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Species de Gemmis Cordiales Temperate
Temperate Cordial Powder of Gems


Tradition:
Western

Source / Author:

Herb Name
Pearl
Raw Silk, toasted
Red Coral
White Coral

Cinnamon
Clove
Bone of a Stag’s Heart
Angelica root
Red Behen
White Behen
Aloeswood
Tabasheer
Jacinth
Emerald
Sapphire
Sa
ffron
Gold leaf
Silver leaf
Ambergris
Musk

Latin
Margarita
Sericii usta
Corallum rubrum
Corallum album
Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Eugenia caryophyllus
Os Cordis Cervii
Angelica archangelica
Salvia hemotodes
Centaurea behen
Aquillaria agallocha
Bambusae silicae
Hyacinthus
Smaragdus
Sapphirus
Crocus sativus
Aurum
Argentum
Ambre gris
Moschus

Amount
6 drams


2 drams ea.






1
1⁄2 drams ea.


1 dram ea.



1⁄2
dram ea.

1⁄2 scruple

10 of each


1⁄2
dram ea.


Preparation:
Prepare the stones (either by levigation or burning); powder the herbs, mix in the Stones and Gems in fine powder, adding the Gold and Silver leaves and Ambergris and Musk at the end.

Function:
Strengthens the Heart and Brain

Use:
1. Heart weakness
2. Palpitations

3. Arrhythmias
4. Consumption

5. Melancholy
6. Strengthens the Natural, Vital and Animal Spirits


Dose:
1⁄2–1 scruple, taken mixed with a suitable electuary, or with Honey

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:
1. In European practice, the Behens were commonly replaced with roots of Avens and Tormentil.

Similar Fiormulas:
Warming Powder of Gems (Mesue)
Cooling Powder of Gems (Species de Gemmis Frigidii)


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