Species de Gemmis Cordiales Temperate
Temperate Cordial Powder of Gems

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Herb Name Pearl Raw Silk, toasted Red Coral White Coral Cinnamon Clove Bone of a Stag’s Heart Angelica root Red Behen White Behen Aloeswood Tabasheer Jacinth Emerald Sapphire Saffron Gold leaf Silver leaf Ambergris Musk

Latin Margarita Sericii usta Corallum rubrum Corallum album Cinnamonum zeylanicum Eugenia caryophyllus Os Cordis Cervii Angelica archangelica Salvia hemotodes Centaurea behen Aquillaria agallocha Bambusae silicae Hyacinthus Smaragdus Sapphirus Crocus sativus Aurum Argentum Ambre gris Moschus Amount 6 drams 2 drams ea. 1 1⁄2 drams ea. 1 dram ea. 1⁄2 dram ea. 1⁄2 scruple 10 of each 1⁄2 dram ea.

Preparation:

Prepare the stones (either by levigation or burning); powder the herbs, mix in the Stones and Gems in fine powder, adding the Gold and Silver leaves and Ambergris and Musk at the end.

Function:

Strengthens the Heart and Brain

Use:

1. Heart weakness
2. Palpitations
3. Arrhythmias
4. Consumption
5. Melancholy
6. Strengthens the Natural, Vital and Animal Spirits

Dose:

1⁄2–1 scruple, taken mixed with a suitable electuary, or with Honey

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. In European practice, the Behens were commonly replaced with roots of Avens and Tormentil.

Similar Fiormulas:
Warming Powder of Gems (Mesue)
Cooling Powder of Gems (Species de Gemmis Frigidii)

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