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Dianisum
Powder of Aniseed Compound
Powder of Aniseed Compound
Tradition:
Western, Unani
Source / Author:
Mesue
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Herb Name
Aniseed
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Preparation:
Powder. it can be made into an Electuary with 3 times its weight of clarified Honey, or as a confection with Sugar.
Function:
Warms the Stomach and Lungs, clears Cold Phlegm
Use:
1. Cold Stomach pain
2. Nausea
3. Wind-Colic
4. Bloating
5. Chronic Cold-type Cough
6. Asthma coming from Cold.
7. Breathlessness
8. It was said to cause ‘a long Wind, free Breathings, and clear Voice’.
Dose:
1⁄2–1 dram of the Powder; 1–2 drams as an Electuary or Confection
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
Similar Formulas:
Powder of Cumin Greater (Diacuminum)
‘It is chiefly appropriated to the Stomach, and helps the cold infirmities thereof, raw, phlegm, wind, continual Coughs, and other such diseases coming of cold’. (Culpeper)
Renodeus said ‘This Powder is both usual and useful’.
Renodeus said ‘This Powder is both usual and useful’.
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