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Powder of Optimal Nutrition

Tradition:
Western, Unani

Source / Author:
Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545

Herb Name
Pine nuts
Sweet Almond
Pistachio
Watermelon seed
Cucumber seed
Greater Cucumber seed
Purslane seed
Licorice juice
Crude Silk cut small
Cinnamon
Clove
Coriander
Cassia wood
Aloeswood
Saffron
Spikenard
Amber
Sugar
Latin
Nux Pinea
Prunus amygdalus dulcis
Pistachio verum
Citrullus vulgaris
Cucumis sativus
Cucumis spp.
Portulaceae oleracea
Glycyrrhiza glabra
Sericum
Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Eugenia caryophyllus
Coriandrum sativum
Cinnamonum cassia
Aquillaria agallocha
Crocus sativus
Nardostachys jatamansi
Succinum
Saccharum
Amount
8 oz.

4 oz. each


3 drams each

1⁄2 oz. each
1 1⁄2 scruple
1⁄2 oz.



2 drams each
1 dram
1⁄2 dram
1 dram
2 drams

Preparation:
Powder

Function:
Nourishes Yin and Blood, increases Qi, strengthens

Use:
1. Debility;
2. chronic Weakness;
3. Malnutrition.
4. Maybe useful as a nutritive tonic in chronic diseases, wasting, emaciation and convalescence

Dose:
2 drams

Cautions:
None noted

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