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Diospoliticum
Lesser Cumin Composition
or, The Egyptian Confect


Tradition:
Western

Source / Author:
Galen

Herb Name
Cumin prepared *
Rue

Long Pepper
Saltpeter
Latin
Cuminum cyminum
Ruta graveolens
Piper longum

Potassium nitrate
Amount


1 oz. each
1⁄2 oz.

* Cumin is prepared by steeping for 24 hours in Vinegar, then drying


Preparation:
Powder.

Function:
Warms the Stomach, promotes Digestion, clears Food Stagnation

Use:
1. Indigestion
2. Cold Stomach pain
3. Colic
4. Nausea, Belching, Wind associated with Food Stagnation
5. Also for Worms (with Food Stagnation)

Dose:

Half dram after food, with an appropriate Syrup of Quince or Wine etc.

Cautions:
Not suitable for long-term use.

Modifications:

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‘It is an admirable remedy for such whose meat is putrified in their stomachs, it helps cold stomachs, cold belchings and windy’. (Culpeper)

Compare with Confection of Cumin of Unani


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