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Diaolibanum
Electuary of Frankincense

Tradition:
Western

Source / Author:
Nicholas

Herb Name
Castoreum
Opium
Henbane seed
Cassia wood
Indian leaf
Saffron
Frankincense
Rhubarb
Amomum
Myrrh
Indian Spikenard
Pellitory
Euphorbium
White Pepper
Peony
Storax
Long Pepper

Latin
Castoreum
Opium
hyoscyamus niger
Cinnamonum cassia
Cinnamonum tamale
Crocus sativus
Boswellia sacra
Rheum palmatum
Amomum subulatum
Commiphora molmol
Nardostachys jatamansi
Anacylus pyrethrum
Euphorbium resinifera
Piper album
Paeonia officinalis
Styrax officinalis
Piper longum

Amount


4 drams ea.
2 drams, 2 scr.


2 drams ea.

1 dram, 2 scr. ea.
1 1⁄2 drams



2
1⁄2 scr. ea.


1 dram ea.


Preparation:
Powder, then with three times their weight of clarified Honey, form an Electuary.

Function:
Stops Leakage, clears Damp, moves Qi and Blood, eases Pain

Use:
1. Headache
2. Migraine
3. Pain and Neuralgia of the Head
4. Stomach Pain
5. Nausea and Vomiting
6. Cough
7. Pneumonia
8. Pleurisy
9. Coughing Blood
10. Sore and Inflamed Throat, Tonsilitis
11. Spermatorrhea
12. Excessive Menstrual Bleeding

Dose:

1–2 scruples

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:

  • Comment
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This was not a commony used fromula of Nicholas. Its large reliance on Castoreum and Opium make it obsolete today, however even with these removed the remaining herbs form a useful and powerful Blood-moving formula.

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