Diacydonium Composita
Electuary of Quince Compound
Tradition:
Western
Source / Author:
|
Herb Name |
Latin |
Amount * |
|---|---|---|
|
Cydonia oblonga |
2 lbs. | |
|
Saccharum |
2 lbs. | |
|
Vinum albi acetum |
1⁄2 lb. | |
|
Zingiber officinalis |
1–2 oz. | |
|
Piper alba |
2 drams | |
|
Cinnamonum zeylanicum |
2 drams | |
|
Myristica fragrans |
2 drams |
Preparation:
Decoct the juice and sugar to a syrup, adding the Vinegar towards the end. Clarify with the white of an Egg, removing the scum. Add the spices in fine powder, and boil to the thickness of Honey
Function:
Strengthens the Stomach, clears Damp, regulates Qi
Use:
1. Indigestion
2. Poor Appetite
3. Nausea
4. Vomiting
5. Diarrhea from weakness
6. Diarrhea due to Epidemic or Infectious diseases
7. Belching, Hiccup
Dose:
As much as a Nutmeg; 1–2 drams; before food to promote Digestion and stop Diarrhea; after food to stop Vomiting; as a tonic, take in the morning.
Comment:
Wirtzung (1598) wrote: ‘Of these noble and odoriferous Quinces have many ancient and also later Physicians written much, and used after sundry manners, whereby it is now come to pass, that there is scant any household of account where one finds not always something prepared of Quinces’ … the Electuary ‘is an especial medicine for to strengthen the Stomach, it stoppeth all scouring and wambling [vomiting], it strengthens the inward weak parts, besides the digestive and retentive virtues, and it provokes appetite. But note this well, if one will stop the scouring [diarrhea], that one must take it before meat, and against the vomiting after meat’.
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
Similar Formulas:
Some texts called this Electuary of Quince with Spices. We have termed it ‘Compound’ to distinguish it from another version of Electuary of Quince with Spices in which only Ginger and White Pepper are added. Their use is very similar.
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