Calisti Antidotum Anodinum
Beautiful Anodyne Antidote

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Nicolai Alexandrini Liber de Composition, 1543

Herb Name Storax Myrrh Bdellium Opium White Henbane seed Galbanum Olibanum Honey

Latin Styrax officinalis Commiphora molmol Commiphora mukul Opium Hyoscyamus alba Ferula galbaniflua Boswellia sacra Mel Amount 8 drams ea. 3 drams ea. sufficient

Preparation:

Powder and with three times their weight of Honey, form an Electuary.

Function:

Clears Phlegm, Moves the Blood, Stops Cough and Wheezing, Eases Pain

Use:

1. Cough
2. Asthma
3. Breathlessness
4. Chest pain
5. Pleurisy
6. Colic

Dose:

1 scruple

Cautions:

Avoid Overdose

Modifications:

If it were to be recreated, Poppy seed could replace Henbane seed and Opium

Similar Formulas:

Pills of Storax
Expert Pills for Cough

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