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Powder for Dysentery

Tradition:
Western, Unani

Source / Author:
Nicolas Benedicti (Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545)

Herb Name
Black Myrobalan, roasted
Yellow Myrobalan, roasted
Chebulic Myrobalan, roasted
Belleric Myrobalan, roasted
Emblic Myrobalan, roasted
Nasturtium

Cumin
Aniseed
Ameos
Caraway

Latin
Terminalia chebula (black variety)
Terminalia chebula (yellow variety)
Terminalia chebula
Terminalia bellerica
Emblica o
fficinalis
Nasturtium o
fficinale
Cuminum cyminum
Pimpinella anisum
Ammi majus

Carum carvi
Amount


2 1⁄2 drams each

2 drams each




1 dram each

Preparation:
Steep all in vinegar for a day and a night, then dry and powder, adding 1 dram of each of the following in fine powder: Tabasheer, Pomegranate flowers, Sumac and Mastic. Mix well

Function:
Astringent, clears Damp, relieves Wind

Use:
1. Dysentery, without without Blood2. Diarrhea, with or without Blood


Dose:

Take in the morning and again later in the day with Syrup of Myrtle.

Cautions:
None noted

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