Syrup of Violet Compound
Western
Boil in Barley water; to the strained liquor add 1 1⁄2 lbs. of white sugar, and form a syrup.
Clears Heat, benefits Yin, resists Poison
1. Stomach Heat
2. Liver Heat
3. Heart Heat
4. Heat of the Lungs with acute Cough
5. Pleurisy
6. Catarrh
7. resists Pestilence and Poison
8. Quenches Thirst in Fever
9. Diabetes (frequent Urination of a hot cause)
10. Restlessness, Insomnia
2–4 oz.
None noted
Compare with Syrup of Violets of Mesue.
“This syrup cools and moistens, and that very gently, it corrects the sharpness of Choler, and gives ease in hot vices of the Breast [Lungs], it quenches Thirst in acute Fevers, and resist the heat of the disease; it comforts hot Stomachs exceedingly, cools the Liver and Heart, and resists Putrefaction, Pestilence [Infection], and Poison”. (Culpeper)
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Tradition:
Western
Source / Author:
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Preparation:
Boil in Barley water; to the strained liquor add 1 1⁄2 lbs. of white sugar, and form a syrup.
Function:
Clears Heat, benefits Yin, resists Poison
Use:
1. Stomach Heat
2. Liver Heat
3. Heart Heat
4. Heat of the Lungs with acute Cough
5. Pleurisy
6. Catarrh
7. resists Pestilence and Poison
8. Quenches Thirst in Fever
9. Diabetes (frequent Urination of a hot cause)
10. Restlessness, Insomnia
Dose:
2–4 oz.
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
Similar Formulas:
Compare with Syrup of Violets of Mesue.
“This syrup cools and moistens, and that very gently, it corrects the sharpness of Choler, and gives ease in hot vices of the Breast [Lungs], it quenches Thirst in acute Fevers, and resist the heat of the disease; it comforts hot Stomachs exceedingly, cools the Liver and Heart, and resists Putrefaction, Pestilence [Infection], and Poison”. (Culpeper)
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