Electuarium Elescop,
or Episcopi
‘Bishops Electuary’

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Mesue

Herb Name Scammony prepared Turbith                Clove Cinnamon Ginger Emblic Myrobalan Nutmeg Polypody                Sugar                Clarified Honey

Latin Convolvulus scammonia Operculina turpethum Eugenia caryophyllus Cinnamonum zeylanicum Zingiber officinalis Emblica officinalis Myristica fragrans Polypodium vulgare Saccharum Mel Amount 6 drams ea. 2½ drams ea. 6 drams 10 oz., 1 dram

Preparation:

Powder the herbs with the sugar, then mix with the warmed honey and form an Electuary.

Function:

Purges Bile and Pituitous (Damp) Humors, Settles Wind

Use:

1. Joint Pain
2. Arthritis
3. Sciatica
4. Lumbar pain
5. Edema
6. Colic
7. Clears Damp from the Urinary system
8. Hypochondriac pain
9. clears Excess from the Body

Dose:

2–6 drams

Cautions:

1. Avoid overdose
2. Not used in Yin deficiency

Modifications:

‘Mesue says, it purges Wind, Phlegm and Choler from all parts of the Body, cleanses the Reins and Bladder, is good against Gout, Sciatica and Pains of the Joints, Dropsy and Watery humors’. (Salmon)

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