Astringent Pills

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea, Thomas Fuller, London, 1710

Herb Name Red Earth Dragons Blood Red Coral Amber Mastic Astringent Crocus of Mars Cinnamon Oil Nutmeg Oil

Latin Terra Rubra Daemonorops draco Corallum rubrum Succinum Pistacia lentiscus Red Ferric oxide Oleum Cinnamonum Oleum Myristicae Amount 1 dram ea. 6 drops ea,

Preparation:

Make all into a fine powder, and then with Turpentine, make a pill Mass; from every scruple, make 3 Pills, and dust them with Powder of Dragons Blood.

Function:

Clears Heat, astringent, stops Bleeding

Use:

1. Diarrhea
2. Dysentery, with or without Blood
3. Hemoptysis
4. Vomiting Blood
5. Hematuria
6. Excessive Menstruation
7. Postpartum Hemorrhage
8. Lumbago associated with excess loss of Blood, Leukorrhea or Spermatorrhea

Dose:

3 pills (1 scruple), 2 or more times daily

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

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