White Poppy seed

Aniseed | Caraway | Celery seed | Cinnamon | Cucumber seed | Fennel seed | Gentian | Gourd seed | Lettuce seed | Licorice | Melon seed | Millium Solis | Parsley seed | Peony seed | Pumpkin seed | Purslane seed | Saxifrage seed | Spikenard | Sugar | White Poppy seed

Elegant Powder for Strangury (Renodeus)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Elegant Powder for Strangury Tradition: Western Source / Author: Renodeus (Dispensatorium medicum, Renou, 1615) Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Heat, opens Obstructions, promotes Urine Use: 1. Strangury2. Difficult Urination Dose: 1 1⁄2 dram with wine or a suitable vehicle Cautions: None noted Modifications: Back to POWDERSBack to FORMULASHow to Modify a FormulaSubstitutesWeights & Measures

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Black Poppy seed | Gum Arabic | Licorice | ron | Rose | Saff | Starch | Tabasheer | Tragacanth | White Poppy seed

Troches of Poppy seed (Unani)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Trochisci de PapaverTroches of Poppy Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Pharmacopoeia Persica, 1681 Preparation: Powder and form Troches Function: Clears Heat, nourishes Yin, Strengthens Lungs, stops Cough Use: 1. Lung-heat Cough2. Specifically for Lung Ulcers Dose: 1 dram with Poppy wine Cautions: Not suitable for Cold conditions Modifications: Similar Formulas: Troches of Poppy of Zacharia…

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Aniseed | Camomile | Cochineal | Dill seed | Mandrake root bark | ower | Poppy capsule | Rose | Violet flower | Water Lily fl | White Poppy seed

Powder for Madness (2) (Rondeletius)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Pulvis ad Phrenitidem Powder for Madness Tradition: Western Source / Author: Rondeletius Preparation: Powder Function: Clear Heat, Calm the Mind and Nerves Use: 1. Madness, Frenzy2. Mental illness associated with excess Heat Dose: 1–2 scruples Cautions: This contains Mandrake and Poppy capsule so is a strong medicine. In many countries this would be illegal to…

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Aniseed | Fennel seed | Red Clover seed | Sesame seed | White Poppy seed

Powder for Defect of Milk
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Powder for Defect of Milk Tradition: Western Source / Author: Grulingus Preparation: Powder Function: increases Milk supply and quality Use: Defect of Milk (poor quality or supply)= Dose: 1 dram with Wine or Decoction of Red Chickpeas Cautions: None noted Modifications: Back to POWDERSBack to FORMULASHow to Modify a FormulaSubstitutesWeights & Measures

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Barley prepared | Cicer prepared | Rice prepared | Sweet Almond | Wheat prepared | White Poppy seed | White Sugar

Powder to Fatten (Mesue)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Pulvis ImpiguansPowder to Fatten Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue (Dispensatorium Pharmaceuticum Universale, 1764) Pharmacopoeia Persica (1681) * Two version gave different proportions. The left column is from Mesue, the right from Pharmacopoeia Persica** The Cicer, Wheat and Barley are washed, then soaked in milk, then dried. The version in Pharmacopoeia Persica said to…

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Camphor | Cucumber seed | Gourd seed | Gum Arabic | Licorice juice | Melon seed | Pine nut | Pumpkin seed | Starch | Sweet Almonds | Tragacanth | White Poppy seed

Sugar Penid (Diapenidon Frigidum) (Nichoals)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Diapenidon or Diapenidon FrigidumSugar Penids (without Spices)or Cooling Sugar Penids Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas Myrepsus Preparation: Powder. To make into an electuary, see Sugar Penid with Spices. Sugar Penids are prepared as follows: Dissolve Sugar in Barley water and boil gently down to a semi-solid Electuary. Sugar is to be covered with…

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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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(Jujube) | Barley | Coltsfoot | Cotton seed | Cucumber seed | Date | Gourd seed | Lettuce seed | Licorice | Lungwort | Melon seed | owers | Raisins | Sebesten | Snail Flesh | Violet | Water Lily fl | White Poppy seed

Syrup Against Consumption
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Syrupus Phthisicus,Or, Syrupus Helix ResumptivusOr, Syrupus ResumptivusSyrup Against Consumption,Or, Syrup of Snails Resumptive,Or, The Resumptive Syrup Tradition: Western Source / Author: Renodeus Preparation: The Snails are cleansed by removing their shells and organs, washing well, then cutting in pieces. Commonly, their heads and tails were cut off.Boil to 4 lbs., according to art, then clarify…

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Armenian Earth | Barley | Cotton seed | Crystal Sugar | Cucumber seed | Dragons Blood | Gourd seed | Gum Arabic | Ivory | Licorice | Mallow seed | Melon seed | Myrrh | Myrtle seed | Pine nut | Pistachio | Pumpkin seed | Purslane seed | Quince seed | Rose | Sugar Penids | Sweet Almonds | Tragacanth | White Poppy seed

Troches of Gordon (Trochisci Gordonii)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Trochisci Gordonii Troches of Gordon Tradition: Western Source / Author: Gordon Preparation: Cut the nuts, then beat them; separately beat the herbs and seeds to powder; sieve and mix the powders together. Add a little mucilage of Psyllium and/or Hydromel to form a stiff paste; roll, cut and dry in the sun Function: Clears Heat,…

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Asarabacca | Balsam wood | Calamus | Cassia Wood | Cinnamon | ffron | Greater Cardamon | Indian leaf | Mastic | Myrrh | Poley Montane | Red Coral | Sa | Schoenanth | Valerian | White Poppy seed

Troches of Coral (Diacorallium) (Nicholas)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Diacorallium, or Trochisci de CorallioTroches of Coral Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas * Pedis columbini is listed, this literally meaning “Doves foot”. This is most likely referring to a Geranium species. Preparation: Powder, and with wine, form Troches Function: Clears Heat, moves Qi and Blood, resists Poison, stops Bleeding Use: 1. Blood in…

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Aniseed | Bitter Almonds | Fennel seed | Licorice juice | Myrrh | Pine nut | Quince seed | ron | Saff | Sweet Almonds | White Poppy seed

Pills for Cold and Moist Cough of Paulus
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Pills for Cold and Moist Cough of Paulus Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Paulus Preparation: Powder and form pills with Sugar Penids and Fennel juice Function: Clears Cold Phlegm, strengthens the Lungs, stops Cough Use: 1. Cough from Cold Phlegm2. Breathlessness, Wheezing, Asthma with Cold Phlegm Dose: 1⁄2–1 dram twice daily before food with…

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Armenian Earth | Barley | Cotton seed | Gum Arabic | Licorice | Marshmallow root | Purslane seed | Tragacanth | White Poppy seed | White Sugar

Powder for Dysuria
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Powder for Dysuria Tradition: Western Source / Author: Pharmacopoea Wirtenbergica, 1785 Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Heat, relieves Irritations, promotes Urination Use: 1. Dysuria;2. also for Hot-dry Cough Dose: 1⁄2–1 dram Cautions: None noted Modifications: Back to POWDERSBack to FORMULASHow to Modify a FormulaSubstitutesWeights & Measures

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