Athanasia Mithridates ex Galeno
Athanasia of Mithridate (from Galen)

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Mithridate (Antidotarium, Plantini, 1561)

Herb Name White Pepper Costus Mei (Meu) Acorus Agaric Scordium Carrot seed Parsley seed Myrrh Cinnamon Cassia Wood Schoenanth

Latin Piper album Saussurea lappa Meum asthmaticum Iris pseudoacorus Fomitopsis officinalis Teucrium Scordium Daucus carrota Petroselinum crispum Commiphora molmol Cinnamonum zeylanicum Cinnamonum cassia Cymbopogon schoenanthus Amount 40 grains 4 drams ea. 8 drams 12 drams ea.

Preparation:

Powder the herbs, and with sufficient Honey, form an Electuary

Function:

Clears Cold Phlegm, moves the Qi, resists Poison

Use:

1. Venom; Venomous Bites
2. Poison
3. Souring of food in the Stomach (Food Stagnation)
4. Chronic Cough
5. Cold diseases of Liver, Spleen, Bladder and Uterus

Dose:

1⁄2–1 dram

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

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