Antidotus Analeptica,
or Electuarium Resumptivum
Restorative Electuary
Western, Unani
Nicholas
Powder what is to be powdered, then make a soft Electuary with 3 times their weight of Syrup of Violets.
Strengthens Qi, nourishes Yin, clears Heat
1. Restorative in Consumption, Phthisis, Hectic Fever
2. Strengthens in chronic Illness, chronic weakness, old age and convalescence
3. clears Heat in chronic Fever, Fever associated with deficiency and Hectic Fevers
4. used for chronic Cough with Lung Yin deficiency
5. Quenches Thirst in Fever, Yin deficiency etc.
1–2 drams, up to 1 oz. daily
None noted
This long and tedious formula may be condensed without any great loss. A smaller number of seeds may be used in greater dosage, in which case, this formula can be recreated in an abbreviated form.
1. Fernel had a revised version which omitted Ginger, Storax, Water Lily seed and Barberry, and added Fistic nuts, and was more commonly used from the 17th century.
“It restores lost Strength, hinders Swoonings and Syncope, resarciates the habit of the body, extenuated by Long Fluxes, or other Immoderate Vacuations. It helps and benefits the macilent [emaciated] and consumed, by humectating [moistening], nourishing, and roborating [strengthening] them”. (Renodeus)
“It strengthens Radical Moisture [Yin] softens, moistens, is nutritive, and comforts. It opens the pores, lessens Choler, resists Fever, Cough and Thirst. It restores lost strength and pristine Health, and treats Consumption and Hectics’. (Val Cordi Dispensatorium, 1622)
Salmon mocked the usefulness of such a small amount of Saffron, it being but 1 part in 2400, and suggested a larger proportion.
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or Electuarium Resumptivum
Restorative Electuary
Tradition:
Western, Unani
Source / Author:
Nicholas
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Preparation:
Powder what is to be powdered, then make a soft Electuary with 3 times their weight of Syrup of Violets.
Function:
Strengthens Qi, nourishes Yin, clears Heat
Use:
1. Restorative in Consumption, Phthisis, Hectic Fever
2. Strengthens in chronic Illness, chronic weakness, old age and convalescence
3. clears Heat in chronic Fever, Fever associated with deficiency and Hectic Fevers
4. used for chronic Cough with Lung Yin deficiency
5. Quenches Thirst in Fever, Yin deficiency etc.
Dose:
1–2 drams, up to 1 oz. daily
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
This long and tedious formula may be condensed without any great loss. A smaller number of seeds may be used in greater dosage, in which case, this formula can be recreated in an abbreviated form.
1. Fernel had a revised version which omitted Ginger, Storax, Water Lily seed and Barberry, and added Fistic nuts, and was more commonly used from the 17th century.
“It restores lost Strength, hinders Swoonings and Syncope, resarciates the habit of the body, extenuated by Long Fluxes, or other Immoderate Vacuations. It helps and benefits the macilent [emaciated] and consumed, by humectating [moistening], nourishing, and roborating [strengthening] them”. (Renodeus)
“It strengthens Radical Moisture [Yin] softens, moistens, is nutritive, and comforts. It opens the pores, lessens Choler, resists Fever, Cough and Thirst. It restores lost strength and pristine Health, and treats Consumption and Hectics’. (Val Cordi Dispensatorium, 1622)
Salmon mocked the usefulness of such a small amount of Saffron, it being but 1 part in 2400, and suggested a larger proportion.
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