Electuary to Restore Humidity

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Arnold de Villa Nove

Herb Name Licorice Rose Aniseed White Sugar Gum Arabic Tragacanth White Sandalwood Red Sandalwood White Poppy seed Licorice juice Starch Purslane seed Chicory seed Lettuce seed Melon seed Gourd seed Pumpkin seed Cucumber seed Quince seed Sweet Almonds Pine nuts Sebestens Cinnamon Styrax calaminta Cotton seed Mallow seed Violet Water Lily Barberry

Latin Glycyrrhiza glabra Rosa gallica Pimpinella anisum Saccharum alba Acacia arabica Astragalus tragacanth Santalum album Pterocarpus santalinus Papaver somniferum Succus Glycyrrhiza Amylum Portulaceae oleracea Chicorium intybus Lactuosa sativa Citrullus vulgaris Cucurbita spp. Cucurbita pepo Cucumis sativus Cydonia oblonga Prunus amygdalus dulcis Nux Pinea Cordia spp Cinnamonum zeylanicum Styrax officinalis Gossypium herbaceum Malva sylvestris Viola odorata Nymphea alba Berberis vulgaris Amount 2 dr., 6 gr. ea. 3 dr., 2 scr. ea. 4 scruples ea. 1⁄2 oz. ea. 2 scruples ea. 2 drams ea.

Preparation:

Powder what is to be powdered, and with Honey or Syrup of Violet, three times the weight of the rest, form an Electuary.

Function:

Strengthens Qi, Nourishes Yin

Use:

1. strengthens the body in chronic Illness and convalescnce.
2. good for poor and faulty Digestion
3. With decoction of Violet and Sandalwood it comforts Liver and Stomach hurt by heat and dryness
4. with a decoction of Barley and Licorice, greatly attenuates, and cures dryness of Lungs and Cough
5. With infusion of Saffron restores the Heart and Natural Moisture (Yin)
6. With Comfrey wine cures impediment to conception from dryness (Yin deficiency).

Dose:

2–4 drams, taken with the vehicles described above

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

This is similar to Antidotus Analeptica of Nicolas

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