Antidotum Experum Contra Frigidam Podagram & Omnes Pedum Dolores
Antidote Experienced Against Cold Gout & All Feet Pain

Tradition:

Wetsern, Unani

Source / Author:

Nicholas Alexandrinus (Medici Graeci, 1541)

Herb Name Colchicum Scammony prepared Turbith Euphorbium Clove Indian Spikenard Cinnamon Ginger Galangal Long Birthwort Costus Cyperus Saxifrage White Gromwell Butchers Broom seed Asparagus seed Nettle seed Zedoary Myrrh Cumin Black Pepper Carrot seed Lemon seed Honey

Latin Colchicum autumnale Convovulus scammonia Operculina turpethum Euphorbium resinifera Eugenia caryophyllus Nardostachys jatamansi Cinnamonum zeylanicum Zingiber officinalis Alpina officinarum Aristolchia longa Saussurea lappa Cyperus rotundus Saxifraga alba Lithospermum officinale Ruscus aculeatus Asparagus officinale Urtica dioica Curcuma zedoaria Commiphora molmol Cuminum cyminum Piper nigrum Daucus carrota Citrus limonum Mel Amount 60 drams ea. 20 drams ea. 10 drams ea. 7 drams ea. 4 drams ea. sufficient

Preparation:

Powder, and mix with three times their weight of clarified Honey to form an Electuary

Function:

Warms, clears Wind, Cold and Damp, eases Pain

Use:

1. Cold and Damp-type Gout & Arthritis
2. Rheumatism from Cold and Damp
3. Special for Feet pain from Cold and Damp
4. Other Joint pain of the Lower Body from Cold and Damp

Dose:

3–4 drams before a warm bath

Cautions:

1. Not used in Heat or Yin deficiency.
2. Scammony, Colchicum and Euphorbium are all irritant and toxic in overdose. Birthwort is forbidden in many countries so should be omitted or substituted. Dose should begin smaller, increasing to 3 drams, and only increasing to 4 drams if required.

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