Trochisci Alkekengi
Troches of Winter Cherry

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Mesue

Herb Name Winter Cherries Gum Arabic Tragacanth Frankincense Pine nuts Bitter Almonds White Starch Licorice juice Armenian Earth Poppy seed Dragon’s Blood Melon seed Gourd seed Pumpkin seed Cucumber seed Parsley seed White Henbane seed White Amber Earth of Lemnos Opium

Latin Physalis alkekengi Acacia arabica Astragalus tragacanth Boswellia sacra Nux Pinea Prunus amygdalus amara Amylum Succus Glycyrrhiza Terra Armenius Papaver somniferum Daemonorops draco Citrullus vulgaris Cucurbita spp. Cucurbita pepo Cucumis sativus Petroselinum crispum Hyoscyamus niger Succinum alba Terra Lemnia Opium Amount 3 drams 6 drams ea. 3 1⁄2 drams ea. 2 drams ea.

Preparation:

Powder, and with Winter Cherry juice, form Troches

Function:

Clears Heat, relieves Irritation, promotes Urine, resolves Stones, promotes Healing, relieves Pain

Use:

1. Burning Urine
2. Strangury
3. Dysuria
4. Gravel, Stones
5. Abscesses, Ulcers or Tumors of the Urinary tract;
6. Prostatitis, Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy

Dose:

1–1 1⁄2 drams in Plantain water (for Heat of the Urine), or Syrup of Violets (in Urinary Abscess, Ulcers, or Tumors)

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. This can be used without the Opium, Opium only being important in cases with strong pain. A double dose of Poppy seed could also be used.
2. The contemporary Unani version omits Tragacanth, Frankincense, Licorice juice, seeds of Parsley and Henbane, Amber, Lemnian Earth and Opium, making it more feasible to be made today.

Troches of Winter Cherry was commonly used for various Urinary disorders.

See also the contemporary Unani Troches of Winter Cherry, which is similar, but modified, and more practically made today.
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