Dialacca Majores Powder of Gum Lacca Greater

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Mesue

Herb Name Gum Lacca washed Rhubarb Schoenanth Indian Spikenard Mastic Wormwood thickened juice Agrimony thickened juice Celery seed Aniseed Fennel seed Ammi seed Savin Bitter Almonds (blanched) Myrrh Costus (or Zedoary) Madder Asarabacca Long Birthwort Round Birthwort Gentian Saffron Cinnamon Hyssop Cassia Wood Bdellium Black Pepper Ginger

Latin Laccifer lacca Rheum palmatum Cymbopogon schoenanthus Nardostachys jatamansi Pistacia lentiscus Artemisia absinthum Agrimonia eupatoria Apium graveolens Pimpinella anisum Foeniculum vulgare Ammi majus Juniperus sabina Prunus amygdalus amara Commiphora molmol Saussurea lappa Rubia tinctorum Asarum europeum Aristolchia longa Aristolchia rotunda Gentiana lutea Crocus sativus Cinnamonum zeylanicum Hyssopus officinale Cinnamonum cassia Commiphora mukul Piper nigrum Zingiber officinalis Amount 3 drams ea. 1 1⁄2 drams ea. 1 drams ea.

Preparation:

Myrrh and Bdellium are dissolved in a little wine, the the rest is added and made into a fine powder. It can be prepared as an Electuary with 3 times its weight of Honey.

Function:

Opens Obstructions, moves the Blood, resolves Swelling and Hardness, promotes Urine

Use:

1. Edema
2. Ascites
3. helps with Gravel and Stones
4. Swelling, hardness, tumors of the Liver, Bladder, Kidneys or Abdominal organs
5. Jaundice
6. Cachexia
7. Amenorrhea
8. Dysmenorrhea
9. Gynecological disease associated with Blood stagnation

Dose:

1⁄2 dram; 1 dram in strong bodies, taken with wine; 2 drams of the Electuary.

Cautions:

1. Not used during pregnancy.
2. This is a medium-strength formula and may not be suitable for long-term use or in full doses in some people.

Modifications:

Similar Formulas:

Electuary of Saffron Greater (Diacrocon Majores)

‘… they be good against all obstructions, and against all Swellings, they do mollify the hardness of the Kidneys and the Liver, they expel all causes of Dropsies, they move women’s Terms, and be good for all old Jaundice’. (Wirtzung)

‘It strengthens the Stomach and Liver, opens obstructions, helps Dropsies, Yellow Jaundice, provokes Urine, breaks the Stone in the Reins and Bladder. Half a dram is a moderate dose, if the patient be strong they may take a dram in white Wine. Let pregnant woman forbear it’. (Culpeper)

Zwelfer in his commentary on the Pharmacopoeia Augustana said it is good for obstruction, inflammation and hardness of the Liver, fluid under the skin, to promote Menstruation, dissolve Scirrhus [Fibroid] Tumors, resolve hardness of the Kidney and Bladder, dispel Cachexia, and for Stones.
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