Electuarium de Gemmis
Electuary of Gems

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Mesue

Herb Name Pearl Sapphire Hyacinth (yellow Zircon) Cornelian Garnet Emerald Zedoary Doronicum Citron peel Mace Ambergris Clove Basil seed Amber Ivory Red Behen White Behen Clove Ginger Long Pepper Indian Spikenard Indian leaf Saffron Greater Cardamon Troches of Diarrhodon Aloeswood Cinnamon Galangal Round Zedoary Gold leaf Silver leaf Musk

Latin Margarita Sapphirus Hyacinthus Sardus Granatus Smaragdus Curcuma zedoaria Doronicum hookeri Citrus medica Myristica fragrans Ambre gris Ocinum gratissimum Succinum Eboris Salvia hemotodes Centaurea behen Eugenia caryophyllus Zingiber officinalis Piper longum Nardostachys jatamansi Cinnamonum tamala Crocus sativus Amomum subulatum Trochisci Diarrhodon Aquillaria agallocha Cinnamonum zeylanicum Alpina officinarum Curcuma aromatica Aurum Argentum Moschus Amount 2 drams 1 1⁄2 drams ea. 2 drams ea. 2 scruples ea. 1 dram ea. 5 drams ea. 3 drams 1 1⁄2 drams ea. 2 scr. 6 gr. ea. 1⁄2 dram

Preparation:

Powder; Make Electuary with Honey of Emblics and Honey of Rose, or Sugar dissolved in Rose water.
The stones must all be prepared by levigation with Rose water.

Function:

Strengthens the Heart, Clears Melancholy, Calms the Mind and Spirit

Use:

1. Clears Bile and Melancholy of the Heart
2. Palpitation
3. Arrhythmia
4. Syncope, Low blood pressure
5. Weakness of the Heart
6. Promotes Joy and Happiness
7. Melancholy
8. Sadness
9. Protects the Heart in Fever
10. Brain, Stomach, Liver or Uterus affected by Cold
11. Promotes Complexion
12. Beneficial for the Elderly with a Cold complexion

Dose:

1–1 1⁄2 drams

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

A similar Electuary of Gems of Nicholas had some minor changes: he used 3 drams of Pearl rather than 2 drams; the group of medicines listed in doses of 2 drams (beginning with Zedoary) was used in 1 dram, 1 scruple doses with Amber and Ivory also joining this group; and Ambergris is used in place of Musk.

Note that this Warms and strengthens the Heart, but was also listed to clear Heat from the Heart.
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