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Pilulae Lucis Majores,
or Pilulae Opticae
Pills to Clarify


Tradition:
Western, Unani

Source / Author:
Mesue

Herb Name
Rose
Violet
Wormwood
Colocynth
Turbith
Cubeb
Calamus
Nutmeg
Dodder of Thyme
Indian Spikenard
Balsam fruit (or Cardamon)
Balsam wood (or Aloeswood)
Seseli seed (or Hartwort)
Rue
Annis
Fennel
Celery
Squinanth
Asarabacca
Mastic
Clove
Cinnamon
Cassia wood
Saffron
Mace               
Chebulia Myrobalan
Emblic Myrobalan
Belleric Myrobalan
Yellow Myrobalan
Black Myrobalan
Rhubarb
Agaric
Senna
Eyebright
Aloes

Latin
Rosa gallica
Viola odorata
Artemisia absinthium
Citrullus colocynthis
Operculina turpethum
Piper cubeba
Acorus calamus
Myristica fragrans
Cuscuta europea
Nardostachys jatamansi
Commiphora opobalsamum
Commiphora opobalsamum
Siler trilobum
Ruta graveolens
Pimpinella anisum
Foeniculum vulgare
Apium graveolens
Juncus odoratus
Asarum europeum
Pistacia lentiscus
Eugenia caryophyllus
Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Cinnamomum cassia
Crocus sativus
Myristica fragrans
Terminalia chebula
Emblica officinalis
Terminalia bellerica
Terminalia chebula (Yellow)
Terminalia chebula (Black)
Rheum officinale
Fomitopsis officinale
Cassia angustfolia
Euphrasia officinalis
Aloe spp.

Amount
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2 drams ea.





4 drams ea.

5 drams ea
7 drams
equal to the rest

Preparation:
Powder and form pills with clarified Fennel juice.

Function:
Purges Phlegm and Melancholy from the Head, clears the Senses, Clarifies the Eyesight

Use:
1. Poor or Failing Eyesight
2. Floaters
3. Blindness
4. Nightblindness
5. Eye pain
6. Foul humors affecting the Head and Senses
7. To purge in Melancholy diseases of the Head

Dose:

1–2 drams (up to 3 drams).
Often a daily dose was given for a week or more. In long-term treatment, it was common to give a dose once or twice per month.


Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:

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‘It purges mixed Humors from the Head, and clears it of such excrements as hinder the Sight’. (Culpeper)

These were commonly used and highly regarded for poor or failing eyesight. They clear the humors which obstruct the fine circulation of the eyes and were regarded as sharpening the sight. They are most suited to Phlegm and Melancholy humors.
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