WESTERN CLASSIFICATION of the MATERIA MEDICA

2J. RAREFYING

Dispersing

Used to make less solid, and to thin out thick and tenacious Humors. They are generally warm, subtle, penetrating and loosening. They open the pores and capillaries.

Their opposite is medicines which are cold and thicken, and stop the pores.


   LinseedFenugreek
   Marshmallow rootWhite Lily root
   Mallow leafViolet
   Elder flowerDwarf Elder
   FigsCapers
   Herb MercuryBrank Ursine
   ThymePennyroyal
   HyssopMugwort
   AniseedFennel seed
   CamomileMeliot
   ButterOil
   Warm waterBaths

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