White Behen

Basil seed | Bone of a Stag’s Heart | Borage | Bugloss | Cornelian | Emerald | fl | Garnet | Gold leaf | Ivory | Jacinth | ower | Pearls prepared | Red Behen | Red Coral | Red Roses | Red Sandalwood | Sapphire | Silver leaf | Sorrel seed | Tabasheer | White Behen | White Coral | White Sandalwood | Yellow Sandalwood

Cooling Powder of Gems
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Species de Gemmis FrigidiiCooling Powder of Gems Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Preparation: Prepare a powder. All the stones are to be powdered, then finely levigated with Rose water, then added to the powdered herbs. Function: Clears Heat, resists Poison, calms the Mind and Spirit, strengthens Use: 1. used for Fever and Heat…

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(Amber) | Aloeswood | Armenian Stone | Balm seed | Basil seed | Burnt River Crab | Camphor | Cardamon | Cassia WoodCinnamon | Cubeb | Cucumber seed | Dodder of Thyme | Doronicum | Endive | ffron | fi | Gold | Greater Cardamon | Indian leaf | Indian Spikenard | Lapis lazuli prepared | lings | Manna | Mastic | Musk | Pearl | Red Behen | Red Coral | Rose | Sa | Silk | Stoechas | White Behen | Zedoary

Temperate Electuary for the Heart
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Temperate Electuary for the Heart Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Avicenna * Note: doses given are rounded off from the Arab doses Preparation: Powder the herbs; powder the stones separately then add to the herbs. Add the Musk and Camphor at the end. It may be formed into Troches with Rose water, each weighing 1…

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(Datura seed) | Amber prepared | Ammi | Aniseed | Ash tree seed | Asparagus seed | Belleric Myrobalan | Black Myrobalan | Black Pepper | Blessed Thistle | Camomile | Cassia Wood | Celery seed | Chicken Brain | Chicory seed | Cinnabar prepared | Cinnamon | Clarified Honey | Clove | Coconut | Cubeb | Cumin | Emblic Myrobalan | Fennel seed | ffron | Fumitory | Garden Cress | Gentian | Ginger | Gold leaf | Greater Cardamon | Long Birthwort | Long Pepper | Mace | Mastic | Melon seed | Nigella | Nutmeg | Opium | Orchid | Pearl | Pennyroyal seed | Pine nuts | Pistachio | Pyrethrum | Red Behen | Red Coral prepared | Round Birthwort | Sa | Sesame seed | Silver leaf | Skink | Sparrow Brain | Spikenard | Squill | Stramonium nuts | Thyme (Greek) | Walnut flower | White Behen | White Poppy seed | White Sandalwood | White Sugar | Zerumbet

Electuary of Steel (Unani)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Electuarium de ChalybeMajun FauladElectuary of Steel Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Pharmacopoeia Persica (1681) * Cinnabar is washed with Lemon water** Datura seed is dry-fried*** Florum Nucum**** Nucis Stramonia may mean the green fruit pods of Datura Preparation: Form an Electuary according to art. It is stirred weekly and used after 6 months. Function: Clears…

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(Amber) | Aloeswood | Ambergris | Balm | Basil seed | Belleric Myrobalan | Black Myrobalan | Bone of a Stag’s Heart | Borage | Bugloss juice | Camphor | Chebulic Myrobalan | Cinnamon | Citron peel | Coriander seed | Doronicum | Emblic Myrobalan | Emerald | Galangal | Gallia Moschata | Garnet | Gold | Indian Spikenard | Ivory | Jacinth (Zircon) | Mace | Musk | Myrtle leaf | Pearl | Red Behen | Red Coral | Red Sandalwood | ron | Rose | Saff | Sapphire | Sardonyx | Silver | Sweet Apple juice | Tabasheer | White Behen | Yellow Myrobalan | Zedoary

Letificans Conciliatoris
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Letificans Conciliatoris Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Luminare Majus, 1549 * The juices are prepared by depurating. Preparation: Powder and form a confection with Sugar.The stones should be well levigated before use. Function: Moves Qi, Calms the Mind and Spirit, Benefits the Heart, promotes Happiness Use: 1. Sadness or Worry without cause2. Fearful3. Melancholy4….

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Aloeswood | Basil seed | Camphor | Cardamon | Cinnamon | Citron peel | Clove | Cypress nuts | Galangal | Ginger | Indian Spikenard | Licorice | Long Pepper | Mace | Marjoram | Mastic | Musk | Myrtle berries | Nutmeg | Pearl | Red Behen | Red Coral | Rose | Schoenanth | Silk torrefied | Storax | Tabasheer | Violet | White Behen | White Pepper

Restorative of Nicholas (Pleres Arconticon) (Nicholas)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Pleres ArconticonRestorative of Nicholas Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas Myrepsus Preparation: Powder. It can be made into an Electuary with Rose syrup.It can also be made into an Electuary with 10 times its weight in Sugar dissolved in Balm Water (Generally an Electuary was prepared with only 3 times the weight of the…

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Aloeswood | Basil | Clove | Cubeb | Doronicum | Gallia Moschata | Ginger | Indian leaf | Indian Spikenard | Long Pepper | Mace | Musk | Pearl | Red Behen | Red Coral prepared | ron | Saff | Silk toasted | White Amber | White Behen | Zedoary

Powder of Musk Sweet (Diamoschu Dulce) (Mesue)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Diamoschu DulceSweet Powder of Musk Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Preparation: Powder them, adding the Musk last. It may be made into an Electuary with clarified Honey (triple its weight) which was recommended by Mesue (author of the formula), or made into Troches. Function: Warms, Benefits the Brain and Nerves, Settles Wind Use:…

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Ambergris | Ash tree key | Balm | Balsam wood | Blatta Byzantina | Bugloss | Cinnamon | Citron peel | Clove | Doronicum | Galangal | Ivory | Long Pepper | Mace | Marjoram | Parsnip seed | Pearl | Pennyroyal | Red Behen | Rosemary | Seselos | Spikenard | Turnip seed | White Behen

Confection for Impregnation (Renodeus)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024

Confection for Impregnation (Renodeus) Confection for Impregnation Tradition: Western Source / Author: Dispensatorium medicum (Renou, 1615) Herb Name Latin Amount * Parsnip seed Pastinaca sativa 1⁄2 dram ea. Turnip seed Brassica rapa 2 scruple ea. Ivory Eboris 1 scruple ea. Seselos Siler montanum 1 1⁄2 scruple Red Behen Salvia hemotodes 1⁄2 scruple ea. White Behen…

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(Amber) | Borage | Camphor | Coriander seed | Cucumber seed | Hawthorn | Pearl | Pumpkin seed | Purslane seed | ron | Rose | Saff | Sugar Candy | Tabasheer | White Behen | White Sandalwood

Cooling Exhilarating Electuary
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Electuarium Exhilarans FrigidumCooling Exhilarating Electuary Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Pharmacopoeia Persica (1681) * Coriander seed is to be fried** Source text lists ‘both types” (utriusque) of Cucumber. This is unlikely to refer to Wild Cucumber as the second variety which is more draining. It may refer to 2 types of cultivated Cucumber. In any…

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Ash tree keys | Balm | Balsam wood | Blatta Byzantina | Bugloss | Cinnamon | Citron peel | Clove | Galangal | Ivory | Long Pepper | Mace | Marjoram | Musk | Pearl | Pennyroyal | Red Behen | Rosemary | Siler Montane | Sugar | White Behen | Yellow Turnip seedWild Turnip seed

Confection for Infertility from Cold
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Confection for Infertility from Cold Tradition: Western Source / Author: Wirtzung Preparation: Seethe the sugar with Malmsey wine, add the rest in fine powder, and make a confection. Clarified Honey could be used instead. Function: Clears Cold and Phlegm, moves the Qi and Blood,benefits the Uterus Use: Infertility from Cold and Phlegm, or Yang deficiency….

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Ash tree keys | Belleric Myrobalan | Black Myrobalan | Black Pepper | Chebulic Myrobalan | Emblic Myrobalan | Ginger | Indian Garden cress | Long Pepper | Mace | Orchid | Parsnip seed | Red Behen | Sesame seed | Sugar Candy | White Behen | White Poppy seed | Wild Pomegranate seed

Triphala Electuary Greater (Unani)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Triphala Electuary Greater Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Dispensatory of Ibn at Tilmid Preparation: Powder; mix with Honey and Ghee to form an Electuary Function: Strengthens Kidney Yang, clears Cold and Damp Use: Increase Sexual potency of those with a Cold-moist temperament Dose: 1–2 drams Cautions: None noted Modifications: Back To ELECTUARIESBack to FORMULASHow to…

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Centaurea behen, White Behen
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024September 20, 2025

Centaurea behen, White Behen Cornflower, Star ThistleBehman Safed (Unani) Ortus sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 White BehenNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 White BehenDioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Lychnis sylvestris was also listed as a source of White Behen(Image from New York Public Library‘s Digital Library) (Wikimedia) White Behen(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Centaurea behen (syn. C…

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Aloeswood | Ambergris | Angelica root | Bone of a Stag’s Heart | Cinnamon | Clove | Emerald | ff | Gold leaf | Jacinth | Musk | Pearl | Raw Silk, toasted | Red Behen | Red CoralWhite Coral | ron | Sa | Sapphire | Silver leaf | Tabasheer | White Behen

Temperate Cordial Powder of Gems
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Species de Gemmis Cordiales TemperateTemperate Cordial Powder of Gems Tradition: Western Source / Author: Preparation: Prepare the stones (either by levigation or burning); powder the herbs, mix in the Stones and Gems in fine powder, adding the Gold and Silver leaves and Ambergris and Musk at the end. Function: Strengthens the Heart and Brain Use:…

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