever (Galen)
Electuary for Sadness and Worry (Galen)
Electuary for Scabies and Pruritus (Rhazes)
Electuary for Stones (Azaricon)
Electuary for the Eyes (Grulingus)

Electuary for the Head (Lewis)
Electuary for the Lungs (Lemery)
Electuary for Watering of the Eyes (Andrezeos)


Electuary of Great Virtue for Vertigo
Electuary of Life (Arnold de Villa Nova)

Electuary of Pope Innocent Against Blindness




Electuarium Acharistum (Nicholas)
Electuarium Alcharif (Mesue)
Electuarium Dianthu (Galen)

Electuary of Aloeswood (Diaxyloaloes) (Mesue)
Electuary of Aloeswood (Egyptian)
Electuary of Aloeswood of Avicenna
Electuary of Aloeswood (Unani)
Electuary of Aloeswood Lesser (Unani)
Electuary of Bayberries (
Electuarium de Baccis Lauri)
Electuary of Black Hellebore (Zenon)

Electuary of Calamus (Diacorum) (Mesue)
Electuary of Calamint (Galen)
Electuary of Centaury (Zenon)
Electuary of Comfrey (Fioravantus)
Electuary of Coral (Diacorallion) (Nicholas)
Electuary of Costus (Mesue)
Electuary of Clove and Costus (Caryocostinum)

Electuary of Cumin (Diacyminum) (Mesue)
Electuary of Dates (Diaphoenicum) (Mesue)
Electuary of Dodder (Unani)
Electuary of Dodder and Fumitory (Mesue)
Electuary of Eggs (Electuarium de Ovo) (Maximilian)
Electuary of Figwort (Avicenna)

Electuary of Frankincense (Diaolibanum) (Nicholas)
Electuary of Frankincense (Wirtzung)
Electuary of Frankincense (Unani)
Electuary of Frankincense (Zenon)
Electuary of Fruit Kernels (Rhazes)
Electuary of Gems (Mesue)

Electuary of Ginger (Dia Zingiber) (Nicholas)
Electuary of Gums (Zenon)
Electuary of Horehound (Diaprassium) (Nicholas)
Electuary of Hyssop (Diahyssopum) (Nicholas)
Electuary of Indian Leaf (Zenon)
Electuary of Lacca (Andrezeos)
Electuary of Maidenhair (Zenon)

Electuary of Micleta (Nicholas)
Electuary of Nuts

Electuary of Orchid (Diasatyrion) (Nicholas)

Electuary of Orris Root (Diaireos Salomonis) (Nicholas)
Electuary of Pearl (Avicenna)
Electuary of Peony

Electuary of Pine Nuts (Looch de Pino) (Mesue)
Electuary of Poppy (Diapapaver) (Mesue)

Electuary of Prunes (Diaprunis lenitiva) (Nicholas)
Electuary of Quince with Spices
Electuary of Quince Compound
Electuary of Rhubarb (Unani)
Electuary of Rhubarb (Zenon)
Electuary of Roman Spikenard
Electuary of Rose (Unani)

Electuary of the Juice of Roses (Mesue)
Electuary of Saffron Lesser (Diacrocon Min.) (Mesue)

Electuary of Saffron Greater (Diacrocon Maj.) (Mesue)
Electuary of Scordium (Diascordium)
Electuary of Sealed Earth (Zenon)
Electuary of Seeds (Diaspermaton)
Electuary of Senna (Diasenna) (Nicholas)
Electuary of Seseli (Nicholas)
Electuary of Turbith (Zenon)
Electuary of Turbith and Agaric

Electuary to Clarify the Voice (Galen)

Electuary to Promote Fertility (Wirtzung)
Electuary to Restore Humidity (Arnold de Villa Nova)
Electuary to Strengthen the Liver (Catilina)
Electuary to Strengthen the Sight (Wirtzung)
Electuary to Strengthen the Internal Members (Azaric)

Electuary which is Remarkably Effective (Nicholas)
Expert Confection for Tremors
Expert Electuary for Old Fever (Catilina)
Expert Electuary for the Memory
Expert Electuary of Catilina
Extraordinary Confection for Epilepsy

Hiera Logadii
Hiera Pachi, or Hiera Archigenis
Indian Electuary Lesser (Mesue)
Indian Electuary Greater (Mesue)
Letificans Almansoris (Rhasis)
Letificans Conciliatoris
Letificans Electuary of Filius Zacharia
Lohoch Effective for Asthma (Serapion)
Lohoch of Poppy (Lohoch de Papavere)
Medicament Strong Against Asthma (Acastror)

Medicament Strong to Promote Urine
Mithridate
Noble Confection for the Heart
Orvietan Antidote
Philonium Persicum
Philonium Romanum (Galen)
Philonium Greater (Philonium Nicolai) (Nicholas)

The Queen of Colen’s Electuary
Requies ('Relaxation') (Nicholas)
Restorative Electuary (Antidotus Analeptica) (Nicholas)

Royal Confection of Kermes (Mesue)
Royal Electuary (Mesue)
Theriac of Andromachus (Venice Theriac)
Theriac of Four Ingredients (Diatessaron) (Mesue)
Theriac for Pain in the Head

Warming Confection for Infertility (Wirtzung)
Wonderful Confection for Cold Nerve Diseases




Triphala, Triphera and Itrifal – Formulas based on the Myrobalans

All the Great Medical systems with the exception of TCM have relied heavily on Myrobalan fruit and their formulas. Formulas based on the Three Myrobalans are called Triphala in Ayurveda, Triphera in Latin and Itrifal by the Arabs. They are some of the famous formulas of Traditional Medicine. The formulas of Mesue are especially well regarded, many of the Unani formulas below being based on his formulas. Most Myrobalan based formulas are in the form of Electuaries; some are Powders but will be listed below.

Triphala (Listed under Powders)

Lesser Triphera (Triphera Minus) (Mesue)

Triphera of Dodder of Thyme (Mesue)
Triphera Greater (Triphera Magnus) (Nicholas)

Triphera Minor (Triphera Phoenonis) (Mesue)
Triphera Persica (Mesue)
Triphera of Saracens Greater (Triphera Saracenica)

Triphala Electuary to Purge Phlegm and Black Bile



Triphala Electuary Greater (Unani)
Triphala Electuary Lesser (Unani)

Triphala Electuary for Epilepsy (Itrifa Zabeeb) (Unani)
Triphala Electuary to Purge Phlegm & Black Bile (Unani)
Triphala Electuary of Dodder (Unani)
Triphala Electuary of Fennel seed (Unani)

Triphala Electuary of Raisins (Unani)



Other Myrobalan-based Formula

Decoction of Myrobalan (Mesue)
Powder for Evil Complexion of the Heart (Isaac)
Arab Confect Purging Melancholy (Confect. Hamech)
Electuarium Alcharif (Mesue)
Electuary of Life (Arnold de Villa Nova)
Electuary of Micleta (Nicholas)
Confection of Stoechas
Pills to Aggregate Lesser (Mesue)
Pills to Aggregate Greater (Mesue)
Arabian Pills (Nicholas)
Pills for Mixed Humors (Mesue)
Pills for Migraine (Galen)
‘Pills without which I would not be’ (Nicholas)



Ghirta–Preparations of Ghee

In Ayurveda, paste-medicines similar to Electuary are made of powders and ghee, often with the addition of Honey.

Asparagus Ghee (Shavatari Ghritam) (Ayurveda)
Confection of Sesame and Triphala (Ayurveda)
Kalya Avaleha (Ayurveda)
Licorice Ghee (Yashtimadhu Ghirta) (Ayurveda)
Medicine for Infants (Pillari Marundu) (Siddha)
Raisin Electuary (Mrdvikadi Leha) (Ayurveda)


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