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Uses:

1. Clears Phlegm, Moves the Blood, Resolves Swelling:

-all types of Phlegm swellings such as Scrofula, Fibroids;
-Swelling or hardness of the Liver or Spleen; Cirrhosis
-“Its root dissolves Scrofula and other hard swellings” (Avicenna)

2. Clears Damp, Opens Obstructions, Resists Melancholy:

-pain, swelling and hardness of the Spleen
-“the most beneficial drug to be used in hardness of the Spleen” (Avicenna)

3. Clears Wind-Damp, Promotes Urine, Eases Pain:

-acute and chronic Arthritis and Rheumatic Arthritis (TCM); Rheumatism (Salmon); Sciatica
-Edema, fluid retention

4. Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation, Relieves Pain:

-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea
-Infertility.
-“Increases Sexual desire” (Avicenna)

5. Resists Poison:

-“It acts as an antidote against Poison” (Avicenna)

6. Kills Worms

-“Kills Intestinal Round-worm” (Avicenna)

7. Externally:

-applied topically to Swellings, Skin Eruptions
-applied to Ringworm, Vitiligo (bruised root-bark)
-bruised root-bark is applied over malignant sores, indolent Ulcers.
-“Application of root bark proves to be extremely useful for treating putrefied and malignant wounds” (Avicenna)
-fruit decocted in vinegar and used as a mouthwash for Toothache (Dioscorides)
-“Biting the root-bark relieves toothache”. (Avicenna)
-extract dropped into the Ears relieves Earache
-“Chewing of its root-bark absorbs ‘moistness’ from the Head and relieves cold Headache” (Avicenna)

Main Combinations:

1. Melancholy and Dampness of the Spleen, Caper root bark with … available in PRO version
2. Hardness of the Spleen:
i. without Fever, Caper root bark with … available in PRO version
ii. decoct Caper root bark with … available in PRO version
3. Dysuria from atony, Caper root bark with … available in PRO version
4. Oil of Capers, for Hardness, Pain and Swelling of the Spleen, Caper root bark with … available in PRO version
5. Fomentation for Hemorrhoids: Caper root bark with … available in PRO version

Major Formulas

Troches of Capers Root-bark (Mesue)
Troches of Capers Root-bark (Unani)
Troches of Gum Lacca (Trochisci de Lacca) (Mesue)
Troches for Melancholy (Nicholas)
Syrup to Purge all Humors of Frankfurt
Pills to Crumble Kidney Stones (Unani)
Antidotum Haemagogum (Nicholas)
Electuary of Horehound (Diaprassium)
Plaster for Hard Tumors of the Uterus

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