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Electuarium Acharistum
Tradition:
Western
Source / Author:
Nicholas Myrepsus
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Herb Name
Costus
Galbanum Celery seed Immature Date Hyssop Linseed Cinnamon Indian Spikenard Red Coral Saffron Balsam wood Cassia pulp Cassia Wood Calamus Rhaponticum Myrrh Storax Opopanax Bdellium Gum Ammoniac Gall Celtic Spikenard Southernwood Acorus Syrian Sumac Squill Bay leaf Aniseed Psyllium Basil seed Carrot seed Lovage seed Fennel seed White Poppy seed Black Pepper White Pepper Long Pepper Elecampane Black Hellebore, prepared Ginger |
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Preparation:
Powder all the herbs, then with three times their weight of clarified Honey, form an Electuary.
Function:
Warms the Innate Heat (Yang), promotes Digestion, moves Qi, clears Cold Phlegm, stops Cough and Wheezing
Use:
1. Stomach weakness
2. Poor appetite and Indigestion
3. Pain of the Intestines
4. Pain of the Uterus
5. Cough
6. Asthma
7. Catarrh
8. Cold joint pain in the Aged
Dose:
1–2 drams
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
1. Luminare Majus (1549) had a few variations: Opium instead of Celery seed; omitted Cinnamon; added 2 scruples of Frankincense, Amomum and Floris Syriaci, and used Poppy juice extract (Meconium) in place of Poppy seed.
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