Pills of Mezereon Major

Tradition:

Western / Unani

Source / Author:

De morbus internis curandis, Mesue, 1551

Herb Name Chebulic Myrobalan Belleric Myrobalan Emblic Myrobalan Wormwood Agaric Rhubarb Indian Spikenard Mezereon prepared * Sagapen Opopanax Mastic Lacca Myrrh Dragon’s Blood Aloe

Latin Terminalia chebula Terminalia bellerica Emblica officinalis Artemisia absinthum Fomitopsis officinalis Rheum palmatum Nardostachys jatamansi Daphne mezereum Ferula persica Commiphora guidottii Pistacia lentiscus Laccifer lacca Commiphora molmol Daemonorops draco Aloe spp. Amount 3 drams ea. 2 drams 1 dram 8 drams 1 dram ea. 1⁄2 dram ea. weight of the rest

* Mezereon is prepared by steeping in vinegar for 3 days, changing the vinegar daily, then drying.

Preparation:

Dissolve gums in wine, add the rest in fine powder and form small pills

Function:

Clears Phlegm, purges Water

Use:

1. Edema
2. Damp diseases with excess water

Dose:

1⁄2 dram, up to 1 dram

Cautions:

1. Avoid overdose
2. Not suitable in Yin deficiency

Modifications:

Source text said it ‘Purges all Watery humors, crass [undigested] Phlegm, Bile, and evacuates yellow water’. Yellow Water here refers to Damp-Heat and can include high Uric acid as found in Gout.

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