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Orvietan Antidote

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Antidotum Orvietanum Orvietan Antidote Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name Carline Thistle rootTormentilLong BirthwortRound BirthwortCalamusScorzoneraMasterwortAngelica AnthoraWhite DittanyWormseedArmenian EarthSealed EarthOld Theriac Latin Carlina vulgarisPotentilla tormentillaAristolchia longaAristolchia rotundaAcorus calamusScorzonera hispanicaImperatoriae ostruthiumAngelica archangelicaAconitum anthoraDictamnus albusArtemesia santonicumTerra ArmeniusTerra SigillataTheriac Amount 1 oz. ea.3. oz. Preparation: Powder the herbs, and gradually add to 8 lbs. of warmed Honey, stirring…

Cancer

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Cancer “As to preventing its (cancer) progress, it can be achieved by … improving the diet and reinforcing the involved organ by the known effective medications” (Avicenna) The name ‘Cancer’ (Latin for Crab, from the Greek Karkinos, Crab) was given to the disease by the Ancient Greeks. It was named after the crab because a…

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Electuary of Gems (Mesue)

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Electuarium de GemmisElectuary of Gems Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name PearlSapphireHyacinth (yellow Zircon)CornelianGarnetEmeraldZedoaryDoronicumCitron peelMaceAmbergrisClove Basil seedAmberIvoryRed BehenWhite BehenCloveGingerLong PepperIndian SpikenardIndian leafSaffronGreater CardamonTroches of DiarrhodonAloeswoodCinnamonGalangalRound ZedoaryGold leafSilver leafMusk Latin MargaritaSapphirusHyacinthusSardusGranatusSmaragdusCurcuma zedoariaDoronicum hookeriCitrus medicaMyristica fragransAmbre grisOcinum gratissimumSuccinum EborisSalvia hemotodesCentaurea behenEugenia caryophyllusZingiber officinalisPiper longumNardostachys jatamansi Cinnamonum tamalaCrocus sativusAmomum subulatumTrochisci DiarrhodonAquillaria agallochaCinnamonum zeylanicumAlpina officinarumCurcuma aromaticaAurumArgentumMoschus…

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Clarifying Lloydia 15 (Gsal byed a wa bco lnga)

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Gsal byed a wa bco lnga  གསལ་བྱེད་ཨ་ཝ་བཅོ་ལྔ་Clarifying Lloydia 15 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Herb Name Cong zhi mzo ‘o (Calcite) **Cu gang (Tabasheer)Gur gum (Safflower)Li shi (Clove)A ru ra (Chebula)Utpal sngon po (Blue Poppy)Shyu ru (Emblic) Ba ru (Belleric)Shing mngar (Licorice)Go snyod (Caraway) ***Sbrul sha (Snake flesh)Brag zhun (Shilajit),lcags phye (Iron…

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Electuary of Ginger (Dia Zingiber) (Nicholas)

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Dia Zingiber Electuary of Ginger Tradition: Westerm, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas Herb Name Pine nutPistachioAniseedFennel seedLicoriceSaffronGingerGalangalCloveCinnamonNutmegGrains of ParadiseMace CardamonIndian SpikenardRhubarbRose Latin Nux PineaPistachio verumPimpinella anisumFoeniculum vulgareGlycyrrhiza glabraCrocus sativusZingiber officinalisAlpina officinarumEugenia caryophyllusCinnamonum zeylanicumMyristica fragransAframomum meleguetaMyristica fragransElettaria cardamomumNardostachys jatamansiRheum palmatumRosa gallica Amount 1⁄2 oz.2 drams 1⁄2 dram ea. 15 grains ea. Preparation: Form an Electuary with…

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Origanum dictamnus, Dittany of Crete

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Origanum dictamnus, Dittany of Crete Bastard Dittany, Dictamnus of Candia New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Botanical name: Origanum dictamnus (syn. Dictamnus creticus) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Uses: 1. Moves Blood, Promotes Menstruation:-Promotes Urine, expels a Dead Fetus (Galen)-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea-Uterine diseases associated with Blood stasis-promotes Birth, clears…

Aloe & Myrrh

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Aloe & Myrrh Aloes is Cold, dry, and Bitter, and purges Heat, Bile and Melancholy. It opens obstructions of the Stomach, Liver, Spleen, Bowels and Uterus.   Myrrh is Warm, Dry, Bitter and Pungent. It moves the Blood, eases Pain, promotes Healing and prevents Infection.   This combination formed the classic prescription Tincture of Myrrh and Aloes.   This was used…

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Crisinis carbonis, Burnt Hair, Xue Yu Tan

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Crisinis carbonis, Burnt Hair, Xue Yu Tan 血余炭 Xue Yu Tan (Carbonised Human Hair) (TCM)Sha’r (Unani, Avicenna) From ‘Treatise on the Hair‘, Nashua & Co., 1876 (Wikimedia) Zoological name: Homo sapiensIn TCM, burnt Human hair is used.The burnt hair and wool from various quadripeds or from Humans was used in the West. Parts used: Burnt…

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Electuary of Horehound Diaprassium

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DiaprassiumElectuary of Horehound Tradition: Western Source / Author: Nicholas (Luminare Majus, 1551) Herb Name HorehoundTragacanthPine nutSweet AlmondsPistachio DateFigRaisinsCinnamonCloveNutmegMaceAloeswoodGalangalZedoaryGingerIndian SpikenardLicoriceRhaponticumAnacardiumStorax MasticMyrrhGalbanumTerebinthOrrisRound BirthwortCaper root barkGentian Black PepperAniseedFennel seedDill seedMacedonian Parsley seedSaxifrage ColchicumOreganoHog FennelSquinanthCardamonWhite PepperCarawayLovageSwallow-wortBalsam herbPennyroyalDittanyCostusPellitorySavory BasilLong PepperAmomumWild ParsleyOrobusBalsam woodCassia WoodRed CoralIvoryBalsam fruitCretian CarrotMuskAmbergrisBone of a Stag’s Heart Latin Marrubium vulgareAstragalus tragacanthNux PineaPrunus amygdalus dulcisPistachio verumDiospyros lotus Ficus…

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Powder for Bruising (Bononiense)

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Pulvis ad Casum Powder for Bruising Tradition: Western Source / Author: Antidotarium Bononiense, 1641 Herb Name RhubarbShilajit (Mumiya)MadderSealed EarthArmenian EarthDragon’s BloodPomegranate flowerComfrey Latin Rheum palmatumAsphaltum IndicumRubia tinctorumTerra SigillataTerra ArmeniusDaemonorops dracoPunica granatumSymphytum officinale Amount 1 dram 1⁄2 dram ea. 1 dram ea. 2 scruples ea.1 1⁄2 drams Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Heat, moves the Blood, clears…

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Electuary of Turbith and Agaric

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Electuary of Turbith and Agaric Tradition: Western Source / Author: Omnia Quae extant in Latinum Sermonem Conversa, 1556 Herb Name TurbithAgaricAniseedMastic Latin Operculina turpethum Fomitopsis officinalis Pimpinella anisum Pistacia lentiscus Amount 1 dram ea. Preparation: Powder and form an Electuary with Honey Function: Clears Phlegm and Damp, Benefits the Spleen Use: 1. Phlegm obstructing the…

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Black Salt

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Black Salt, Kala Namak Halitum violaceum, Halitum purpureumHimalayan Black Salt, Sonchal SaltKala Namak, Sauvarcala Lavana, Visa Lavana (Ayurveda)Kha ru tsha (Tibet)Zi Nao Sha 紫硇砂 (TCM) Black Salt, Kala Namak(Photo by Hedonistin, Wikimedia) Minerological name: Halitum violaceum In the Western Tradition, “Indian Salt or “Black Salt” is sometimes listed in formulas. This is said to be…

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