Ribes, Currant

Currans
Picture Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640

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Red and Black Currant
Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832

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Botanical name:


Ribes nigrum (Black Currant); Ribes rubrum (Red Currant)
White, Black and Red varieties were used, the White being mildest.

Parts used:


Fruit; rarely the leaf

Temperature & Taste:


Neutral (slightly Cool), dry (although they are also moist). Sweet

Classifications:


3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS
4c. CARDIAC.    4e. STOMACHIC.    4g. HEPATIC.    4h. NEPHRITIC

Uses:


1. Tonifies and Nourishes the Yin and Blood:

2. Clears Heat from the Liver and Blood:

3. Benefits the Lungs, Stops Cough:

4. Clears Heat, Quenches Thirst:

5. Externally:
-The Syrup can be used as Syrup of Mulberries for inflammations and sores of the Mouth and Throat

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Main Combinations:


1. Common Decoction, Currants with  … available in PRO version
2. Cough:
i. chronic, persistent Currants with … available in PRO version
ii. from Phlegm Currants with  … available in PRO version
iii. chronic Cough, Currants with  … available in PRO version
iv. from Cold Phlegm, Currants with  … available in PRO version
3. Cold-Phlegm Cough, Asthma, Wheezing or Consumption, Currants with  … available in PRO version
4. Asthma:
i. Currants with  … available in PRO version
ii. Currants with  … available in PRO version
5. Bleeding from the Lungs, Currants with  … available in PRO version
6. Consumption, Currants with  … available in PRO version
7. Wind diseases from deficiency, Currants with  … available in PRO version
8. Amenorrhea from Blood deficiency, Currants with  … available in PRO version
9. To cleanse the Blood:
i. Currants with  … available in PRO version
ii. Currants with  … available in PRO version
10. Spring Cure,  … available in PRO version
11. Jaundice in Children, Currants with  … available in PRO version
12. Arthritic complaints with deficiency, Currants with  … available in PRO version
13. As a gargle for Sore Throat, Tonsillitis, Currants with  … available in PRO version

Major Formulas:


Common Decoction
Decoction Liberans
Decoction to Purify
Decoction of Dodder of Thyme (Mesue)
Decoction for Arthritis (Mynsichts)
Syrup of Horehound
Syrup for Asthma (Wirtzung)
A Sound and Experienced Electuary (Mesue)
Confection for Cold Cough

Cautions:


Not suitable in Damp and Spleen weakness.

Main Preparations used:


Preserved Berries, Juice, and Rob (thickened Juice)