Trochisci Myrrha
Troches of Myrrh
Tradition:
Western, Unnai
Source / Author:
Rhasis
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Herb Name |
Latin |
Amount |
|---|---|---|
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Commiphora molmol |
3 drams | |
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Lupinus albus |
5 drams | |
|
Rubia tinctorum | ||
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Ruta graveolens | ||
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Mentha arvensis | ||
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Dictamnus albus | ||
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Cuminum cyminum | ||
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Ferula asafetida | ||
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Ferula persica | ||
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Commiphora guidottii |
2 drams ea. |
Preparation:
Dissolve the gums in wine which has had Mugwort boiled in it, then add the rest and form Troches. Some used the thickened juice of Mugwort.
Function:
Moves the Blood, promotes Menstruation, eases Pain
Use:
1. Amenorrhea from obstruction
2. Dysmenorrhea, Uterine Pain
3. May be useful for Uterine growths such as Fibroids, as well as Endometriosis and related disorders
4. Used for difficult or prolonged Labor
5. It was given to clear the Afterbirth, or to remove a Dead Fetus.
6. It was also recommended by some for Palpitations, weak Limbs, spasms and contractions of the Muscles, Paralysis and Rheumatism when associated with Blood stagnation.
Dose:
1 scruple–1 dram,
To promote menstruation, ½ –1 dram can be taken with wine, 2 or 3 times on the day the menses are due. The following day, 1 dram doses can be given, twice or thrice, if menstruation has not begun. This can be persisted for several days.
1 scruple doses being given to young girls with primary Amenorrhea; up to 2–3 drams for retention of the Lochia.
It is taken with wine or some suitable vehicle such as decoction of Mugwort, Juniper or Peppermint.
This could also be made into a Tincture.
Cautions:
1. Not used during Pregnancy
Modifications:
1. A version listed by Wirtzung used Elecampane in place of Asafetida
2. Another version used 2 drams each of Rue, Pennyroyal, Lovage, Dittany, Valerian, Asafetida, Gum Ammoniac and Sagapen in place of the group listed above for which 2 drams is prescribed.
3. In Amenorrhea, Celery seed and Cinnamon may be added.
4. To promote Labor and cleanse the Afterbirth, add Cinnamon and Saffron
5. To more strongly relieve pain, add a little Musk. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo could also be used.
6. They were made into Suppositories with mucilage of Tradacanth
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“These Troches do move women’s Terms, and assuage all Pain, which may be caused by their obstructions … amongst all things is nothing more to be commended then the Trocisks De Mirrha“. (Wirtzung)
“Highly recommended against retention of the Menstrums. For they stabilise the Blood, and hinder the coagulation. They also cut thick and viscous matters that cause Obstructions, and by that means they open the passages of the Matrix. They bring away the Afterbirth and dead child”. (Charras, French Pharmacopoeia)
“These Trochisks described by Rhasis, denominated from Myrrh, and used by all Medicks, must in no wise be omitted; to whose composition, many things accede, which liberate the Mesentery from obstructions, diduce the passages, take away infarctures, and potently deturb such humours as either with their abundance aggravate, or quality offend. That they may be duly confected, the Gums must be melted in the hot decoction or succe [juice] of Mug∣wort; then trajected through a linen cloth, to dissipate their aqueous humidity, that they may be of the consistence of Honey.
Hereunto must the other simples, when pulverated very small, be added: for such things as remove obstructions, open passages, and protrude any matter forth, should be levigated very small: for Asa∣rum, and many simples redacted to most subtile dust by triture, move urine copiously, which when brayed more crassly, stay longer, and work more dully.
These Pastils are frequently used, when fluors [menses] retard their course, when secunds are retained, and lochia suppressed: they are given from ʒ j. to ʒ ij. ss. and sometimes to ʒ iij. with water, or a fit decoction”. (A Medicinal Dispensatory, Renou, 1657)