Wormwood

Calamus | Cinnamon | Clove | Garlic heads | Lavender | Mint | Nutmeg | Rosemary | Rue | Sage | Wormwood

Four Thieves Vinegar
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024

Four Thieves Vinegar Acetum Quattuor Furarii Four Thieves Vinegar Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name Latin Amount * Calamus Acorus calamus 1⁄4 oz. ea. Cinnamon Cinnamonum zeylanicum 2 in number Mint Mentha arvensis Lavender Lavendula officinalis Rue Ruta graveolens Sage Salvia officinalis Wormwood Artemisia absinthum Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis Clove Eugenia caryophyllus Nutmeg Myristica fragrans…

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Agrimony | Amomum | Aniseed | Bitter Almond | Black Pepper | Costus | Gentian | Wormwood

Powder for the Liver
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Powder for the Liver Tradition: Western Source / Author: Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Liver Heat, opens Obstructions Use: Heat, Inflammation or Pain of the Liver and Gall Bladder Dose: 1⁄2–1 dram Cautions: None noted Modifications: Back To POWDERSBack to FORMULASHow to Modify a FormulaSubstitutesWeights & Measures

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Agaric | Aloe | Belleric Myrobalan | Chebulic Myrobalan | Dragons Blood | Emblic Myrobalan | Indian Spikenard | Lacca | Mastic | Mezereon prepared | Myrrh | Opopanax | Rhubarb | Sagapen | Wormwood

Pills of Mezereon Major
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Pills of Mezereon Major Tradition: Western / Unani Source / Author: De morbus internis curandis, Mesue, 1551 * Mezereon is prepared by steeping in vinegar for 3 days, changing the vinegar daily, then drying. Preparation: Dissolve gums in wine, add the rest in fine powder and form small pills Function: Clears Phlegm, purges Water Use:…

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Cinnamon | Cyperus | Dragons Blood | fl | Long Pepper | Mace | Mastic | Myrtle berries | ower | Pomegranate | Red Coral | Sumach | Wormwood

Powder to Warm and Bind the Belly (Roneletius)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Powder to Warm and Bind the Belly Tradition: Western Source / Author: Rondeletius Preparation: Powder Function: Warms, Astringent, strengthens the Stomach Use: 1. Diarrhea and Looseness associated with Cold and Damp2. Gastritis3. Colitis Dose: 1⁄2–1 dram Cautions: None noted Modifications: Back to POWDERSBack to FORMULASHow to Modify a FormulaSubstitutesWeights & Measures

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Agaric | Aniseed | Belleric Myrobalan | Chebulic Myrobalan | Cloves | Emblic Myrobalan | Ginger | Hiera Picra | Mastic | Rock Salt | Squinanth | Turbith | Wormwood

Stomach Pills Greater (Mesue)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Pilulae Stomachica MagnaStomach Pills Greater Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Preparation: Powder and form pils with Wormwood juice Function: Benefits the Stomach, Clears Damp, Promotes Digestion Use: 1. Stomach weakness with Indigestion, Nausea, Poor Appetite2. Vertigo, Migraine, Lethargy associated with stomach dysfunction Dose: 1–2 scruples Cautions: Very drying so not suitable in Yin…

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Aniseed | Asarum | Calamus | Cardamon | Cinnamon | Clove | Fennel seed | ff | Honey | Indian Spikenard | Long Birthwort | Mastic | Parsley | Rhubarb | ron | Sa | Schoenanth | Wormwood

Antidote for Edema (Nicholas)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Antidote for Edema Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas Alexandrinus (Medici Graeci, 1541) Preparation: Powder, and mix with Honey to form an Electuary Function: Warms, opens Obstructions, promotes Urine Use: Edema from Cold and obstruction of the Spleen and Liver Dose: 4 drams with warm water Cautions: 1. Not suiatble for Yin deficiency2. It…

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Calamus | Camomile | Centaury | Galangal | Gentian | Stoechas | Wormwood

Aromatic Bitter Decoction
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024August 26, 2025

Decoctum Amarum AromaticumAromatic Bitter Decoction Tradition: Western Source / Author: Preparation: Decoct from 3 pints down to 2 pints, adding 1⁄2 ounce bruised Caraway seeds towards the end. Function: Clears Wind and Heat, moves Qi, relieves Spasm Use: 1. Used as the Bitter Decoction, but is better to relieve pain and spasm2. Promotes Digestion3. Obstructions…

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Aniseed | Balm | Benzoin | Calamint | Caraway seed | Dodder | Fennel seed | Hyssop | Mallow | Oregano | Pennyroyal | Rue | Spikenard | St. John’s wort | Tamarisk | Wormwood

Tincture Against Schirrus of the Spleen
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024

Tincture Against Schirrus of the Spleen Tinctura in Schirro Lienis Tincture Against Schirrus of the Spleen Tradition: Western Source / Author: Mylius Herb Name Latin Amount * Wormwood Artemisia absinthum 1 handful ea. Oregano Oreganum vulgare 1⁄2 handful Rue Ruta graveolens 3 drams Hyssop Hyssopus officinale St. John’s wort Hypericum perforatum Calamint Calamintha officinalis Spikenard…

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