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Electuary for Paralysis

Tradition:
Western

Source / Author:
Wirtzung

Herb Name
Licorice
Aniseed
Nutmeg
Elecampane
Peony root

Latin
Glycyrrhiza glabra
Pimpinella anisum
Myristica fragrans
Inula helenium
Paeonia officinalis

Amount


1 ounce ea.
1⁄2 ounce
1 dram


Preparation:
Powder, mix with 16 ounces of Spirit of Wine, then add 8 ounces of Honey to form a Confection. In Winter, add 2 drams of Long Pepper.

Function:
Clears Cold, stops Wind, strengthens the Liver and Spleen

Use:
1. Paralysis
2. Dead Palsy (Paralysis without feeling)

Dose:

1–2 spoonfuls each morning

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:

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This listed by Wirtzung under the section on ‘Dead Palsy’. The Dead Palsy ‘does suddenly take away the free motion and action of a part of mans body particularly, or wholly, and makes it dead and insensible. We do call the same a resolution of the Sinews, or a Dead Palsy, and them that be troubled with it, Paralyticos’. ... ‘This is marvelous much commended for a special remedy’. (Wirtzung, 1598)
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