Secret Pills

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Dispensatorium Pharmaceuticum Universale, 1764

Herb Name Aloes Rhubarb Senna Eyebright Chebulic Myrobalan Belleric Myrobalan Emblic Myrobalan Black Myrobalan Yellow Myrobalan Celandine Lapis Lazuli prepared Rose Violet Wormwood Troches Alhandal Turbith Cubebs Calamus Spikenard Epithymum Balsam Wood Balsam fruit Nutmeg Siler Montane Rue seed Celery seed Schoenanth Asarum Mastic Clove Aniseed Fennel seed Cassia Wood Mace

Latin Aloe spp. Rheum palmatum Cassia angustifolia Euphrasia officinalis Terminalia chebula Terminalia bellerica Emblica officinalis Terminalia chebula (black) Terminalia chebula (yellow) Chelidonium majus Lapis Azureus preparata Rosa gallica Viola odorata Artemisia absinthum Citrullus colocynthus Operculina turpethum Piper cubeba Acorus calamus Nardostachys jatamansi Cuscuta europea Commiphora opobalsamum Commiphora opobalsamum Myristica fragrans Siler trilobum Ruta graveolens Apium graveolens Cymbopogon schoenanthus Asarum europeum Pistacia lentiscus Eugenia caryophyllus Pimpinella anisum Foeniculum vulgare Cinnamonum cassia Myristica fragrans Amount 1 lb. 1 oz. ea. 1⁄2 oz. ea. 5 drams 2 1⁄2 drams 2 drams ea.

Preparation:

Powder and form pills with Fennel juice

Function:

Purges the Head and Senses, clears Phlegm, Bile and Melancholy from the Head, open Obstructions, moves Qi

Use:

1. Obstructed Vision caused by excess of Humors
2. Obstruction of the Brain or other Senses due to excess Humors
3. Taken once per week to preserve the Sight

Dose:

1–4 scruples

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

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