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Troches are powdered medicines formed into small biscuits, discs or cakes. They were originally invented as a better way of preserving Powders, especially for travelers, or as an easy way of keeping medicines for administration.

Their method of preparation is initially as for making a powder. The powder is then mixed with a liquid, often a clarified herb juice, mucilage, wine, syrup or Honey preparation (such as Oxymel). A stiff paste is then prepared which can be rolled flat, cut into shapes of consistent size, and dried. Once dried, they are easily stored or packed and may then be easily administered with a uniform dose.



Bitter Troches
Black Troches for Cough (Trochisci Bechici) (Mesue)
Expert Troches of Mahomet

Surgeon’s Musked Troches (Alipta Muscata) (Nicholas)
Triangular Troches (Unani)

Troches for Abscess and Ulcer of the Kidneys (Nicholas)
Troches for Back and Sacral Pain (Nicholas)
Troches for Burning Fever (Galen)
Troches for Cough (Andromachus)
Troches for Cough (Wirtzung)

Troches for Hardness of the Liver
Troches for Heart Weakness (Nicholas)
Troches for Kidney Ulcers (Riverius)

Troches for Liver Ulcers (Andromachus)
Troches for the Liver and Jaundice (Nicholas)
Troches for Pleurisy when not from Vehement Heat
Troches of Agnus Castus
Troches of Agrimony

Troches of Aloeswood (Trochisci Aquilaria) (Mesue)
Troches of Amber (Galen)
Troches of Amber (Trochisci de Succino) (Mesue)
Troches of Annis (Nicholas)

Troches of Barberries (Trochisci de Berberis) (Mesue)
Troches of Camphor (Nicholas)

Troches of Coral (Diacorallium) (Galen)
Troches of Coral (Diacorallium) (Nicholas)
Troches of Earth of Lemnos (Trochisci de Terra Lemnia)
Troches of Gallia Sebellinae (Mesue)

Troches of Gordon (Trochisci Gordonii)
Troches of Gum Lacca (Trochisci de Lacca) (Mesue)
Troches of Musk (Gallia Muscata) (Mesue)


Troches of Musk (Gallia Muscata) (Nicholas)
Troches of Musk (Trochisci Moschata) (Rhasis)
Troches of Myrrh (Rhasis)
Troches of Nutmeg (Rhasis)
Troches of Ramich (Mesue)
Troches of Rhubarb (Mesue)
Troches of Rhubarb Greater
Troches of Rhubarb Lesser
Troches of Rose (Mesue)

Troches of Rose (Trochisci Diarrhodon) (Mesue)
Troches of Rose Lesser (Mesue)
Troches of Rose Greater (Mesue)
Troches of Rose (Nicholas)
Troches of Rose (Rhasis)
Troches of Rose and Agrimony (Mesue)
Troches of Saffron (Damocrates)
Troches of Saffron (Nicholas)

Troches of Sandalwoods (Trochisci Santalon) (Mesue)

Troches of Spodium (Trochisci Spodii) (Avicenna)
Troches of Spodium (Trochisci Spodii) (Mesue)
Troches of Spodium (Trochisci Spodii) (Nicholas)
Troches of Squill (Trochisci Scilliae)
Troches of Ten Things

Troches of Viper (Trochisci Viperini)
Troches of Winter Cherry (Trochisci Alkekengi) (Mesue)
Troches of Winter Cherry (Unani)
Troches of Wormwood Greater (Nicholas)
Troches of Wormwood Lesser (Mesue)
Troches of Wormwood Greater (Mesue)
Troches Praised for Liver Hardness (Nicholas)
Troches Proven for Hardness of the Liver (Nicholas)

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