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Electuary to Restore Humidity

Tradition:
Western

Source / Author:
Arnold de Villa Nove

Herb Name
Licorice
Rose
Aniseed
White Sugar
Gum Arabic
Tragacanth
White Sandalwood
Red Sandalwood
White Poppy seed
Licorice juice
Starch

Purslane seed
Chicory seed
Lettuce seed
Melon seed
Gourd seed
Pumpkin seed
Cucumber seed
Quince seed
Sweet Almonds
Pine nuts
Sebestens
Cinnamon
Styrax calaminta
Cotton seed
Mallow seed
Violet

Water Lily
Barberry

Latin
Glycyrrhiza glabra
Rosa gallica
Pimpinella anisum
Saccharum alba
Acacia arabica
Astragalus tragacanth
Santalum album
Pterocarpus santalinus
Papaver somniferum
Succus Glycyrrhiza
Amylum

Portulaceae oleracea
Chicorium intybus
Lactuosa sativa
Citrullus vulgaris
Cucurbita spp.
Cucurbita pepo
Cucumis sativus
Cydonia oblonga
Prunus amygdalus dulcis
Nux Pinea

Cordia spp
Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Styrax o
fficinalis
Gossypium herbaceum
Malva sylvestris
Viola odorata
Nymphea alba
Berberis vulgaris

Amount



2 dr., 6 gr. ea.

3 dr., 2 scr. ea.

4 scruples ea.





1⁄2 oz. ea.




2 scruples ea.









2 drams ea.

Preparation:
Powder what is to be powdered, and with Honey or Syrup of Violet, three times the weight of the rest, form an Electuary.

Function:
Strengthens Qi, Nourishes Yin

Use:
1. strengthens the body in chronic Illness and convalescnce.
2. good for poor and faulty Digestion
3. With decoction of violet and sandalwood it comforts Liver and Stomach hurt by heat and dryness
4. with a decoction of Barley and Licorice, greatly attenuates, and cures dryness of Lungs and Cough
5. With infusion of Sa
ffron restores the Heart and Natural Moisture (Yin)
6. With Comfrey wine cures impediment to conception from dryness.


Dose:
2–4 drams, taken with the vehicles described above

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:

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