Diamoschu Dulce
Sweet Powder of Musk
Tradition:
Western, Unani
Source / Author:
Mesue
Herb Name | Latin | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Crocus sativus | ||
Doronicum hookeri | ||
Curcuma zedoaria | ||
Aquillaria agallocha | ||
Myristica fragrans | 2 drams ea. | |
Margarita | ||
Sericum | ||
Succinum | ||
Corallum rubrum | ||
a compound | ||
Ocinum basilicum | 2 1⁄2 drams ea. | |
Salvia hemotodes | ||
Centaurea behen | ||
Cinnamonum tamala | ||
Nardostachys jatamansi | ||
Eugenia caryophyllus | 2 drams ea. | |
Zingiber officinalis | ||
Piper cubeba | ||
Piper longum | 1 1⁄2 drams ea. | |
Moschus | 2 scruples |
Preparation:
Powder them, adding the Musk last. It may be made into an Electuary with clarified Honey (triple its weight) which was recommended by Mesue (author of the formula), or made into Troches.
Function:
Warms, Benefits the Brain and Nerves, Settles Wind
Use:
1. Melancholy
2. Depression (“Sadness without a cause”)
3. Vertigo
4. Dizziness
5. Epilepsy
6. Convulsions
7. Paralysis or loss of Nerve Function
8. Palpitations
9. Arrhythmia
10. Difficult or Labored Breathing; Breathlessness
11. Suffocative Catarrh
12. Increase Sperm in Cold bodies
Dose:
1–2 scruples; 1–2 drams of the Electuary, usually taken with wine or Basil water.
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
1. A later reformed version used Galangal instead of Doronicum, and added Nutmeg and Cinnamon instead of Red and White Behen, Spikenard and Indian Leaf.
2. For Vertigo, add 4 grains of Frankincense to 1 scruple of Diamoschu Dulce (Salmon)
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“Sweet Diamoschum, consisting of many Cordials, exhilarates the noble parts, especially the Heart and Vital Faculties, made languid or imbecile from any, but mainly a hot cause: It conduces also to many affections of the Uterus.,” (A Medicinal Dispensatory, Renou, 1657)
“Wonderfully helps cold affections of the Brain, that come without a Fever, Melancholy and its attendants, viz. Sadness without a cause, Vertigo or Dizziness in the head, Falling Sickness, Palsies, resolution of the Nerves, Convulsions, Heart-qualms, afflictions of the Lungs, and difficulty of Breathing”. (Culpeper)