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Powder for Scrofula

Tradition:
Western

Source / Author:
Antidotarium Bononiense, 1641

Herb Name
Sponge burnt
Sea Balls burnt

Cuttlefish bone
Long Pepper
Black Pepper
Ginger
Cinnamon
Rock Salt
Pellitory

Galls
Echium
Burnt Hazel nut shells
Pumice
Plantain seed
Iron
filings prepared *
Burnt Egg shell
White Hellebore prepared
Black Hellebore
prepared
Latin
Spongia usta
Pilae Marinae
Os Sepia
Piper longum
Piper nigrum
Zingiber o
fficinalis
Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Sal Gem

Anacyclus pyrethrum
Galla
Echium vulgare
Corylus avellana usta
Pumex

Plantago majus
Ferrum
Calyx usta
Helleborus alba praeparata Helleborus niger praeparata

Amount










2 oz. ea.
1⁄2 oz.





2 drams ea.

*Listed as ‘Limature acuum’=filings of a needle?

Preparation:
Powder

Function:
Clears Phlegm and Heat, resolves Swellings

Use:
1. Scrofula
2. Goiter
3. Lymph swellings in general


Dose:
2–4 scruples in white wine or Sage water

Cautions:
1. Due to the toxicity of the Hellebores, use carefully, beginning with the lower dose and increasing if needed.
2. Not suitable for use in young children or during pregnancy.

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