Myristica, Nutmeg, Rou Dou Kou 肉豆蔻

Jatiphala (Ayurveda, Unani)
Rou Dou Kou 肉豆蔻 (TCM)
Dza ti  ཛཱ་ཏི (Tibetan)
Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491

New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563
Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578
Darstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858
Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640
Top: Whole Nutmeg
Bottom: Mace

Uses:
1. Warms the Kidneys, Astringes to Stop Leakage (Nutmeg: West, Ayurveda, Tibetan, Unani, TCM):
-chronic diarrhea
-Incontinence and dribbling Urine

2. Warms the Kidneys, Astringes the Essence (Nutmeg):
-Cold and Weak Kidneys and lower back; Edema or excess Urination

3. Clears Wind and Phlegm, Stops Spasms (Nutmeg, Mace: West, Ayurveda, Tibetan, Unani, TCM):
-Headaches, Migraines, Vertigo, Dizziness, Epilepsy, Cramps

4. Benefits the Heart, Moves the Qi and Blood (Nutmeg, Mace):
-Warms and regulates the Heart; Cold chest Pain, Palpitations
-special for 'Heart Wind' disorders in Tibetan Medicine

5. Benefits the Womb, Promotes Menstruation (Nutmeg: West, Ayurveda, Tibetan Medicine):
-cold and painful menstrual disorders; Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea

6. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough (Nutmeg):
-Coughs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Wheezing

7. Warms the Stomach, Promotes Digestion (Nutmeg, Mace; all systems):
-Cold and weakness of the Stomach/Spleen

8. Externally:
-Grated Nutmegs have been used in ointments for piles
-the Oil is used in liniments and plasters as a gentle stimulant.
-cold pains, arthritis, cold swellings etc.
-In India it is used as a rub on the gums of teething children, either with Milk or Honey, which also promotes sleep
-externally to promote Sleep, anointed on the Navel for infants Colic (exp. Oil)


NUTMEG & MACE:
The 2 are very similar in functions and uses. Mace is lighter, sharper and more piercing, having a higher volatile oil content, but is devoid of the tannin content of Nutmeg. Mace also has a signature of the head circulation, being fine capillary-like threads which envelop the seed (Nutmeg). Mace is therefore better for warming and increasing the fine capillary circulation of the Head and Heart.
Nutmeg is deeper and heavier in its action. Its warming astringent nature is focused more on the Kidneys and lower abdomen, and it has secondary tonic effects.


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 Leukorrhea Spermatorrhea Excess Urination, Nutmeg with  ... 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