Trochisci Absinthio Minus
Lesser Troches of Wormwood

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Mesue

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

Celery seed

Apium graveolens

Wormwood

Artemisia absinthum

Bitter Almonds

Prunus amygdalus amara

Aniseed

Pimpinella anisum

Asarabacca

Asarum europeum

equal parts

Preparation:

Powder then form Troches with sufficient clarified Chicory juice

Function:

Moves Qi, opens Liver Obstructions

Use:

1. Liver Obstructions
2. Liver Hardness and Tumors;
3. Jaundice;
4. Stomach Hardness and Tumors;
5. Hepatitis;
6. Chronic Fevers;
7. Pain of the abdominal organs from obstruction;
8. Edema, and to prevent its return.

Dose:

1⁄2–1 dram; usually taken with Oxymel

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

Similar Formulas:

1. Without Asarum, these were called Bitter Troches.

These were called Troches for the Liver and Dysentery in Medici Graeci (1541).

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