Ribes, Currant
Currans
Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640
Red and Black Currant
Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832
Botanical name:
Ribes nigrum (Black Currant); Ribes rubrum (Red Currant)
White, Black and Red varieties were used, the White being mildest.
Parts used:
Fruit; rarely the leaf
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral (slightly Cool), dry (although they are also moist). Sweet
Classifications:
3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS
4c. CARDIAC. 4e. STOMACHIC. 4g. HEPATIC. 4h. NEPHRITIC
Uses:
1. Tonifies and Nourishes the Yin and Blood:
2. Clears Heat from the Liver and Blood:
3. Benefits the Lungs, Stops Cough:
4. Clears Heat, Quenches Thirst:
5. Externally:
-The Syrup can be used as Syrup of Mulberries for inflammations and sores of the Mouth and Throat
Main Combinations:
1. Common Decoction, Currants with … available in PRO version
2. Cough:
i. chronic, persistent Currants with … available in PRO version
ii. from Phlegm Currants with … available in PRO version
iii. chronic Cough, Currants with … available in PRO version
iv. from Cold Phlegm, Currants with … available in PRO version
3. Cold-Phlegm Cough, Asthma, Wheezing or Consumption, Currants with … available in PRO version
4. Asthma:
i. Currants with … available in PRO version
ii. Currants with … available in PRO version
5. Bleeding from the Lungs, Currants with … available in PRO version
6. Consumption, Currants with … available in PRO version
7. Wind diseases from deficiency, Currants with … available in PRO version
8. Amenorrhea from Blood deficiency, Currants with … available in PRO version
9. To cleanse the Blood:
i. Currants with … available in PRO version
ii. Currants with … available in PRO version
10. Spring Cure, … available in PRO version
11. Jaundice in Children, Currants with … available in PRO version
12. Arthritic complaints with deficiency, Currants with … available in PRO version
13. As a gargle for Sore Throat, Tonsillitis, Currants with … available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Common Decoction
Decoction Liberans
Decoction to Purify
Decoction of Dodder of Thyme (Mesue)
Decoction for Arthritis (Mynsichts)
Syrup of Horehound
Syrup for Asthma (Wirtzung)
A Sound and Experienced Electuary (Mesue)
Confection for Cold Cough
Cautions:
Not suitable in Damp and Spleen weakness.
Main Preparations used:
Preserved Berries, Juice, and Rob (thickened Juice)
