Pilulae Indie Indian Pills

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Mesue (out of Haly)

Herb Name Black Myrobalan Black Hellebore, prepared Polypody Thyme Dodder of Thyme Stoechas Agaric Troches of Alhandal * Rock Salt Lapis lazuli prepared Clove Hiera Picra of Galen

Latin Terminalia chebula (black) Helleborus niger Polypodium vulgare Thymus vulgaris Cuscuta europea Lavendula stoechas Fomitopsis officinalis Citrullus colocynthus Sal Gem Lapis Azureus Eugenia caryophyllus Hiera Picra Galenii Amount 2 1⁄2 drams ea. 3 drams ea. 2 drams ea. 1⁄2 dram 3⁄4 oz.

* Prepared Colocynth

Preparation:

Beat them all finely, mix well, then with sufficient Celery juice, form into Pills.

Function:

Purges Melancholy

Use:

1. Chronic and obstinate Skin diseases including Eczema and Psoriasis
2. chronic Black, Foul abscesses, Sores and Swellings
3. Fibroid Tumors
4. Cancer
5. Leprosy
6. Syphilis
7. Foul and Chronic Ulcers
8. Melancholy, Sadness or Fear without cause
9. Mental illness

Dose:

1⁄2–1 dram, up to 2 drams

Cautions:

1. Avoid Overdose or Long-term use.
2. Not used during Pregnancy.

Modifications:

1. Wirtzung listed a simpler version:
    Dodder of Thyme              1.5 oz.
    Lapis Lazuli washed
    Agaric                                   2 drams. ea.
    Prepared Scammony        1 dram
    Cloves                                  20
2. Indian Pills of Haly Abbas:
    Black Myrobalan
    Black Hellebore prepared
    Polypody                             5 drams ea.
    Thyme
    Dodde of Thyme
    Stoechas                             6 drams ea.
    Agaric
    Lapis Lazuli washed
    Prepared Colocynth
    Indian Salt                           4 drams
    Agrimony juice
    Spikenard                            2 drams
    Clove                                    1 dram
    Hiera Picra                           12 drams
Form pills with celery juice.
3. For Fibroids Indian Pills. 2 scruples, Pills of Cochia 1 scruple, Black Hellebore extract 2 grains, form pills.

Similar Formulas:

Pills of Lapis Lazuli

“These Pills are good for all Melancholic accidents, for the Cancer, for the Leprosy, for all incurable black Impostumes [Abscesses], for all heaviness of mind, the Quartan Ague, Yellow Jaundice, Diseases of the Milt [Spleen], and such like”. (Wirtzung)

‘It is said that it has been many times found, that they which had this Melancholic passion, have only through this powder recovered health of body and mind’. (Wirtzung, in reference to the shorter version given above)

They clear “Evils of the mind coming of Melancholy, as Sadness, Fear”. (Culpeper)
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