Dianisum
Powder of Aniseed Compound

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Mesue

Herb Name Aniseed Licorice Mastic Caraway seed Fennel seed Galangal Mace Ginger Cinnamon Black Pepper Long Pepper White Pepper Cassia Wood Calamint Pellitory of Spain Cardamon Clove Cubeb Indian Spikenard Saffron

Latin Pimpinella anisum Glycyrrhiza glabra Pistacia lentiscus Carum carvi Foeniculum vulgare Alpina officinarum Myristica fragrans Zingiber officinalis Cinnamonum zeylanicum Piper nigrum Piper longum Piper album Cinnamonum cassia Calamintha officinalis Anacyclus pyrethrum Elettaria cardamomum Eugenia caryophyllus Piper cubeba Nardostachys jatamansi Crocus sativus Amount 2 1⁄2 oz. 1 oz. ea. 5 drams ea. 2 drams ea. 1 dram ea.

Preparation:

Powder. it can be made into an Electuary with 3 times its weight of clarified Honey, or as a confection with Sugar.

Function:

Warms the Stomach and Lungs, clears Cold Phlegm

Use:

1. Cold Stomach pain
2. Nausea
3. Wind-Colic
4. Bloating
5. Chronic Cold-type Cough
6. Asthma coming from Cold.
7. Breathlessness
8. It was said to cause ‘a long Wind, free Breathings, and clear Voice’.

Dose:

1⁄2–1 dram of the Powder; 1–2 drams as an Electuary or Confection

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

Similar Formulas:

Powder of Cumin Greater (Diacuminum)

‘It is chiefly appropriated to the Stomach, and helps the cold infirmities thereof, raw, phlegm, wind, continual Coughs, and other such diseases coming of cold’. (Culpeper)
     
Renodeus said ‘This Powder is both usual and useful’.
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