Electuarium Dianthu

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Galen

Herb Name Wormwood flowers Wormwood leaf Red Sandalwood White Sandalwood Clove Indian Spikenard Galangal Long Pepper Mastic Licorice Licorice juice Sugar Rose Honey

Latin Artemisia absinthum Artemisia absinthum Pterocarpus santalinus Santalum album Eugenia caryophyllus Nardostachys jatamansi Alpina officinarum Piper longum Pistacia lentiscus Glycyrrhiza glabra Succus Glycyrrhiza Saccharum Rosa gallica Mel Amount 2 lbs. 1 lb. ea. 1⁄2 oz. ea. 3 drams 2 drams 1 lb. 1 oz. 1 lb. 2 drams sufficient

Preparation:

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

Function:

Opens Obstructions, strengthens Liver

Use:

1. Heart pain
2. Liver obstruction
3. Liver weakness
4. Weakness; ‘debility of nature’
5. Chronic illness

Dose:

1–2 drams

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

This is an interesting formula. It has a large proportion of Wormwood whose bitterness is tempered with an almost equal proportion of Licorice, Sugar and Honey. The large dose of the Sandalwoods move Liver Qi and open obstruction. It is a good medicine for the Liver and was regarded as very strengthening.
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