Emplastrum Basilicum Minus
or, Tetrapharmacum
Lesser Basilicum,
or The Plaster of 4 Ingredients
Western
Mesue
Melt the Wax in the Oil, then add the Resin and Pitch, stirring until cool.
Digests and concocts crude Humors, promotes Healing
1. Sore, Boils, Carbuncles, Furuncles
2. Tumors
3. Pain from an excess of crude Humors / Damp
4. Wounds
5. Basilicum is also very good for resolving all hardness including that which remains after Trauma, Bruising, resolution of Tumours
Applied topically
None noted
1. Some versions replaced the Resin with Frankincense.
2. Later, the Pitch was omitted and the ointment was called The Yellow Ointment.
3. A Green Basilicum of the London Pharmacopoeia contained Verdigris.
This was most commonly used by Apothecaries, the Greater Basilicum, also called Basilicum of the Chirurgians [Surgeons] was more commonly used by the Barber-Surgeons.
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or, Tetrapharmacum
Lesser Basilicum,
or The Plaster of 4 Ingredients
Tradition:
Western
Source / Author:
Mesue
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Preparation:
Melt the Wax in the Oil, then add the Resin and Pitch, stirring until cool.
Function:
Digests and concocts crude Humors, promotes Healing
Use:
1. Sore, Boils, Carbuncles, Furuncles
2. Tumors
3. Pain from an excess of crude Humors / Damp
4. Wounds
5. Basilicum is also very good for resolving all hardness including that which remains after Trauma, Bruising, resolution of Tumours
Dose:
Applied topically
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
1. Some versions replaced the Resin with Frankincense.
2. Later, the Pitch was omitted and the ointment was called The Yellow Ointment.
3. A Green Basilicum of the London Pharmacopoeia contained Verdigris.
This was most commonly used by Apothecaries, the Greater Basilicum, also called Basilicum of the Chirurgians [Surgeons] was more commonly used by the Barber-Surgeons.
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How to Modify a Formula
Substitutes
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