HUMORAL TREATMENT

Preparers and Purgers of Bile

Cholagogue

Unani Medicines to Purge Bile
Materia Medica in Arabic & Persian, Shirazy, 1793

Cholagogues
Medicine to Purge Bile

Medicine	Correctives	Dose
Cassia Fistula	Fennel, Anise, Citron seed; Chebula, Rhubarb, Mastic	Child: 2–4 drams Adult: 1 ½ –2 oz. Commonly ½–1½ oz.
Manna	Wind: Cinnamon, Anise, Ginger	1–2 0z.,, up to 3 oz.
Tamarind	Mace, Cinnamon, Spikenard, Mastic	1–2 0z.,, up to 3 oz.
Rose juice		1–2 0z.
Rhubarb	Cinnamon, Spikenbard, Schoenanth, Mastic	Powder: 1 scruple–1 dram; Infusion: 1–3 drams
Aloe	1. Nutmeg, Clove, Cinnamon, Calamus, Spikenard, Saffron	1 scruple–1 dram
Scammony	1. Prepare with Quince juice 2. Chebula, Yellow Myrobalan, Mastic	Prepared: 6–12 grains; Maximum 1 scruple

Preparatives of Bile

Fruits

Apples
Lemon
Pomegranate
Sour Plum
Prune
Barberry

Quince
Citron
Cherry
Jujubes
Cassia Fistula

Herbs

Chicory
Sorrel
Plantain
Maidenhair
Mallow
Black Nightshade

Endive
Wood Sorrel
Purslane
Lettuce
Violet
Fumitory

Roots

Borage
Chicory
Sorrel
Asparagus

Bugloss
Dandelion
Couch Grass
Marshmallow

Seeds

4 Cold Seeds
Endive
Plantain
Mallow
Poppy

Barley
Lettuce
Purslane
Quince

Flower

Rose
Borage
Water Lily
Camomile

Violet
Bugloss
Red Poppy

Gums

Gum Arabic
Camphor

Tragacanth

Other

Sandalwood
Red (Armenian) Earth
Vinegar

Red Sandalwood
Sealed Earth
Omphacine

Compounds

Diamargariton Frigidum
Diacydonium without Spices
Diapenidion without Spice

Diatragacanthum Frigidum
Diatriasantalum
Pulvis Haly

Purgatives of Bile

Mild

Violet juice, syrup
Pomegranate juice
Raisins
Cucumber seed
Peach tree flowers
Cassia Fistula
Fumitory
Wormwood
Rhubarb
Manna

Rose juice, syrup, honey
Prune
Jujube
Pumpkin seed
Psyllium
Tamarind
Hops
Yellow Myrobalan
Aloe
Whey

Strong

Scammony prepared

Colocynth

Compounds

Oxymel
Electuary of Rose juice
Syrup of Chicory and Rhubarb
Diaprunis
Catholicum
Pills of Aloephanginae

Syrup of Peach flowers
Syrup of Rose Solutive
Electuary of Psyllium
Hiera Picra
Pills of Aloes
Golden Pills

Sample Preparatives for Bile Humor

Borage
Rose
Violet
Chicory
endive
Couch Grass

3. Chicory
Maidenhair
Cassia Fistula
4. Syrup of Violet
Syrup of Endive 1 oz. each
Infusion of Senna 4 oz.

Primary Compounds for Purging Bile Humor

1. Infusion Purging Bile
    Rhubarb                         2 drams
    Yellow Myrobalans    1 dram
    Cinnamon                      ½ drams

2. Pills to Purge Bile (Mesue)
    Rhubarb
    Yellow Myrobalan       4 drams
    Aloes washed              6 drams
    Cinnamon
    Camphor
    Red Rose
    Red Sandalwood
    Yellow Sandalwood    1 scruple
Form Pills. Dose: 1 dram

3. Pills of Agrimony (Mesue)

4. Pills of Rhubarb (Mesue)

5. Pills of Three Solutives (Mesue)
    Rhubarb
    Agaric
    Aloe                               equal parts
Form Pills with Syrup of Rose Solutive.