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Preparers and Purgers of Melancholy
See also:
Introduction to Humoral Medicine
Purging the Humours
Preparers and Purgers of Bile
Preparers and Purgers of Phlegm
Purging Mixed Humors
Introduction to Humoral Medicine
Purging the Humours
Preparers and Purgers of Bile
Preparers and Purgers of Phlegm
Purging Mixed Humors
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Preparers of Melancholy
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Purgers of Melancholy
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Sample Preparatives for Melancholy
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1. Balm
Basil Hops 2. Borage Fumitory Dodder |
3. Elecampane
Aniseed Licorice 4. Syrup of Dodder (simp) Syrup of Fumitory (simp) 1 oz. Infusion of Senna 3 oz. |
Primary Purgatives for Melancholy
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1. Powder to Purge Melancholy 1 (Mesue)
Senna Black Myrobalan 1 dram Lapis Lazuli 1 scruple 2. Powder to Purge Melancholy 2 (Mesue) Black Myrobalan 5 drams Ginger Cinnamon Sal Gem ½ scruple Infuse in Fumitory water, strain and sweeten. 3. Decoction of Dodder of Thyme (Rhasis) Indian Myrobalan 1¼ oz. Polypody root 5 drams Senna leaf 9 drams Turbith ½ oz. Dodder of Thyme 10 drams 4. Syrup of Fumitory Endive Wormwood Dodder Hart’s Tongue Hops 1 handful Dodder of Thyme 1½ oz. Boil in 4 lbs. of water until 2 lbs. remain. Strain, then add: clarified Fumitory juice 1½ lbs. White Sugar 4 lbs. Boil gently to a syrup. Dose: 1–2 oz. 5. Pills of Fumitory Myrobalans, Chebulic Yellow Black Scammony prepared 5 drams Aloes 7 drams Form pills with clarified and condensed Fumitory juice. Dose: 1 scruple–1 dram 6. Indian Pills Indian Myrobalan prepared Black Hellebore Polypody root 2½ drams Thyme Dodder of Thyme Stoechas 3 drams Agaric Troches of Alhandal Rock Salt prepared Lapis Lazuli 2 drams Clove ½ dram Hiera Picra Galeni 6 drams With clarified Celery juice form Pills. Dose: ½–1 dram |
7. Pills for Melancholy (1) (Mesue)
Lapis Lazuli prepared 1 dram Camphor Annis Cinnamon Ginger Mastic 6 grains Powder and form pills with Sage juice. 8. Pills for Melancholy (2) (Mesue) Lapis Lazuli 4 drams Black Hellebore 6 drams Cinnamon Ginger 1 scruple Mastic 1 dram Camphor ½ dram Annis Fennel 2 scruples Form pills with Cabbage juice. 9. Pills of Lapis Lazuli (Mesue) Lapis Lazuli prepared 5 drams Dodder of Thyme Polypody Agaric 1 oz. Scammony Black Hellebore prepared Rock Salt 2½ drams Clove Aniseed ½ oz. Hiera Picra Galeni 15 drams Form Pills with Syrup of the juice of Fumitory or Chicory. Dose: ½–1 dram 10. Pills of Black Hellebore (Mesue) Black Hellebore 2 scruples Ginger Mastic Red Rose Cinnamon Annis Carrot seed Camphor 3 grains Form pills. 11. Infusion for Vehement Burnt Bile (Mesue) Senna 1 dram Oregano Pennyroyal 3 dram Black Myrobalan 2 dram Borage flower Bugloss flower Rose Violet 2 dram Black Hellebore Ginger Cinnamon ½ dram Infuse in 8 ounces Borage water for 10 hours, express and sweeten. |