Diacorallion
Electuary of Coral

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Nicholas

Herb Name Red Coral White Coral Armenian Earth Dragon’s Blood Pearl Aloeswood Rose Tragacanth Cinnamon Red Sandalwood White Sandalwood

Latin Corallum rubrum Corallum album Terra Armenius Daemonorops draco Margarita Aquillaria agallocha Rosa gallica Astragalus tragacanth Cinnamonum zeylanicum Pterocarpus santalinus Santalum album Amount 1 dram ea. 1⁄2 dram 2 scruples ea. 1 scruple ea.

Preparation:

With Sugar (four times the weight of the rest) dissolved in Cinnamon water, form an Electuary.

Function:

Clears Heat, restores Yin, restrains Leakage

Use:

1. Diarrhea or Loose bowels in the weak or those with Yin deficiency
2. Leukorrhea
3. Excessive Menstrual bleeding
4. Heart Yin deficiency
5. Hectic Fever
6. Consumption
7. Sweating
8. ‘Best medicine for Consumption accompanied by looseness’. (Culpeper)

Dose:

1 dram each morning. If there is severe looseness, it can be taken 3 times daily.

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

This is a special medicine in that it dries without damaging Yin, and can therefore be used for looseness in the old, weak or Yin deficient.

It might be very useful for Menopausal complaints.

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