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Here is presented an old formulation for the ointment used for the bruises. Emplastrum ad contusa Rad. Bryon in farinum redact. Unc. Ij. Flor. Sulphur. Unc. J. Mercur. nigr. Drach. iij. Galbani puri et S.A. solute. Unc iv. Emplastr. de Melilot. unc ix. Ol. Chamomael q.s. Ut F. Emplasrum.
As it can be seen on this example, original formula can be a little hard to understand. In the medieval times printing press was expensive, mainly for the price of paper, so the abbreviations are widely used. This example is old formula for the balm which is used against the swelling after the concussion. Quantities of the ingredients are given by weight (uncia = 70 gr.) or parts (drachma). Since one ingredient is mercury sulfate (HgSO4), which may be harmful, this remedy is quite obsolete. Also, in this formula is present influence of alchemy by use of “Sulfur flower” which is natural pure crystalline sulfur. Also in this recipe consisted herbal ingredients, as for instance Meliot. The Yellow Sweetclover or Meliot has aromatic, emollient and carminative properties. It was formerly much esteemed in medicine as an emollient and digestive and is recommended for many complaints, the juice for clearing the eyesight, and, boiled with lard and other ingredients, as an application to veins and ulcers, and mixed with wine, 'it mitigated the pain of the ears and take away the pain of the head .Download EXAMPLE.PDF
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