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Trochisci de Terra Lemna,
or Trochisci de Terra Sigillata

Troches of Earth of Lemnos,
or
Troches of Sealed Earth


Tradition:
Western, Unani

Source / Author:
Mesue

Herb Name
Lemnian Earth
Armenian Earth
Gum Acacia
Gum Arabic toasted

Hypocistus
Dragon’s Blood
Starch

Rose
Rose anthera

Hematite
Red Coral
Amber
Pomegranate
flowers
Tabasheer
Purslane seed toasted
Frankincense
Burnt Deer Horn
Cypress nuts
Sa
ffron
Black Poppy seed
Tragacanth
Pearl
Opium

Latin
Terra Lemnia
Terra Armenius
Acacia senegal
Acacia arabica
Cytinus hypocistus
Daemonorops draco
Amylum

Rosa gallica
Rosa gallica
Haematitum
Corallum rubrum
Succinum
Punica granatum
Bambusae silicae
Portulaceae oleracea
Boswellia sacra
Cornu Cervii Usta
Cupressus semperviens
Crocus sativus

Papaver spp.
Astragalus tragacanth
Margarita
Papaver somniferum

Amount




















2 drams ea.
1 1⁄2 drams
1 dram


Preparation:
Form into troches with Plantain juice

Function:
Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding

Use:
1. Hemoptysis
2. Blood Nose (applied to the forehead mixed with Plantain water)
3. Hematuria

4. Excess Menstruation
5. Epidemic Fevers
6. Venoms and Poisons


Dose:
1⁄2–1 dram, often with with Conserve of Roses or Plantain water; for blood Nose or Blood in the Urine, it was dissolved in Poppy Water or Plantain Water and injected in.

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:
This can be simplified with the omission of Opium and some of the other herbs.

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Earths are used in all systems to clear Heat, astringe, and stop Bleeding. Lemnian Earth was available as Sealed Earth (Terra Sigillata), where the Earth was formed into round discs like coins and stamped with a design. These sold at high prices throughout Europe and the Mediterranean for centuries. Some versions listed Sealed Earth in place of Lemnian Earth.

"These be excellent balls to staunch Spitting of Blood and chiefly if they be taken with water of Plantain: if the forehead be therewith anointed, it stops bleeding at the nose, if the Matrix [Uterus] be anointed therewith it stops the Flowers [Menstruation], and also for any Flux [Leakage]". (Nicolas Prepositas
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