Electuarium de Chalybe
Majun Faulad
Electuary of Steel

Tradition:

Unani

Source / Author:

Pharmacopoeia Persica (1681)

Herb Name

Latin

Amount *

Saffron

Crocus sativus

Black Pepper

Piper nigrum

Long Pepper

Piper longum

Cinnabar prepared *

Cinnabaris

Cubeb

Piper cubeba

Mastic

Pistacia lentiscus

Aniseed

Pimpinella anisum

Skink

Scincus

Spikenard

Nardostachys jatamansi

Mace

Myristica fragrans

Clove

Eugenia caryophyllus

Cinnamon

Cinnamonum zeylanicum

White Sandalwood

Santalum album

Cumin

Cuminum cyminum

Nigella

Nigella sativa

Melon seed

Citrullus vulgaris

Chicory seed

Chicorium intybus

White Poppy seed

Papaver somniferum

Pyrethrum

Anacyclus pyrethrum

Red Behen

Salvia hemotodes

White Behen

Centaurea behen

Black Myrobalan

Terminalia chebula (black)

Red Coral prepared

Corallum rubrum

Amber prepared

Succinum

Pearl

Margarita

Celery seed

Apium graveolens

Ash tree seed

Fraxinus excelsior

Pistachio

Pistachio verum

Pennyroyal seed

Mentha pulegium

Datura seed **

Datura stramonium

Gentian

Gentiana lutea

Camel Placenta

Secundina Camela

Ginger

Zingiber officinalis

Sparrow Brain

Passer domesticus

Chicken Brain

Gallus domesticus

Sesame seed

Sesamum indicum

Thyme (Greek)

Thymus vulgaris

Camomile

Matricaria recutita

Nutmeg

Myristica fragrans

Emblic Myrobalan

Emblica officinalis

Belleric Myrobalan

Terminalia bellerica

Greater Cardamon

Amomum subulatum

Garden Cress

Lepidium sativum

Ammi

Trachyspemum ammi

Coconut

Cocos nucifera

Asparagus seed

Asparagus officinale

Cassia Wood

Cinnamonum cassia

5 drams ea.

Blessed Thistle

Carduus benedictus

Pine nuts

Nux Pinea

Walnut flower ***

Jugulans regia

Convolvulus ceruleam indici

uncertain

Orchid

Orchis spp.

Zerumbet

Zingiber zerumbet

Fennel seed

Foeniculum vulgare

Stramonium nuts ****

Datura stramonium

Opium

Papaver somniferum

Long Birthwort

Aristolchia longa

Squill

Scilla maritima

Round Birthwort

Aristolchia rotunda

Fumitory

Fumaria officinalis

2 1⁄2 drams ea.

Gold leaf

Aurum

Silver leaf

Argentum

50 of each

White Sugar

Saccharum

1/4 weight of all the rest

Clarified Honey

Mel

weight of all the rest

Steel filings calcined

Ferro limatura

6 drams

* 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 Damp, Settles Wind, Moves the Qi, Settles Wind, Strengthens the Kidneys

Use:

“suitable for the Elderly”
1. Colic
2. Twisting pain in the bowels
3. Epilepsy
4. Tremors
5. strengthens the stomach
6. Increases Virility
7. Lower Back pain
7. Spermatorrhea
8. Dripping Urine.

Dose:

1 drams

Comment:

The source text sais it was invented by Indians. It is a “marvelous composition, and excels in innumerable virtues”.

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:


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