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Preparers and Purgers of Bile

Unani Medicines to Purge Bile
Materia Medica in Arabic & Persian, Shirazy, 1793
See also:
Introduction to Humoral Medicine
Purging the Humours
Preparers and Purgers of Phlegm
Preparers and Purges of Melancholy
Purging Mixed Humors
Preparers of Bile
Purgatives of Bile
Fruits
Apples
Lemon
Pomegranate
Sour Plum
Prune
Barberry

Herbs
Chicory
Sorrel
Plantain
Maidenhair
Mallow
Black Nightshade

Roots
Borage
Chicory
Sorrel
Asparagus

Seeds
4 Cold Seeds
Endive
Plantain
Mallow
Poppy

Flowers
Rose
Borage
Water Lily
Camomile

Gums
Gum Arabic
Camphor

Other
Sandalwood
Red (Armenian) Earth
Vinegar

Compounds
Diamargariton Frigidum
Diacydonium w'out Spic
Diapenidion w'out Spice

Quince
Citron
Cherry
Jujubes
Cassia Fistula



Endive
Wood Sorrel
Purslane
Lettuce
Violet
Fumitory


Bugloss
Dandelion
Couch Grass
Marshmallow


Barley
Lettuce
Purslane
Quince



Violet
Bugloss
Red Poppy



Tragacanth



Red Sandalwood
Sealed Earth
Omphacine


Diatragacanthum Frigid.
Diatriasanatlum
Pulvis Haly
Mild
Violet juice, syrup
Pomegranate juice
Raisins
Cucumber seed
Peach tree flowers
Cassia Fistula
Fumitory
Wormwood
Rhubarb
Manna

Strong
Scammony prepared

Compounds
Oxymel
Electuary of Rose juice
Syrup of Chicory and  
  Rhubarb
Diaprunis
Catholicum
Pills of Aloephanginae

Rose juice, syrup, honey
Prune
Jujube
Pumpkin seed
Psyllium
Tamarind
Hops
Yellow Myrobalan
Aloe
Whey


Colocynth


Syrup of Peach flowers
Syrup of Rose Solutive
Electuary of Psyllium
Hiera Picra
Pills of Aloes
Golden Pills
Sample Preparatives for Bile Humor
1. Borage
   Rose
   Violet

2. Chicory
   Endive
   Couch Grass
3. Chicory
   Maidenhair
   Cassia Fistula

4. Syrup of Violet (simp)
   Syrup of Endive (simp)    1 oz. each
   Infusion of Senna             4 oz
Primary Compounds for Purging Bile Humor

1. Infusion Purging Bile
    Rhubarb                         2 drams
    Yellow Myrobalans      1 dram   
    Cinnamon                      ½ drams

2. Pills to Purge Bile (Mesue)
    Rhubarb
    Yellow Myrobalan       4 drams
    Aloes washed              6 drams
    Cinnamon
    Camphor
    Red Rose
    Red Sandalwood
    Yellow Sandalwood    1 scruple
Form Pills. Dose: 1 dram
3. Pills of Agrimony (Mesue)

4. Pills of Rhubarb (Mesue)

5. Pills of Three Solutives (Mesue)
    Rhubarb
    Agaric
    Aloe                               equal parts
Form Pills with Syrup of Rose Solutive.