Powder for Epilepsy

Powder for Epilepsy

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Dispensatorium Pharmaceuticum Universale, 1764

Herb Name Latin Amount *
White Pepper Piper album 2 drams each
Mistletoe Viscum alba 1 1⁄2 drams each
Bone of a Stag’s Heart Os Cordis Cervii 2 scruple
White Amber Succinum alba
Asafetida Ferula asafetida

Preparation:

Powder

Function:

Clears Phlegm, settles Wind, stops Spasms, calms the Mind and Nerves

Use:

1. Epilepsy
2. Convulsions

Dose:

1 scruple–1⁄2 dram