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Extra Classical Formulas – Electuaries



The following are formulas which were not as commonly used and were generally not in use by the 17th century.


Triphera Galeni
All Myrobalans
Ginger
Mastic
Cinnamon
Clove     
Galangal
Fennel
Celery
Ameos
Spikenard
Asarum
Saffron
Costus
Black Pepper
Long Pepper
Cassia        
Nutmeg
Mace
Greater Cardamon
Lesser Cardamon
Calamus
Aloeswood  
White Behen
Red Behen
Pepper root
Cyperus       
Ambergris
Musk        
10 drams each



7 drams each






4 drams each



3 drams each





2 drams each



3 ½ drams each
1 dram
1 scruple

Fry the Myrobalans in Sweet Almond oil, then mix everything with clarified Honey (three times the weight of the other ingredients.). Next add an equal (or half) weight of Scoria Ferri, prepared with Wine Vinegar.
Warms Stomach and Kidney, stimulates Coitus, Stomach debility, attenuates and dissolve Wind, improves Color, heals Hemorrhoids



Electuarium de Aromatibus (Mesue / Galen)
This was often listed as Electuarium de Aromatibus Mesuae, but in the texts of Mesue, Galen is listed as the source.

Aloeswood
Rose
Calamus
Gallia Moschata
Mace
Doronicum
Long Pepper
Nutmeg
Mint
Spikenard
Cassia
Mastic
Cinnamon
Clove
Asarum
Saffron
Greater Cardamon
Lesser Cardamon
3 Sandalwoods
Rhubarb
Costus
Cubeb
Ginger
Fennel seed
Aniseed
Ligusticum    
Sugar
Miua Aromatica
Clarified Honey

12 aur (18 drams) each
4 aur (6 drams)











3 aur (4 ½ drams) each










2 aur (3 drams) each
6 oz.
12 oz.
qs.

Cold disorders of the Stomach and Liver, crass pituitous humors; dissipates Flatus; stops acid regurgitation; Nausea; Loathing; improves complexion; retards old age/grey hair; improves smell of mouth and sweat; warms Liver and Kidneys; promotes semen and cotius.
Dose: 2 drams



Electuarium Alfesera (Alphescera),
Diabryonias, Electuary of Bryony (Democrite)

Bryony root, cleansed
  and beaten
Sapa (concentrated
  Grape juice)           
Squill
Strobilorum  
  depellatorum  
Agaric
Nutmeg
Cardamon
Mace
Ginger
Clove
Long Pepper
Stoechas
Seseli seed
Rock Salt
Gallia Moschata  
Spikenard


5 lbs.

4 lbs.


½ lb. each
3 oz.



2 drams each


1 ½ drams each


1 dram each
½ dram
Form an Electuary.
Purges Head and Nerves of Cold and Damp Humors, Epilepsy, Paralysis, Vertigo and similar diseases from Cold-Wind-Phlegm.
Dose: 2 drams
Diaturbith of Mesue is similar in effect.



Diamorusion
Saffron
Calamus, of each
Myrrh
Bay berry
Carrot
Cinnamon
Cassia
Cumin
Seseli
Carpobalsam
Squinanth flower
Celery seed
Annis
Cardamon
Spikenard
Mint
Marrubium
Ameos
Three Peppers
Costus, of each

2 drams
3 drams
2 ½ dram















1 dram

Form a Confection with Honey.
Cleanses the skin, removes blemishes, improves complexion, clears Humidity and Wind from the Stomach, promotes Urine, eases Pain of the Bladder, improves Voice



Electuarium Alkanzi (Alcanzi)
Rose
Costus
Spikenard, of each
Florum Acheil
Nutmeg
Calamus
Clove
Mace
Cardamon, of each
Ginger
Myrobalans Emblic
  Belleric
  Indian, of each
Granotum Myrti
Pomegranate flower
Citron peel
Tamarisk fruit
Thuris, of each


4 drams
1 oz.




3 ½ drams
2 dram


6 drams
1 lb.



4 drams

Boil in old wine, allowing it to bubble once, then remove and dry; boil in Quince juice briefly, then dry. Powder finely and mix with Syrup of Quinces to form an Electuary.


‘Inventione Nostra’
Aloeswood
Spikenard
Gallia Moschata
Cyperus
Calamus
Cumin, vinegar
  prepared
Leek seed torrefied
Myrobalans, Emblic &
  Beleric, infused in
  Quince juice &  
  toasted
Nutmeg, of each
Nasturtium seeds  
  toasted
Granorum passularum
Myrtle seed
Pomegranate flowers
Conch burnt
Olibanum
Tamarisk fruit
Ameos




2 scruples each

3 drams
1 ½ drams




2 ½ drams

6 drams
5 drams
26 drams


2 ½ drams each

3 drams each

Triturate all in odoriferous wine and dry; triturate in Quince water or Pomegranate water, then dry. Mix with Miua aromatica and form an Electuary.
Dose: 3 drams with Syrup of Quince or Syrup of Myrtle.

Used for diseases of the Eyes (by Nicolaus Florenti)



Musa Aenea, Egetea, or Zazenea (Mesue)
Castoreum
Myrrh
Opium
Black Pepper
Long Pepper
Galbanum
Costus
Cinnamon
Valerian
Meu
Cretan Carrot
Asarum
Saffron, of each
Clarified Honey













½ oz. each
20 oz.
Form a Confection with Honey. Used for Coldness with Wind; Eases Pain; Pains of the Stomach, Uterus, Colic, resists Poison, promotes Sleep.
Dose: 1 scruple–1 dram



Musa, Aenea (Nicholas)
Henbane seed
Olibanum
Myrrh
Gentian              
Opium
Saffron
Euphorbium
Long Birthwort
Mandrake root bark
White Pepper
Clarified Honey



6 drams each
½ oz.
8 scruples, 16 grains

1 ½ drams each
4 scruples
17 grains
13 oz.

Some versions don't list White Pepper)
It has the virtues of the preceding, but is narcotic
Dose: ½ scruple–2 scruples


Electuary of Horehound (Diaprassium) (Nicholas)
Horehound     
Tragacanth
Pine nuts

Sweet Almonds
Pistachio
Date pulp
Raisins

Cinnamon
Clove
Nutmeg
Mace
Aloeswood
Galangal
Indian Spikenard
Ginger
Zedoary
Licorice
Rhubarb
Anacardium
Storax calamita
Galbanum
Turpentine
Mastic
Myrrh
Orris
Round Birthwort
Caper root-bark
Gentian
Black Pepper
Annis
Fennel
Dill
Celery seed
Macedonian Parsley seed
Saxifrage

Colchicum
Oregano
Hog Fennel
Schoenanth
Cardamon
White Pepper
Caraway
Lovage
Vincetoxicum

Balsamita
Pennyroyal

Cretan Dittany
Costus
Pyrethrum
Savory

Basil
Peony
Long Pepper
Amomum,

Wild Parsley
Orobus, of each
Balsam wood
Cassia fistula

Red Coral
Ivory
Balsam fruit
Cretan Daucus, of each

Musk
Ambergris
Bone of a Stag’s Heart

Sugar

5 ½ drams





3 ½ drams each




























2 drams




















1 ½ drams, 2 ½ grains





½ dram each


14 grains each
qs

Form a confection.
Vertigo, Darkness of the Eyes, clears Breathing, eases Toothache, Asthma, clears the Lungs easily; Stomach and Liver pain and debility; all interior faults, inflammations; Nephritis, Stones, Strangury, Kidney pain; Pale complexion; promotes Menstruation; Quartan and Quotidian Fevers; prevents from many sicknesses.
Dose: size of a walnut; when going to bed, with hot wine; for Lung conditions in decoction of Hyssop; for Rheum, with decoction of Rose.


Hiera Hermetis, or Hiera Luf (Mesue)
(Luf = Dracunculus)

Aloes
Troches Alhandal
Turbith
Agaric
Dracunculus both  
  types
Orris
Myrobalan Yellow
  Chebula
  Black
Sagapen, of each
Ginger
Cinnamon
Mastic
Bdellium
Black Hellebore
Euphorbium
Asarum
Cassia wood
Indian Salt
Castoreum
Saffron
Celery
Mezereon seed
Bay berry
Stoechas, of each
Squill
Scammony              

1 oz.
1 ½ oz.








1 ½ drams














1 dram
2 ½ drams
2 drams

Cleanses the Stomach, purges the Nerves and Joints, for Paralysis, Tremors, Kidney pain, purges the Kidneys;  Pains of the Head, Migraine, Vertigo, Epilepsy, Paralysis, Tremors;, Arthritis, Gout, Sciatica, diseases of the Sinews, Pain and spasms of the Uterus
Dose: 1–2 drams



Dialacca Isaac
Lacca
Costus
Spikenard
Balsam wood
Cassia Lignea
Asarum
Cinnamon
Schoenanth
Rhubarb
Mastic, of each
Long and Round Birthwort, of each
Myrrh
Madder
Gentian
Marathri
Celery
Clove
Cumin
Wormwood
Agrimony
Nutmeg
Cardamon
Cubeb, of each
Honey clarified

20 drams








1½ drams

1½ drams











2 aur (approx 3 drams)
3 lbs.
Used similarly to the Dialacca formulas of Mesue.
Dose: 2-3 drams



Triomphyllon Nicolai
White Pepper
Black Pepper
Cumin
Ginger
Nitre
Pyrethrum, of each
Long Pepper
Parsley seed
Ameos
Carrot seed
Aniseed
Heleni
Spikenard
Cyperus
Celery seed
Seseleos
Costus, of each
Clove
Rue viridis
Honey
½ oz.
2 drams
½ dram


2 drams
1 dram









½ dram each
1 dram, 7 ½ grains
1 ½ oz.
qs

Warms the Stomach and Spleen, clears Cold and Damp.


Diarrhodon Commune Mesue
Rose
Troches Diarrhodon
Troches of Spodium
Licorice
Clove
3 Sandalwoods
Gallia Moschata
Spodium (Tabsheer)
Saffron
Mastic
Aloeswood
Asarum
Spikenard
Mace
Cardamon
Purslane seed
Lettuce seed
Chicory seed
4 Cold Seeds
Pearl
Clove Basil
Ivory
Tragacanth
Gum Arabic
Camphor
Musk
30 drams


½ oz. each


3 drams each



2 drams each



1 dram each








1 dram each
1 ½ drams
½ scruple

Form Electuary with Syrup of Rose and Rose water
Strengthens Stomach and Liver; promotes digestion; mitigates Bile;
Dose: half oz.



Blanca Nicolai
Terebinthina
Asafetida
Antimony
Asphalt
Carnis leonis
Agaric
Polypody
Schoenanth
Cyperus
Chamedrys
Levisticum
Cinnamon
Cardamon
Balsam
Opopanax
Sagapen
Sulphur
Ammoniac
Diagrydium
Black Hellebore
Thapsia
Peucedanum
Peony
Polii
Rue seed
Clove
Annis
Ambergris
Galbanum
Castoreum
Bdellium
Styrax liquida
Euphorbium
Colocynth
Pyrethrum
Asarum
Betony
Amomum
Dragons Blood
Mace
Marathri, of each
Honey













½ scruple each













5 grains each










1 dram each

1 scruple
qs

Blanca purges White Humors, hence the name; for Phlegm and Wind-Phlegm disorders; used for Headache, Epilepsy, Tremors, and all diseases of the Brain and Nerves associated with Wind and Phlegm; also Eye pain.


Electuarium Justinum (Nicholas)
Cinnamon
Indian leaf
Costus
Indian Spikenard
Cassia Wood
Long Birthwort
Round Birthwort
Elecampane
Hyssop
Pennyroyal
Mugwort
Cinquefoil

White Pepper
Orobus
Gromwell
Juniper berry
Bay berry
Siler montane
Seeds of Parsley
  Lovage
  Wild Parsley
  Nettle
  Saxifrage
  Asparagus
  Celery
  Dill
  Rue
  Citron
  Fennel
  Annis, of each































1 ½ drams
With Sugar, form an Electuary.
Kidney pain, breaks and expels Stones; strangury.
Dose: as much as a walnut, with decoction of Couch grass or Saxifrage.



Esdra Antidotus ex Actuario
Indian leaf
Rhubarb
Rose
Licorice
Pomegranate flower
Cinnamon, of each

Amomum (or  
  Calamus)
Doronicum
Saffron

Tragacanth
Fennel seed
Storax
Orris
                               
Squinanth
Myrrh
Hypocistis

Celtic Spikenard
Pyrethrum
Parsley seed
Clarified Honey







3 oz.
2 oz.



1 oz.

½ oz., 2 scruples
½ oz.

4 drams
1 dram
8 scruples
4 scruples
6 lbs., 9 oz., 7 drams
qs
This is used the same as Esdra of Aetius, which is a much larger formula. Used for lethal poisons, Harm, Faults and Pain of the Head. Coughing up Blood and Purulent matter, difficult Labor, female sterility, Liver pain, various other Liver disorders, Intestinal pain including severe pain; and for Tumors.


Philonium Hamech
Melanthii
Castoreum
Pepper
Ameos
Baccarum Lauri
Cumin
Rue
Calamint
Opium
Henbane seed
Mandrake root bark 











equal parts
Mix with Honey.
Used for pain of Liver, Spleen, Kidneys, Uterus etc.
Dose: 2 drams



Electuary of Sulphur (Diasulphur) Mesue
White Pepper
Long Pepper
Rue
Costus, of each
Yellow Sulphur
Thuris
Meu
White Henbane
Myrrh
Storax
Cardamon, of each
Cassia Wood
Opium
Mandrake bark, of each
Saffron
Honey clarified                         



6 drams each






1 oz.
5 drams

3 drams
2 ½ drams
qs

Chronic Fever, Melancholy, Phlegm; purges pituitous and crass humors from the Thorax and Lungs; old coughs and difficulty breathing; hardness of the Spleen; Edema, promotes Urine, break Stones; for deadly poison
Dose: 2 scruples

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