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Trochisci Alkekengi
Troches of Winter Cherry
Troches of Winter Cherry
Tradition:
Western, Unani
Source / Author:
Mesue
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Herb Name
Winter Cherries
Gum Arabic Tragacanth Frankincense Pine nuts Bitter Almonds White Starch Licorice juice Armenian Earth Poppy seed Dragon’s Blood Melon seed Gourd seed Pumpkin seed Cucumber seed Parsley seed White Henbane seed White Amber Earth of Lemnos Opium |
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Preparation:
Powder, and with Winter Cherry juice, form Troches
Function:
Clears Heat, relieves Irritation, promotes Urine, resolves Stones, promotes Healing, relieves Pain
Use:
1. Burning Urine
2. Strangury
3. Dysuria
4. Gravel, Stones
5. Abscesses, Ulcers or Tumors of the Urinary tract;
6. Prostatitis, Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
Dose:
1–1 1⁄2 drams in Plantain water (for Heat of the Urine), or Syrup of Violets (in Urinary Abscess, Ulcers, or Tumors)
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
1. This can be used without the Opium, Opium only being important in cases with strong pain. A double dose of Poppy seed could also be used.
2. The contemporary Unani version omits Tragacanth, Frankincense, Licorice juice, seeds of Parsley and Henbane, Amber, Lemnian Earth and Opium, making it more feasible to be made today.
Troches of Winter Cherry was commonly used for various Urinary disorders.
See also the contemporary Unani Troches of Winter Cherry, which is similar, but modified, and more practically made today.
See also the contemporary Unani Troches of Winter Cherry, which is similar, but modified, and more practically made today.
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Mesue
Winter Cherry Gum Arabic Tragacanth Frankincense Pine nut Bitter Almond Starch Licorice juice Armenian Earth Poppy seed Dragons Blood Melon seed Gourd seed Pumpkin seed Cucumber seed 4 Cold seeds Parsley seed Henbane seed Amber Earth of Lemnos Lemnian Earth Opium
Urinary Ulcer Urinary Tumor Urinary Abscess Bladder Tumor Bladder Abscess Bladder Ulcer Strangury Dysuria Calculi Gravel Stones
Mesue
Winter Cherry Gum Arabic Tragacanth Frankincense Pine nut Bitter Almond Starch Licorice juice Armenian Earth Poppy seed Dragons Blood Melon seed Gourd seed Pumpkin seed Cucumber seed 4 Cold seeds Parsley seed Henbane seed Amber Earth of Lemnos Lemnian Earth Opium
Urinary Ulcer Urinary Tumor Urinary Abscess Bladder Tumor Bladder Abscess Bladder Ulcer Strangury Dysuria Calculi Gravel Stones