Eyewash of Calamine

Tradition:


Western

Source / Author:


Salmon (not the originator)

Herb Name

Rhenish Wine 
Calamine, in 1 piece 

Latin


Vinum Rhenum
Lapis Calaminaris

Amount


1 1⁄2 lbs.
3 oz.

Preparation:


Heat the Calamine red hot, and quench it in the wine, which repeat 7-8 times. Decant the liquor, filter, and keep in a glass close stopped for use.

Function:


Clears Heat, Benefits the Eyes, Astringent

Use:


1. Sore, Red Eyes
2. Conjunctivitis
3. Tearing of the Eyes
4. Swelling of the Eyes
5. Corneal Opacity
6. Pterygium
7. Keratitis

Dose:


Dropped into the corners of the eyes several times daily

Cautions:


None noted

Modifications:


Some made it with 1⁄2 oz. finely powder Calamine, digested in 1⁄2 pint each of White Wine and Rose water or Eyebright water. This is shaken daily to extract a tincture, then strained through fine cloth.

Salmon said ‘It is the most certain remedy for Sore, Running and Rheumatic Eyes that is yet known: I have known it do wonders in that case when all other things have failed’.

Some claimed it to have cured those that were Blind.

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