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Hiera Logadii
Tradition:
Western, Unani
Source / Author:
Nicholas Myrepsus
Herb Name
Colocynth
Polypody root Euphorbium Poley Montane Spurge seed Wormwood Myrrh Centaury Agaric Gum Ammoniac Indian leaf Indian Spikenard Squill Scammony prepared Aloe Thyme Cassia Wood Germander Bdellium Horehound Cinnamon Opopanax Castoreum Long Birthwort Black Pepper Long Pepper White Pepper Saffron Parsley seed Black Hellebore prepared White Hellebore prepared |
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A version from the Syrian Book of Medicine:
Herb Name
Colocynth
Squill Agaric Scammony prepared Black Hellebore prepared Gum Ammoniac Thyme Bdellium Germander Aloe Indian leaf Horehound Poley Montane Cassia Wood Black Pepper Long Pepper White Pepper Saffron Cinnamon Opopanax Polypody root Sagapenum Betony Myrrh Parsley seed Long Birthwort Wormwood Euphorbium Indian Spikenard Ginger Khemama Spurge seed Gentian |
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Preparation:
Powder them all individually, then with three times their weight of Honey, form an Electuary, according to Art.
Function:
Purges Melancholy, clears Damp, settles Wind
Use:
Used for all Chronic Diseases of the Head
1. Madness, Insanity, Raving
2. Melancholy
3. Rage, Anger
4. Stupidity
5. Dementia
6. Dizziness
7. Vertigo
8. Deafness
9. Convulsions, Epilepsy
10. Headache
11. Migraine
12. Neuralgias of the Head
13. Paralysis
14. Tremors, Shaking, Parkinsonism
15. Pleurisy
16. Chronic Asthma
17. Arthritis, Sciatica, Lower Back Pain
18. Pain in the Tendons and Sinews
19. Eczema, Psoriasis
20. Liver or Spleen disease
21. Leprosy
22. Tumors including Fibroid Tumors, Cancers
23. "Running Sores"
24. Poison
25. Chronic Fveer
26. Poor Vision
Dose:
½–1½, or 2 drams; 1 dram was a common dose, being taken with Wine to which a little Salt has been added
Cautions:
1. Culpeper praised it but warned against its indiscriminate use, and its use in inexperienced hands.
2. Not used in Pregnancy, the very young, very old, the weak, or in Yin deficiency.
3. Avoid overdose and long-term use.
Modifications:
This can be simplified and relieved of some of its strong, irritant medicines.
‘Good against all old Madness, against the Melancholy, against all Falling Sickness, and all other Ragings or Madness, against the Giddiness, and all pain of the Head. Item, it is very good against all Palsies, against all Shaking, and against all Heart-beating. It is also good in the Pleurisy, in all sickness of the Liver and of the Spleen, it provokes Women’s Terms; and is also good against all Gouts, against all Poison, Leprosy, and Scurfe’. (Wirtzung)
Culpeper said: ‘It takes away by the roots daily Evils coming of Melancholy, Falling Sickness, Vertigo, Convulsions, Migraine, Leprosy, and many other infirmities’.
Culpeper said: ‘It takes away by the roots daily Evils coming of Melancholy, Falling Sickness, Vertigo, Convulsions, Migraine, Leprosy, and many other infirmities’.
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