Pills for Mixed Humors

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Mesue

Herb Name Agaric Rhubarb Aloes washed Yellow Myrobalan Chebulic Myrobalan Black Myrobalan

Latin Fomitopsis officinalisRheum palmatum Aloe lota Terminalia chebula (yellow) Terminalia chebula Terminalia chebula (black) Amount 1 dram ea. 1 1⁄2 drams 2 scruples ea.

Preparation:

Powder, mix with Rose juice and form Pills

Function:

Purges mixed Humors, especially Pituitous, Bile and Burnt Bile

Use:

Obstinate diseases with mixed Humors: skin diseases; Tumors

Dose:

1 scruple–1 dram

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

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