Pills for Epilepsy from Melancholy of Serapion

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Serapion (De morbus internis curandis, Mesue, 1551)

Herb Name	Latin	Amount *
Hiera Picra	Hiera Picra	5 drams
Dodder	Cuscuta europea	10 drams
Lapis lazuli prepared	Lapis Azureus praeparata	7 drams
Scammony prepared	Convovulus scammonia	2 drams ea.
Colocynth	Citrullus colocynthus
Black Hellebore, prepared	Helleborus niger praeparata Nardostachys jatamansi
Indian Spikenard

Preparation:

Form a confection with Honey water

Function:

Purges Melancholy, settles Wind and Damp-Phlegm, stops Spasms

Use:

1. Epilepsy from Melancholy or Wind and Damp-Phlegm
2. Similar Wind diseases of the Brain associated with Damp or Melancholy
3. Melancholy
4. Melancholy diseases: chronic Skin disease, Fibroids
5. Black Morphew

Dose:

1⁄2 dram

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

This is a closely related formula to the various ‘Pills of Lapis Lazuli’; it can be used similarly to them. See also Expert Pills for Epilepsy from Phlegm which is similar, with more medicines including Myrobalans and Peony.

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