Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Mesue

Herb Name	Latin	Amount *
Clove	Eugenia caryophyllus	7 drams
Mace	Myristica fragrans
Zedoary	Curcuma zedoaria
Galangal	Alpina officinarum
Yellow Sandalwood	Santalum citrinum
Troches Diarrhodon	a compound
Cinnamon	Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Aloeswood	Aquillaria agallocha
Indian Spikenard	Nardostachys jatamansi
Long Pepper	Piper longum
Cardamon	Elettaria cardamomum	1 dram ea.
Rose	Rosa gallica	4 drams
Licorice	Glycyrrhiza glabra
Gallia Moschata	a compound	2 drams ea.
Indian leaf	Cinnamonum tamala
Cubeb	Piper cubeba	2 scruples ea.
Ambergris (optional)	Ambre gris	1 dram
Musk (optional)	Moschus	1⁄2 scruple

Preparation:

The was commonly kept as a powder, but can be made into a solid confection, adding 1 dram of the powder to 1 oz. of sugar, and form a confection. It may be made into a soft Electuary with Syrup of Orange peel.
Some versions omitted the Ambergris and Musk.

Function:

Warms, moves Qi, strengthens the Heart and Stomach, opens Obstructions

Use:

‘This powder strengthens the Heart and Stomach, helps digestion, expels wind, stays vomiting, and cleanses the stomach of putrified humors’. (Culpeper)
‘They do strengthen the Heart and the Stomach, they expel the wambling [nausea] and parbraking [vomiting], and do separate all tough sliminess of the Stomach, they do warm all nourishing parts, and also expel all Winds’ (Wirtzung).

1. Digestive weakness associated with Cold, Damp or Wind: Nausea, Vomiting, Indigestion, Stomach Pain
2. mild Heart conditions associated with cold, such as Chest Oppression, Palpitations
3. Internal Wind affecting the Heart
4. Coldness of the Heart or Abdomen

Dose:

1⁄2 scruple–1 dram, in Rose water for those with heat

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

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