Pulvis Ethiopicus
Black Powder

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Salmon (not the originator)

Herb Name Toad

Latin Bufo Amount 30

Preparation:

Burn in a pot under ashes. It is better to burn in a sealed or covered pot. Then grind to powder and keep.

Function:

Promotes Urine, Resists Poison

Use:

1. Edema
2. Small Pox
3. Cancer

Dose:

1⁄2–1 dram in a suitable vehicle

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

‘It prevails also against Cancers, being given for some time inwardly, and outwardly applied to the Ulcer: it absorbs the Corrosive Acid, and destroys the malignity … you may give it from half–1 dram against Malignant diseases, in some proper Sudorific and Alexipharmic vehicle, at night going to bed’. (Salmon, Pharmacopoeia Bateana, 1700)

Back To POWDERS
Back to FORMULAS
How to Modify a Formula
Substitutes
Weights & Measures