Powder for Scrofula

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Antidotarium Bononiense, 1641

Herb Name Sponge burnt Sea Balls burnt Cuttlefish bone Long Pepper Black Pepper Ginger Cinnamon Rock Salt Pellitory Galls Echium Burnt Hazel nut shells Pumice Plantain seed Iron filings prepared * Burnt Egg shell White Hellebore prepared Black Hellebore prepared

Latin Spongia usta Pilae Marinae Os Sepia Piper longum Piper nigrum Zingiber officinalis Cinnamonum zeylanicum Sal Gem Anacyclus pyrethrum Galla Echium vulgare Corylus avellana usta Pumex Plantago majus Ferrum Calyx usta Helleborus alba praeparata Helleborus niger praeparata Amount 2 oz. ea. 1⁄2 oz. 2 drams ea.

*Listed as ‘Limature acuum’=filings of a needle?

Preparation:

Powder

Function:

Clears Phlegm and Heat, resolves Swellings

Use:

1. Scrofula
2. Goiter
3. Lymph swellings in general

Dose:

2–4 scruples in white wine or Sage water

Cautions:

1. Due to the toxicity of the Hellebores, use carefully, beginning with the lower dose and increasing if needed.
2. Not suitable for use in young children or during pregnancy.

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