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Powder for Weakness of Sight

ByAdam Tate

Powder for Weakness of Sight Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas (Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545) Herb Name EyebrightSageMintSeseliAniseedFennel seedGingerClove Long PepperBorage flowersSenna leafDodderLicoriceRaisins driedBlack MyrobalanLoaf Sugar Latin Euphrasia officinalisSalvia officinalisMentha arvensisSiler montanumPimpinella anisumFoeniculum vulgareZingiber officinalisEugenia caryophyllusPiper longum Borago officinalisCassia angustifoliaCuscuta europeaGlycyrrhiza glabraVitis viniferaTerminalia chebula (black) Panis Sacchari Amount 2 oz. ea. 1…

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Tincture Against Schirrus of the Spleen

ByAdam Tate

Tinctura in Schirro LienisTincture Against Schirrus of the Spleen Tradition: Western Source / Author: Mylius Herb Name WormwoodOreganoRueHyssopSt. John’s wortCalamintSpikenardTamariskBalmMallowPennyroyalAniseedCaraway seedFennel seedDodderBenzoin Latin Artemisia absinthumOreganum vulgareRuta graveolensHyssopus officinaleHypericum perforatumCalamintha officinalisNardostachys jatamansi Tamarix gallicaMelissa officinalisMalva sylvestris Mentha pulegiumPimpinella anisumCarum carvi Foeniculum vulgareCuscuta europea Styrax benzoin Amount 1 handful ea. 1⁄2 handful3 drams Preparation: Mix and form…

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Electuary of Sealed Earth (Zenon)

ByAdam Tate

Electuary of Sealed Earth Tradition: Western Source / Author: Zenon of Athens (Omnia Quae extant in Latinum Sermonem Conversa, 1556) Herb Name Sealed EarthAniseedIndian SaltAgaricRhubarbHazelnutPeony root Latin Terra SigillataPimpinella anisumSal IndiFomitopsis officinalisRheum palmatumCorylus avellanaPaeonia officinalis Amount 2 drams ea. 3 aur ea. * Aur is a traditional weight being that of a Gold coin. Over…

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Powder for Mixed Humors (Mesue)

ByAdam Tate

Powder for Mixed Humors Tradition: Wetsern, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name Black Hellebore, preparedGingerCinnamonAniseed MasticGum ArabicCamphor Latin Helleborus niger praeparataZingiber officinalisCinnamonum zeylanicumPimpinella anisum Pistacia lentiscusAcacia arabicaCamphora Amount 2 scruples 10 grains ea. Preparation: Powder Function: Purges mixed Humors, especially Pituitous, Bile and Burnt Bile Use: Diseases caused by mixed Humors: obstinate Skin diseases,…

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Powder for Hysteria with Agnus Castus

ByAdam Tate

Powder for Hysteria with Agnus Castus Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name Agnus CastusParsnip seedRue seedPeony seedAniseedFennel seedCardamonMaceCinnamonClove Cassia WoodCalamusFaecula of Bryony * Sugar of Rosemary flowers Latin Vitex agnus-castusPastinaca sativaRuta graveolensPeonia officinalisPimpinella anisumFoeniculum vulgareElettaria cardamomumMyristica fragransCinnamonum zeylanicumEugenia caryophyllusCinnamonum cassiaAcorus calamus Bryonia dioica Rosmarinus officinalis Amount 1 dram ea.1 1⁄2 drams weight of all…

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Electuary for Vehement Pituitous and Burnt Bile Humors

ByAdam Tate

Electuary for Vehement Pituitous and Burnt Bile Humors Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name Black Hellebore, preparedTurbithBlack MyrobalanChebulic MyrobalanColocynth pulp AniseedFennel seedSquill bakedStoechasOreganoGingerCinnamonAmomumMastic Gum ArabicCamphor Latin Helleborus nigerOperculina turpethumTerminalia chebula (black)Terminalia chebula Citrullus colocynthusPimpinella anisumFoeniculum vulgareScilla maritimaLavendula stoechasOreganum vulgareZingiber officinalisCinnamonum zeylanicumAmomum subulatumPistacia lentiscus Acacia arabicaCamphora Amount 1 dram ea. 2 drams ea.2…

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Troches for Liver Ulcers (Andromachus)

ByAdam Tate

Troches for Liver Ulcers Tradition: Western Source / Author: Andromachus (Medicamentorum Opus, Nicolai Myrepsus, 1625) Herb Name Henbane seedLicoriceMandrake rootComfrey rootSenna leafAsarumSagapenRhubarbOpium Poppy seedAniseed Latin Hyoscyamus nigerGlycyrrhiza glabraMandragora officinalisSymphytum officinaleCassia angustifoliaAsarum europeumFerula persicaRheum palmatumOpium Papaver somniferumPimpinella anisum Amount 1 dram ea.3 drams 2 drams ea.1 1⁄2 drams Preparation: Powder and form Troches with Chicory and…

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