Calisti Antidotum Anodinum
Beautiful Anodyne Antidote

Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Nicolai Alexandrini Liber de Composition, 1543

Herb Name

Latin

Amount *

Storax

Styrax officinalis

Myrrh

Commiphora molmol

Bdellium

Commiphora mukul

Opium

Opium

White Henbane seed

Hyoscyamus alba

8 drams ea.

Galbanum

Ferula galbaniflua

Olibanum

Boswellia sacra

3 drams ea.

Honey

Mel

sufficient

Preparation:

Powder and with three times their weight of Honey, form an Electuary.

Function:

Clears Phlegm, Moves the Blood, Stops Cough and Wheezing, Eases Pain

Use:

1. Cough
2. Asthma
3. Breathlessness
4. Chest pain
5. Pleurisy
6. Colic

Dose:

1 scruple

Cautions:

Avoid Overdose

Modifications:

If it were to be recreated, Poppy seed could replace Henbane seed and Opium

Similar Formulas:

Pills of Storax
Expert Pills for Cough

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