Infusion for Burnt Bile of Mesue

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Mesue

Herb Name

Latin

Amount *

Black Myrobalan

Terminalia chebula (black)

5 drams

Ginger

Zingiber officinalis

Cinnamon

Cinnamonum zeylanicum

Rock Salt

Sal Gem

1⁄2 scruple ea.

Preparation:


Mix, infuse 6 hours in Fumitory water, express and sweeten.

Function:

Purges Melancholy and Burnt Bile

Use:

For diseases of Burnt Bile; helps prepare and cleanse.
1. Used for Skin diseases

2. Black Jaundice
3. Melancholy diseases of the Head

Dose:

2–4 oz.

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

Mesue had a variation that added Silk.

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