Electuary of Socrates

Electuarium Socratis
Majun Soqrat
Electuary of Socrates

Tradition:

Unani

Source / Author:

Pharmacopoeia Persica (1681)

Herb Name Gentian Lovage Peony seed Balsam Apple seed Bay berry Long Birthwort Aniseed Castoreum Balsam fruit Balsam wood Cassia Wood Asarum Mastic Doronicum Zerumbet Celery seed Rocket seed Onion seed Leek seed Aloes Turbith Aloeswood Nutmeg Rhubarb Clove Mace Cardamom Spikenard Saffron Squill torrefied Zedoary Garden Cress Oregano Cinnamon Rose Balm Lacca washed Cyperus Mahaleb Cherry kernel Black Myrobalan Emblic Myrobalan Belleric Myrobalan

Latin Gentiana lutea Levisticum officinale Paeonia officinalis Momordica balsamina Laurus nobilis Aristolchia longa Pimpinella anisum Castoreum Commiphora opobalsamum Commiphora opobalsamum Cinnamonum cassia Asarum europeum Pistacia lentiscus Doronicum hookeri Zingiber zerumbet Apium graveolens Eruca sativa Allium cepa Allium porrum Aloe spp. Operculina turpethum Aquillaria agallocha Myristica fragrans Rheum palmatum Eugenia caryophyllus Myristica fragrans Elettaria cardamomum Nardostachys jatamansi Crocus sativus Scilla maritima Curcuma zedoaria Lepidium sativum Oreganum vulgare Cinnamonum zeylanicum Rosa gallica Melissa officinalis Laccifer lacca Cyperus rotundus Prunus mahaleb Terminalia chebula (black) Emblica officinalis Terminalia bellerica Amount ½ dram ea. 3 drams ea. 10 drams 20 drams 12 drams 3 drams ea. 5 drams ea. 4 drams ea. 6 drams

Preparation:

Powder the herbs, mix with Almond oil, then with 3 times their weight of clarified Honey, form an Electuary. Put in a glass vessel which should be kept in a pot of barley for 6 months.

Function:

Clears Phelgm and Damp, Moves the Qi, Benefits the Principal Organs

Use:

“It is the most effective remedy for all pituitous disease”
“it is especially suitable for the elderly”
1. Forgetfulness
2. Melancholy
3. Epilepsy
4. Morphea
5. Leprosy, Elephantiasis
6. Pain in the joints, Arthritis
7. Stomach pain
8. Alopecia
9. Chronic Cough
10. Quartern Fever
11. Pituitous Fevers
12. Urinary difficulty
13. Hemorrhoids
14. Resists Poisons
15. Stones in the kidneys and Bladder
16. Promotes menstruation
17. Bad Breath
18. Difficulty Speaking

Dose:

2–5 drams