Pilulae Sine Quibus
‘Pills without which I would not be’
Western, Unani
Nicholas
* Aloe prepared with Rose juice
Beat the Scammony and Mastic apart, then add them to the other herbs and roots (except Aloes) which have been powdered together. Depurate about 4 oz. of the Juice of Fennel, and boiled to an Electuary with Honey. Melt the Aloes in this, rubbing both together in a warm Brass Mortar, adding the other powders little by little, and beat them well to a Pill Mass, from which, form pills.
Purges Mixed Humors (Phlegm, Bile and Melancholy), especially from the Head Chest and Upper Body, but were also used for the Liver, Kidneys and Stomach
1. Headache
2. Arthritis
3. Poor or failing Eyesight, dimness of Sight
4. Deafness
5. Tinnitus
6. Chronic and stubborn Fever
7. Can be used periodically in the treatment of various chronic disease
1 scruple–1 dram on an empty stomach
None noted
1. Some version omitted Scammony; others omitted Agaric and Dodder.
2. A reformed French Version omitted the Myrobalans, but doubled the amount of Agaric, Rhubarb and Senna to 2 drams; it also used seeds of Violet and Dodder.
3. Triphala (Three Myrobalans) could be used in place of 5 Myrobalans.
4. Gonorrhea, add Rhubarb, Camphor and form into pills with Turpentine.
Golden Pills
Aloephangine Pills
Common Pills.
‘These Pills are variously prescribed in several Dispensatories, especially as to the quantities of the Medicaments: But they that will take the pains to consider the Receipt, must acknowledge that it is not inferior to any of the rest, provided it be well prepared’. (The Royal Pharmacopeia [of France], Charras, 1678)
Regarded as a “detergent” formula, cleansing excess Humors from the Head in particular.
Back to PILLS
Back to FORMULAS
How to Modify a Formula
Substitutes
Weights & Measures
‘Pills without which I would not be’
Tradition:
Western, Unani
Source / Author:
Nicholas
Herb NameAloe Rosata *Scammony prepared Chebulic Myrobalan Belleric Myrobalan Emblic Myrobalan Black Myrobalan Yellow Myrobalan Rhubarb Mastic Senna Wormwood Rose Violet Troches of Agaric Dodder |
|
* Aloe prepared with Rose juice
Preparation:
Beat the Scammony and Mastic apart, then add them to the other herbs and roots (except Aloes) which have been powdered together. Depurate about 4 oz. of the Juice of Fennel, and boiled to an Electuary with Honey. Melt the Aloes in this, rubbing both together in a warm Brass Mortar, adding the other powders little by little, and beat them well to a Pill Mass, from which, form pills.
Function:
Purges Mixed Humors (Phlegm, Bile and Melancholy), especially from the Head Chest and Upper Body, but were also used for the Liver, Kidneys and Stomach
Use:
1. Headache
2. Arthritis
3. Poor or failing Eyesight, dimness of Sight
4. Deafness
5. Tinnitus
6. Chronic and stubborn Fever
7. Can be used periodically in the treatment of various chronic disease
Dose:
1 scruple–1 dram on an empty stomach
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
1. Some version omitted Scammony; others omitted Agaric and Dodder.
2. A reformed French Version omitted the Myrobalans, but doubled the amount of Agaric, Rhubarb and Senna to 2 drams; it also used seeds of Violet and Dodder.
3. Triphala (Three Myrobalans) could be used in place of 5 Myrobalans.
4. Gonorrhea, add Rhubarb, Camphor and form into pills with Turpentine.
Similar Formulas:
Golden Pills
Aloephangine Pills
Common Pills.
‘These Pills are variously prescribed in several Dispensatories, especially as to the quantities of the Medicaments: But they that will take the pains to consider the Receipt, must acknowledge that it is not inferior to any of the rest, provided it be well prepared’. (The Royal Pharmacopeia [of France], Charras, 1678)
Regarded as a “detergent” formula, cleansing excess Humors from the Head in particular.
Back to PILLSBack to FORMULAS
How to Modify a Formula
Substitutes
Weights & Measures