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Pills for Migraine

Tradition:
Western

Source / Author:
Galen

Herb Name
Chebulic Myrobalan
Yellow Myrobalan
Black Myrobalan
Sa
ffron

Mastic
Scammony prepared

Aloe
Latin
Terminalia chebula
Terminalia chebula (yellow)
Terminalia chebula (black)
Crocus sativus
Pistacia lentiscus
Convovulus scammonia

Aloe spp.
Amount


1⁄2 oz. each

2 drams, 2 scr. ea.
1 1⁄2 drams
weight of all the rest


Preparation:
Powder and form a Pill Mass with Fennel juice.

Function:
Settles Wind, purges the Head, relieves Pain

Use:
1. Migraines
2. Headaches


Dose:
1–2 scruples

Cautions:
None noted

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