Sugar Penid (Diapenidon Frigidum) (Nichoals)

Diapenidon
or Diapenidon Frigidum
Sugar Penids (without Spices)
or Cooling Sugar Penids

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Nicholas Myrepsus

Herb Name	Latin	Amount *
Sugar Penids (see below)	Nux Pinea	2 oz.
Pine nut	Prunus amygdalus dulcis	3 dr., 1 scr. ea.
Sweet Almonds	Papaver somniferum	1 1⁄2 drams ea.
White Poppy seed	Succus Glycyrrhiza	7 grains
Licorice juice	Acacia arabica
Gum Arabic	Astragalus tragacanth
Tragacanth	Amylum
Starch	Citrullus vulgaris
Melon seed	Lagenaria vulgaris
Gourd seed	Cucurbita pepo
Pumpkin seed	Cucumis sativus
Cucumber seed	Camphora
Camphor

Preparation:

Powder.
To make into an electuary, see Sugar Penid with Spices.
Sugar Penids are prepared as follows:
Dissolve Sugar in Barley water and boil gently down to a semi-solid Electuary.
Sugar is to be covered with strong Barley water in a large pot. They are heated to dissolve the Sugar, then gently boiled down to a suitable thickness, stirring, and removing the scum as it arises. When ready, it is removed from the heat, cooled a little, then poured onto an oiled marble slab. It is kneaded, folded, and stretched until white. The mass, when cool, should be stiff enough to be picked up without sticking to the fingers, but soft enough to be easily cut or moulded into forms.

Function:

Use:

“good for every disease of the Lungs and Cough: and the Hoarseness of the voice caused by dryness” (Nicholas, Antidotarium)
1. Cough
2. Sore Throat
3. Hoarseness
4. Asthma
5. Difficulty Breathing
6. Pleurisy
7. Consumption

Dose:

1⁄2–2 drams, taken with Licorice Syrup, or decoction of Licorice, Hyssop or Raisins.

Modifications:

1. When Ginger, Clove and Cinnamon are added, it is called Sugar Penids with Spices, and has the same effect, but is more warming, and better for Cold Phlegm that is hard to clear, and for Lung weakness with Cold Phlegm.
Similar Formulas:
Tragacanth Cooling Powder (Diatragacanthum Frigidum)

This is better to Nourish Lung Yin, that with Spices clear Cold Phlegm while strengthening Lung Qi and Yin.
‘It helps the vices of the breast, Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, and Consumptions of the Lungs, as also such as spit matter’. (Culpeper)

‘This Powder conduces very much to those that are infested with a Cough, Pleurisy, difficulty of Breathing, asperity of Jaws, Hoarseness, and many vices of the Lungs. If it be made with spices, besides the enumerated effects, it also incides, attenuates, and cocts viscid, crass, and cold Humours, preparing them for expectoration’. (Renodeus)