Astringent Pills

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea, Thomas Fuller, London, 1710

Herb Name	Latin	Amount
Red Earth	Terra Rubra
Dragons Blood	Daemonorops draco
Red Coral	Corallum rubrum
Amber	Succinum
Mastic	Pistacia lentiscus
Astringent Crocus of Mars	Red Ferric oxide	1 dram ea.
Cinnamon Oil	Oleum Cinnamonum
Nutmeg Oil	Oleum Myristicae	6 drops ea,

Preparation:

Make all into a fine powder, and then with Turpentine, make a pill Mass; from every scruple, make 3 Pills, and dust them with Powder of Dragons Blood.

Function:

Clears Heat, astringent, stops Bleeding

Use:

1. Diarrhea
2. Dysentery, with or without Blood
3. Hemoptysis
4. Vomiting Blood
5. Hematuria
6. Excessive Menstruation
7. Postpartum Hemorrhage
8. Lumbago associated with excess loss of Blood, Leukorrhea or Spermatorrhea

Dose:

3 pills (1 scruple), 2 or more times daily

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

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