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Hiera Logadii
Tradition:
Western, Unani
Source / Author:
Nicholas Myrepsus
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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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Preparation:
Powder them all individually, then with a sufficient amount of Honey, form an Electuary, according to Art.
Function:
Purges Melancholy, clears Damp, settles Wind
Use:
1. Madness, Insanity
2. Melancholy
3. Rage, Anger
4. Dizziness
5. Vertigo
6. Convulsions, Epilepsy
7. Headache
8. Migraine
9. Neuralgias of the Head
10. Paralysis
11. Tremors, Shaking, Parkinsonism
12. Pleurisy
13. Arthritis
14. Eczema, Psoriasis
15. Liver or Spleen disease
16. Leprosy
17. Poison
18. 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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