Pulvis Triasantalum,
or Pulvis Diatrion Santalon,
or Diatrisantalum
Powder of Three Sandalwoods
Western, Unani
Nicholas Praepositus
* The Three Sandalwoods are prepared by sprinkling with Rose Water when beaten, then drying.
Powder
Clears Heat, opens Obstructions of the Liver, Strengthens
1. Liver Obstructions
2. Jaundice
3. excess Appetite
4. heat-type Diarrhea and Dysentery
5. Consumption of the Lungs
6. Spitting of Blood
7. Palpitations
8. Restlessness
9. Edema
10. As an aid in Rheumatism.
11. Used for various diseases associated with weakness
1–2 drams
None noted
1. Some versions used 3 drams of Violet seed and omitted the 4 Cold seeds.
2. Some versions did not use Camphor.
3. For Rheumatism, take with Conserve of Rosehips
4. Another for Rheumatism, Riverius used Triasantalum with a fourfold quantity of Rhubarb, in doses of 2 drams, while taking Tincture of Coral (to 2 drams), Conserve of Rosehips (to 4 drams) and a Tincture of Rose juice (up to 6 oz.). Continue over a prolonged period after due purging.
5. For Excess Menstruation, take with Diarrhodon Abbatis
6. For Spitting Blood and Consumption, take with Conserve of Rose
7. For Erysipelas, it is taken with Syrups of Violets, Borage and Endive.
8. For the Plague or other serious Infection: Rose Conserve 4 oz., Bugloss Conserve 2 oz., Triasantalum 1.5 oz., burnt Ivory, Sorrel, and the 5 Greater Cold seeds, of each 1.5 oz., Sugar 1 oz., Pearl 4 scruples, Gold leaf 6. Mix. (Wirtzung)
Abbot’s Confect of Roses (Diarrhodon Abbatis)
‘It miraculously conduces to the freeing the Liver from obstructions; it helps such as have the Jaundice, or are Tabid, or troubled with immoderate Heat in their Bowels; it allays also the Heat of the Ventricle, frees the first region of the body’. (Renodeus)
‘It is very profitable against the heat of the Stomach and Liver, besides it wonder-fully helps such as have the Yellow Jaundice, and Consumptions of the Lungs’. (Culpeper)
Renodeus noted ‘Amongst 20 descriptions of this composition, I have not found two alike’.
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or Pulvis Diatrion Santalon,
or Diatrisantalum
Powder of Three Sandalwoods
Tradition:
Western, Unani
Source / Author:
Nicholas Praepositus
Herb Name3 Sandalwoods prepared *Red Roses Sugar Candy Rhubarb Tabasheer Licorice juice Purslane seeds White starch Gum Arabic Tragacanth Melon seed Cucumber seed Pumpkin seed Gourd seed Endive Camphor |
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* The Three Sandalwoods are prepared by sprinkling with Rose Water when beaten, then drying.
Preparation:
Powder
Function:
Clears Heat, opens Obstructions of the Liver, Strengthens
Use:
1. Liver Obstructions
2. Jaundice
3. excess Appetite
4. heat-type Diarrhea and Dysentery
5. Consumption of the Lungs
6. Spitting of Blood
7. Palpitations
8. Restlessness
9. Edema
10. As an aid in Rheumatism.
11. Used for various diseases associated with weakness
Dose:
1–2 drams
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
1. Some versions used 3 drams of Violet seed and omitted the 4 Cold seeds.
2. Some versions did not use Camphor.
3. For Rheumatism, take with Conserve of Rosehips
4. Another for Rheumatism, Riverius used Triasantalum with a fourfold quantity of Rhubarb, in doses of 2 drams, while taking Tincture of Coral (to 2 drams), Conserve of Rosehips (to 4 drams) and a Tincture of Rose juice (up to 6 oz.). Continue over a prolonged period after due purging.
5. For Excess Menstruation, take with Diarrhodon Abbatis
6. For Spitting Blood and Consumption, take with Conserve of Rose
7. For Erysipelas, it is taken with Syrups of Violets, Borage and Endive.
8. For the Plague or other serious Infection: Rose Conserve 4 oz., Bugloss Conserve 2 oz., Triasantalum 1.5 oz., burnt Ivory, Sorrel, and the 5 Greater Cold seeds, of each 1.5 oz., Sugar 1 oz., Pearl 4 scruples, Gold leaf 6. Mix. (Wirtzung)
Similar Formulas:
Abbot’s Confect of Roses (Diarrhodon Abbatis)
‘It miraculously conduces to the freeing the Liver from obstructions; it helps such as have the Jaundice, or are Tabid, or troubled with immoderate Heat in their Bowels; it allays also the Heat of the Ventricle, frees the first region of the body’. (Renodeus)
‘It is very profitable against the heat of the Stomach and Liver, besides it wonder-fully helps such as have the Yellow Jaundice, and Consumptions of the Lungs’. (Culpeper)
Renodeus noted ‘Amongst 20 descriptions of this composition, I have not found two alike’.
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