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Ribes, Currant

Currans
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Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640

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Red and Black Currant
Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832

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Botanical name:
Ribes nigrum (Black Currant); Ribes rubrum (Red Currant)
White, Black and Red varieties were used, the White being mildest.

Parts used:
Fruit; rarely the leaf

Temperature & Taste:
Neutral (slightly Cool), dry (although they are also moist). Sweet

Classifications:
3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS
4c. CARDIAC.    4e. STOMACHIC.    4g. HEPATIC.    4h. NEPHRITIC

Uses:
1. Tonifies and Nourishes the Yin and Blood:


2. Clears Heat from the Liver and Blood:

3. Benefits the Lungs, Stops Cough:


4. Clears Heat, Quenches Thirst:

5. Externally:
-The Syrup can be used as Syrup of Mulberries for inflammations and sores of the Mouth and Throat


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Main Combinations:
1. Common Decoction, Currants with  ... available in PRO version
2. Cough:
i. chronic, persistent Currants with ... available in PRO version
ii. from Phlegm Currants with  ... available in PRO version
iii. chronic Cough, Currants with  ... available in PRO version
iv. from Cold Phlegm, Currants with  ... available in PRO version
3. Cold-Phlegm Cough, Asthma, Wheezing or Consumption, Currants with  ... available in PRO version
4. Asthma:
i. Currants with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Currants with  ... available in PRO version
5. Bleeding from the Lungs, Currants with  ... available in PRO version
6. Consumption, Currants with  ... available in PRO version
7. Wind diseases from deficiency, Currants with  ... available in PRO version
8. Amenorrhea from Blood deficiency, Currants with  ... available in PRO version
9. To cleanse the Blood:
i. Currants with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Currants with  ... available in PRO version
10. Spring Cure,  ... available in PRO version
11. Jaundice in Children, Currants with  ... available in PRO version
12. Arthritic complaints with deficiency, Currants with  ... available in PRO version
13. As a gargle for Sore Throat, Tonsillitis, Currants with  ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Common Decoction
Decoction Liberans
Decoction to Purify
Decoction of Dodder of Thyme (Mesue)
Decoction for Arthritis (Mynsichts)
Syrup of Horehound
Syrup for Asthma (Wirtzung)
A Sound and Experienced Electuary (Mesue)
Confection for Cold Cough

Cautions:
Not suitable in Damp and Spleen weakness.

Main Preparations used:
Preserved Berries, Juice, and Rob (thickened Juice)

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