Electuary for Quotidian, Tertian and Quartan Fever

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Galen (Omnia Quae extant in Latinum Sermonem Conversa, 1556)

Herb Name Rose Sugar Sweet Costus Rhubarb Orpiment Cinnamon Indian Spikenard Mastic Tabasheer White Sandalwood Yellow Sandalwood Barberry Clove Saffron

Latin Rosa gallica Saccharum Saussurea lappa Rheum palmatum Auripigmentum Cinnamonum zeylanicum Nardostachys jatamansi Pistacia lentiscus Bambusae silicae Santalum album Santalum citrinum Berberis vulgaris Eugenia caryophyllus Crocus sativus Amount 20 drams 40 drams 2 drams ea.

Preparation:

Powder and mix with three times their weight of Syrup of Violet to form an Electuary.

Function:

Clears Heat and Poison, alleviates Fever

Use:

1. Used for Fever: Daily, Three-Daily and Four-Daily Fever (Daily and Periodic Fever)

Dose:

3 drams before and after the Fit

Cautions:

Avoid overdose due to Arsenic.

Modifications:

This is an interesting and unique formula. Primarily a mixture of Conserve of Rose and Violet Syrup to which a small amount of a number of medicines are added, including Orpiment and Tabasheer. These two medicines are rarely found together in formula. A number of Chinese formulas still in common use today use Orpiment in Fever. Other cooling medicines such as Barberry and Sandalwood are added, along with Clove and Saffron to penetrate, and Rhubarb to purge.
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