Pills for Mixed Humors

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Mesue

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

Agaric

Fomitopsis officinalis

Rhubarb

Rheum palmatum

1 dram ea.

Aloes washed

Aloe lota

1 1⁄2 drams

Yellow Myrobalan

Terminalia chebula (yellow)

Chebulic Myrobalan

Terminalia chebula

Black Myrobalan

Terminalia chebula (black)

2 scruples ea.

Preparation:

Powder, mix with Rose juice and form Pills

Function:

Purges mixed Humors, especially Pituitous, Bile and Burnt Bile

Use:

Obstinate diseases with mixed Humors:
1. Skin diseases
2. Tumors

Dose:

1 scruple–1 dram

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:


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