Electuary for Gastric Pain

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

The Admirable Secrets of Physick and Chyrurgery, Thomas Palmer, 1696

Herb Name Long Pepper Cumin seeds Calamus Bayberry

Latin Piper longum Cuminum cyminum Acorus calamus Laurus nobilis Amount equal parts

Preparation:

Powder finely, boil with honey to a Confection

Function:

Warms, stops Wind, moves Qi, eases Pain

Use:

1. Gastric or Abdominal Pain
2. Wind, Colic, Bloating

Dose:

as much as a Nutmeg

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

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