The Purpose of our ’12 Formulas’ Pages are to illustrate various formulas used to treat a specific condition on one page. This can be useful to help Practitioners develop their own Formulas.
The following Formulas are typical of those used to clarify the Sight and improve Vision in Traditional Medicine. It was typical for most of the powders to be taken with Wine (or Wine of Eyebright, Rosemary, Sage etc.) unless the person had excess Heat in which case Water or a distilled Water is used as a vehicle.
Infuse, then strain. Take a Small glassful each morning.
Eyebright Powder
Eyebright Mace
3 parts 1 part
Powder. Some added 7 parts of Sugar. Used for weak or failing Eyesight, Floaters, as well as for Headaches and to increase Memory. Dose: ½ teaspoonful every Morning
Powder to Clarify the Eyes
Mastic Eyebright Sugar
1 dram each 2 drams
Powder. Used for poor vision or failing Eyesight. Dose: ½ dram. (Nicholas)
Wine of Eyebright and Fennel
Eyebright Fennel seed Cinnamon
2 handfuls ½ oz. 2 drams
Beat the herbs, put into a bag, and steep in White Wine Take a small glassful each morning for weak or failing Eyesight. (Wirtzung)
Powder to Benefit Eyesight
Salt Eyebright Nutmeg Cinnamon
2 oz. 2 dram 1 dram 2 scruples
Powder. Sprinkled over food when eating. (Riverius)
Eye Powder
Eyebright Fennel seed Rue seed Mace Sugar
3 oz. 2 oz. ½ oz. 2 drams 6 oz.
Powder. Used for debility of Sight, strengthens Memory. Dose: ½–1 dram (Bateana)
With sufficient Almond oil and 400 grams of Sugar, form an Electuary. Used for Weakness of Sight, especially when with constipation. Dose: 15–20 grams. (Unani)
Powder, and with three times their weight of clarified Honey, form an Electuary. Used for failing eyesight, especially in the aged. Dose: 1 dram twice daily.
Powder the herbs and mix with the Honey to form. Confection. The Honey is prepared by being boiled with 1 oz. of Fennel juice, and ½ oz. each of the juices of Rue and Celandine. Used for Failing or Weak Eyesight.
Powder. Used to cleanse and purge the Head and Eyes, for poor or failing Eyesight associated with excess Humors (manifest with dirty tongue coat etc.). Dose: ½–1 dram (Wirtzung)
Pills to Preserve the Sight
Nutmeg Marjoram Cinnamon Cassia wood Rose Mastic Chebulic Myrobalan Aloe
1 dram each 2 drams 8 drams
Powder and form a pill mass with wine. As the preceding, it is used for poor or failing Eyesight associated with excess Humors. Dose: 1–2 scruples. Taken once weekly to preserve the Sight. (Grulingus)
