Myristica, Nutmeg, Rou Dou Kou 肉豆蔻

Nux Muscata (Latin)
Jatiphala (Ayurveda, Unani)
Rou Dou Kou 肉豆蔻 (TCM)
Dza ti  ཛཱ་ཏི (Tibetan)

Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491

Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578

Darstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858

Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640

Top: Whole Nutmeg
Bottom: Mace

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Botanical name:
Myristica fragrans

Parts used:
Fruit (Nutmeg); Mace

Temperature & Taste:
Hot, dry. Pungent, astringent (Nutmeg)

Classifications:
NUTMEG:
2B ATTENUATER.    2H. CARMINATIVE.    2I. ANTISPASMODIC
3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.    3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.    3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.    3I. APHRODISIAC.    3J. INCREASE SEMEN.    3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE
4a. CEPHALIC.    4b. OPTHALMIC.    4c. CARDIAC.    4e. STOMACHIC.    4g. HEPATIC.    4h. NEPHRITIC.    4i. UTERINE.    4j. NERVINE

MACE:
3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.    3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.    3F. LITHONTRIPTIC
4a. CEPHALIC.    4b. OPTHALMIC.    4e. STOMACHIC.    4g. HEPATIC.    4i. UTERINE

Uses:
1. Warms the Kidneys, Astringes to Stop Leakage: (Nutmeg: all systems)

2. Warms the Kidneys, Astringes the Essence: (Nutmeg)

3. Clears Wind and Phlegm, Stops Spasms: (Nutmeg, Mace: all systems)

4. Benefits the Heart, Moves the Qi and Blood (Nutmeg, Mace):

5. Benefits the Womb, Promotes Menstruation (Nutmeg: West, Ayurveda, Tibetan Medicine):

6. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough (Nutmeg):

7. Warms the Stomach, Promotes Digestion (Nutmeg, Mace; all systems):

Dose:
Nutmeg in Powder: 250mg–3 grams;
Mace in Powder: 250mg–2 grams

Correctives:
... available in PRO version

Substitutes:
... available in PRO version

Main Combinations:
Clove & Nutmeg
Cinnamon, Clove & Nutmeg

1. Cold-Wind-Phlegm of the Brain and Nerves: Nutmeg  ... available in PRO version
2. Cold and Weakness of the Stomach and Brain, Nutmeg, Mace ... available in PRO version
3. 'Elixir of Life': Nutmeg, Mace ... available in PRO version
4. Chronic Diarrhea or Dysentery, Nutmeg  ... available in PRO version
5. Vomiting, Nutmeg with  ... available in PRO version
6. Wind Diseases:
i. Nutmeg with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Nutmeg and Mace with  ... available in PRO version
7. Catarrh, Sinusitis:
i. Nutmeg with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Nutmeg and Mace with  ... available in PRO version
8. Dizziness and Vertigo:
i. Nutmeg with  ... available in PRO version
9. Paralysis:
i. Nutmeg with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Nutmeg with  ... available in PRO version
10. Childhood Epilepsy, Nutmeg with  ... available in PRO version
11. To benefit Eyesight, Mace with  ... available in PRO version
12. To benefit Memory:
i. Nutmeg and Mace, with  ... available in PRO version
13. Kidney weakness with Threatened Miscarriage  ... available in PRO version
14. Gravel and Stones, Nutmeg with  ... available in PRO version
15. Excessive Menstruation:
i. Nutmeg with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Nutmeg with  ... available in PRO version
16. Sexual Debility:
i. Nutmeg powder with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Nutmeg with  ... available in PRO version
iii. Nutmeg with  ... available in PRO version
17. Threatened Miscarriage, Nutmeg with  ... available in PRO version
18. Afterpains following childbirth, Nutmeg with  ... available in PRO version
19. To penetrate the fine capillary circulation, Mace  ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas
Decoction Against Vomiting
Powder of Nutmeg Compound
Powder of Nutmeg for Vertigo
Powder to Warm the Head (Rondeletius)
Powder for Excessive Menstruation
Powder for After-pains (Midwife to the Queen of France)
Powder of Maximillian for Gravel
Powder for Dizzyness and Vertigo (Gabelhover)
Troches of Nutmeg (Rhasis)
Tincture for Apoplexy
Electuary for Paralysis (Wirtzung)

Aloeswood 8 (Tibetan Medicine)
Aloeswood 15 (Tibetan Medicine)
Eleven Holders of Life (Srog dzin dcu gcig) (Tibetan Medicine)
Camphor 14 (Tibetan Medicine)
Golden 11 (Gser mdog 11) (Tibetan Medicine)
Nutmeg Powder (Jatiphaladi Churna) (Ayurveda)
Pills of Mother of Pearl of Tibetan Medicine

Cautions:
1. Not used in Heat-type Diarrhea
2. Avoid overdose

Main Preparations used:
Candied Nutmegs, Confection of Mace, Distilled Water of Nutmegs, Distilled and Expressed Oils of Nutmegs, Tincture of Nutmeg, Salts of the Ashes, Extract of Nutmegs, Balsams