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Syrupus de Betonica Compositus
Syrup of Betony Compound


Tradition:
Western

Source / Author:
Pharmacopoeia Augustana

Herb Name
Betony
Marjoram

Thyme
Rose
Violet
Stoechas
Sage
Fennel seed
Aniseed

Bishop’s weed seed
Polypody root
Peony root

Fennel root
Latin
Betonica officinalis
Oreganum marjorana

Thymus vulgaris
Rosa gallica
Viola odorata
Lavendula stoechas
Salvia o
fficinalis
Foeniculum vulgare
Pimpinella anisum
Ammi majus
Polypodium vulgare
Paeonia o
fficinalis
Foeniculum vulgare

Amount
3 handfuls
1
1⁄2 handfuls

1 handful ea.


1⁄2 handful ea.


1⁄2 oz. ea.


5 drams ea.

Preparation:
Form a Syrup.
The following method was used by some: Digest them in 6 lbs. of warm water, and 2
1⁄2 lbs. of clarified juice of Betony for 24 hours; then distill in B.M. until 5 lbs. have come over. Strain and strongly press the remaining out, and clarify with the white of an Egg. With 3 1⁄2 lbs. of Sugar, boil to the consistency of Lozenges; then add the water which was distilled off, and boil gently to the consistency of a Syrup. This method of preparation was invented to preserve the goodness of aromatic herbs and prevent any goodness evaporating during prolonged boiling.


Function:
Clears Wind and Cold, Promotes Menstruation, Prepares Melancholy Humor

Use:
1. Headache and Migraine from Wind and Cold
2. Vertigo, Dizziness
3. Frenzy, Madness, Melancholy
4. Eye diseases from Wind and Cold
5. Loss of Smell
6. Cold of the Stomach, Indigestion, loss of Appetite
7. Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea, Uterine Pain associate with Cold
8. Bladder diseases from Cold; Incontinence, Bladder Pain, Strangury


Dose:

1–2 oz. taken in the morning fasting

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:

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"It helps diseases coming of Cold, both in the Head and Stomach, as also such as come of Wind, Vertigos, Madness; it concocts Melancholy, it provokes the Menses [Menstruation]". (Culpeper)
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