Tradition:

Western

Source / Author:

Preparation:

Dissolve the Aloes in the juice, then in the sun or a water bath, evaporate the moisture. This process of impregnating in Rose juice was traditionally repeated 4 times. At last, the mass is formed into pills.
Rose juice is clarified by gently heating and removing the scum; then it is poured off from the sediment and is ready for use.

Function:

Clears Heat, purges Bile, cools and strengthens the Head, Stomach, Bowels and Liver, opens Obstructions

Use:

1. gently purges the Head, Stomach, Liver and Bowels of all bad humors;
2. promotes Digestion and Appetite;
3. Stops Diarrhea coming from Heat;
4. good for Yellow Jaundice.
5. It was also given for failure to thrive in Children and Rickets.
6. It was said to ‘Strengthen the Body exceedingly’.

Dose:

1 scruple–1⁄2 dram

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. For weak Children, failure to Thrive, and Rickets, it was taken in a preserved Cherry.
2. Taken with Amber and Myrrh to strengthen the Stomach and Uterus.

Similar Formulas:

This preparation was used in a number of larger Formulas:
‘Pills without which I would not be’ (Nicholas)
Pills of Washed Aloes

Comment:

This is a mild and gentle cooling purge, having lost all the harshness of raw Aloes. It is gently Cool, mildly bitter, and astringes after it has worked. A number of old authors regarded it as strengthening rather than depleting.

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