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Vulpes, Fox

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Fox
(Mivart, St. George Jackson
, 1890)


Zoological name:
Vulpes spp.

Parts used:
Principally the Lungs; also the oil of the whole animal

Uses:
BLOOD:

-‘The blood of a Fox, dried and powdered, and so drunken is good for the stone in the Kidneys and Bladder' (Similar use to Goat’s blood) (Turners Herbal)
-applied warm for pains of the kidneys. (Magic of Kirani)


FAT:    
1. Melted and dropped in for Earache. (Dioscorides)
2. ‘If one would not have his hands or feet hurt by cold, let him annoint them with Fox grease’. (Mizald)
3. Applied to Gout, Trembling, Convulsions, Cramp, and Palsy. (Salmon)
4. ‘Its fat perfectly cures an Alopecia, or falling of the Hair’. (Magic of Kirani)


GENITALS (Cool. Sweet. Dried and powdered):
1. Aphrodisiac; for Impotence etc.
2. Prolapsed uterus, and to promote delivery; Also for swollen or painful penis or testes in children (TCM)
3. Applied with the fat as a plaster to Alopecia. (Magic of Kirani)
Dose: 1–3 grams in powder; 3–9 grams in decoction


LUNGS:
See the separate Monograph on Fox Lungs

TESTICLES:
1. Used to promote conception in women (see the Genitals). (Salmon)
2. The dried and powdered testicles were also used as an Aphrodisiac: the right being given to women, the left to men.
3. The testicles were made into plaster and applied to ‘Parotides, or swellings under the ear’. (Magic of Kirani)
Dose: 1–3 grams in powder


WHOLE ANIMAL:
1. Pectoral; Used similarly to the Lungs (Ashed, Salmon)
2. Whole animal decocted in oil is applied to all types of Joint and Muscles pain


Main Combinations:

1. To strengthen the Nerves and Joints, Paralysis, Convulsions, Cramps, Arthritic pain, Stiffness, decoct a whole Fox in Water, Wine and Oil, with Dill, Thyme, Sage and Rosemary added (as in Oil of Foxes)

Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used:
Prepared Fox Lung, Ashes of Fox, Oil of Foxes

Oil of Foxes:
  1 Fox (Skinned, with Bowels removed;
    cut the flesh, break the bones.)
  White wine and Spring Water,              6 lbs. ea.
  Sea salt                                                     3 oz.
  Dill tops, Thyme, and Chamepitys       1 handful ea.
Boil until half is gone. Strain, press, and boil the liquid again with:
  Old Oil                                                       6 lb.
  Flowers of Sage and Rosemary           1 handful ea.
Boil until the water is consumed. Strain it very well, and separate the Oil. Very healing and strengthening; used for Paralysis, dead palsy, convulsions, and cramps; Also for gout and joint pains, stiffness, numbness, back pain and various swellings and nodes.
  In older times, a whole live Fox was boiled in Old oil until the flesh fell from the bones; this was applied to Gout and old sciatic pains. There were many variations of Oil of Foxes. (Salmon, Wirtzung etc)

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