Diamoschu Dulce
Sweet Powder of Musk

Tradition:


Western, Unani

Source / Author:


Mesue

Herb Name

Saffron
Doronicum
Zedoary
Aloeswood
Mace

Pearl
Silk toasted
White Amber
Red Coral prepared

Gallia Moschata
Basil
Red Behen
White Behen
Indian leaf
Indian Spikenard
Clove
Ginger
Cubeb
Long Pepper
Musk

Latin


Crocus sativus
Doronicum hookeri
Curcuma zedoaria
Aquillaria agallocha
Myristica fragrans
Margarita

Sericum
Succinum
Corallum rubrum
a compound
Ocinum basilicum
Salvia hemotodes
Centaurea behen
Cinnamonum tamala
Nardostachys jatamansi
Eugenia caryophyllus
Zingiber o
fficinalis
Piper cubeba
Piper longum
Moschus

Amount






2 drams ea.





2 1⁄2 drams ea.




2 drams ea.


1 1⁄2 drams ea.
2 scruples


Preparation:


Powder them, adding the Musk last. It may be made into an Electuary with clarified Honey (triple its weight) which was recommended by Mesue (author of the formula), or made into Troches.

Function:


Warms, Benefits the Brain and Nerves, Settles Wind

Use:


1. Melancholy
2. Vertigo

3. Epilepsy
4. Convulsions

5. Paralysis or loss of Nerve Function
6. Palpitations
7. Arrhythmia
8. Di
fficult or Labored Breathing; Breathlessness
9. Su
ffocative Catarrh
10. Increase Sperm in Cold bodies

Dose:


1–2 scruples; 1–2 drams of the Electuary, usually taken with wine or Basil water.

Cautions:


None noted

Modifications:


1. A later reformed version used Galangal instead of Doronicum, and added Nutmeg and Cinnamon instead of Red and White Behen, Spikenard and Indian Leaf.
2. For Vertigo, add 4 grains of Frankincense to 1 scruple of Diamoschu Dulce (Salmon)

Similar Formulas:
Diambra (Powder of Ambergris)

‘Wonderfully helps cold affections of the Brain, that come without a Fever, Melancholy and its attendants, viz. Sadness without a cause, Vertigo or Dizziness in the head, Falling Sickness, Palsies, resolution of the Nerves, Convulsions, Heart-qualms, afflictions of the Lungs, and difficulty of Breathing’. (Culpeper)
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