TRADITIONAL INTERNAL MEDICINE – DISEASES & FORMULAS
Anaphrodisiac
Promote Chastity
Anaphrodisiacs are medicine that retrain or hinder sexual desire. These medicines are used for various purposes:
- By Monks and those who are celibate
- Those with excessive Sexual appetite
- Previously used for teenagers who masturbate
Some appently have an effect on the sex hormones. Some are cold medicines that calm excess Kidney Heat which predisposes to excess sexual thoughts and drives Lust.
Some were said to “abate Seed”.
Western Tradition
Simples
Agnus Castus
Water Lily root
Purslane
Poppy seed
Camphor
Rue
Red Nettle seed
Lettuce seed
Cannabis seed
Tabasheer
1. Eating the flowers of Willow or Poplar tree remove all the “Heat of carnal Lust”. (The Treasury of Health, 1550)
2. “Lettuce seed dries up the seed and quenches the desire of copulation”. (The Treasury of Health, 1550)
Formulas
Syrup of Agnus Castus
Troches of Agnus Castus
Tincture of Rue
Externally:
1. Applying Camphor oil to the penis was said to destroy desire.
2. Anoint the genitals with juice of Nightshade, Houseleek and Vinegar.
2. “Hemlock bound to a mans Stones [testicles], takes utterly away all desire of copulation”. (The Treasury of Health, 1550)
Special Formula
1. Agnus Castus seed with Lettuce seed
2. Agnus Castus seed, Cannabis seed, Rue seed, Lettuce seed, Purslane seed
3. Water Lily root, Cuttle fish bone
Pills Inducing Chastity
Powder of Water Lily roots ½ oz.
Salt of Saturn (Lead) 2 drams
Cuttlefish bone 6 drams
Camphor 9 drams
Syrup of Water Lily roots qs.
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