Powder for Cancer

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Wiseman (Eight Chirurgical Treatises, 1734)

Herb Name Powder of Frogs Powder of Snails prepared Powder of Crabs Bone of a Stag’s Heart Citron peel confected Conserve of Borage Syrup of Lemon juice

Latin Ranus Helix Cancer Os Cordus Cervii Citrus medica Borago officinalis Citrus limonum Amount 1 1⁄2 oz. ea. 1 oz. 1 dram 1 oz. 2 oz. sufficient

Preparation:

Powder, mix with the Syrup to form an Electuary

Function:

Clears Heat and Toxin, Nourishes Yin, resolves Masses

Use:

1. Cancer
2. Scrofula, Lymphadenitis, Fibroid Tumors

Dose:

Take as much as a Chestnut morning and night

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

This was ‘reckoned among Specifics’, by Wiseman.

Crab has a long history of use for Cancer with the ashes often being used. Frogs have been used in both East and West, the ashes of Frogs being used in traditional Western texts as well as in TCM. Snails nourish the Yin, clear Heat and Toxin and resolve Masses and have likewise been used for Cancer.

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