Trochisci de Berberis
Troches of Barberries
Tradition:
Western, Unani
Source / Author:
Mesue
Herb Name | Latin | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Berberis vulgaris | ||
Succus Glycyrrhiza | ||
Bambusae silicae | ||
Portulaceae oleracea | 3 drams ea. | |
Rosa gallica | 6 drams | |
Nardostachys jatamansi | ||
Crocus sativus | ||
Amylum | ||
Astragalus tragacanth | 1 dram ea. | |
Citrullus vulgaris | 3 1⁄2 drams | |
Camphora | 1⁄2 dram |
Preparation:
Boil 2 drams of Tamarinds in 2 oz. of Rose water, strain, add 2 drams of Manna, then the juices and the rest in powder; form Troches
Function:
Clears Heat from the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder
Use:
1. Fever, including Burning (High) Fever
2. Thirst during Fever
3. Hot Catarrh
4. Lung Heat, Heat-type Cough
5. Jaundice from excess Bile, Bile obstruction
6. Abscess and Swelling of the Liver
7. Liver Heat, Hepatitis
8. Liver obstruction, Liver pain
9. Spleen Obstruction
10. Stomach Heat
11. Diarrhea from excess Bile
12. Excess Heat of the Kidney and Bladder
13. Cachexia
Dose:
1⁄2–1 dram, up to 2 drams
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
1. for Abscess of the Liver take with Troches of Earth of Lemnos (Wirtzung)
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“They are commended in hot Fevers, and the hot distemper of the Liver and Ventricle [Stomach]; as also in inextinguishable thirst, and flux of the Belly [diarrhea]: they also accede the composition of the Electuary of Sea-leeks, according to Mesue’s description; who, according is his Interpreters traduction, calls them Trochisks of Oxyacantha: but they ingrede not the Electuary of Roses delivered by Mesue, as Foesius thinks. They are made in small quantity, because they serve most for other compositions,” (A Medicinal Dispensatory, Renou, 1657)