Electuarium Acharistum

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Nicholas Myrepsus

Herb Name Costus Galbanum Celery seed Immature Date Hyssop Linseed Cinnamon Indian Spikenard Red Coral Saffron Balsam wood Cassia pulp Cassia Wood Calamus Rhaponticum Myrrh Storax Opopanax Bdellium Gum Ammoniac Gall Celtic Spikenard Southernwood Acorus Syrian Sumac Squill Bay leaf Aniseed Psyllium Basil seed Carrot seed Lovage seed Fennel seed White Poppy seed Black Pepper White Pepper Long Pepper Elecampane Black Hellebore, prepared Ginger

Latin Saussurea lappa Ferula spp. Apium graveolens Diospyros lotus Hyssopus officinale Linium usitatissimum Cinnamonum zeylanicum Nardostachys jatamansi Corallum rubrum Crocus sativus Commiphora opobalsamum Cassia fistula Cinnamonum cassia Acorus calamus Rheum rhaponticum Commiphora molmol Styrax officinalis Commiphora guidottii Commiphora mukul Dorema ammoniacum Quercus infectoria Valeriana celtica Artemisia abrotanum Iris pseudoacorus Rhus spp. Scilla maritima Laurus nobilis Pimpinella anisum Plantago afra Ocinum basilicum Daucus carrota Levisticum officinale Foeniculum vulgare Papaver somniferum Piper nigrum Piper album Piper longum Inula helenium Helleborus niger Zingiber officinalis Amount 1 dram ea. 4 scruples 2 scruples ea. 1 1⁄2 scruples 1 scruple ea.

Preparation:

Powder all the herbs, then with three times their weight of clarified Honey, form an Electuary.

Function:

Warms the Innate Heat (Yang), promotes Digestion, moves Qi, clears Cold Phlegm, stops Cough and Wheezing

Use:

1. Stomach weakness
2. Poor appetite and Indigestion
3. Pain of the Intestines
4. Pain of the Uterus
5. Cough
6. Asthma
7. Catarrh
8. Cold joint pain in the Aged

Dose:

1–2 drams

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. Luminare Majus (1549) had a few variations: Opium instead of Celery seed; omitted Cinnamon; added 2 scruples of Frankincense, Amomum and Floris Syriaci, and used Poppy juice extract (Meconium) in place of Poppy seed.

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