- Venice treacle
Venice treacle, also called Andromachi
theriac a, Theriacum Andromachi or treacle of Andromachus, inpharmacy , was ahoney - ormolasses -basedalexipharmic composition once thought to be good against venom. It was first developed inItaly , then exported throughoutEurope from Venice.Theriaca Andromachi Senioris
The following ingredients for the theriac were taken from d'Amsterdammer Apotheek 1683 [Pharmacopaea Amstelredamensis,Jan ten Hoorn over 't oude Heere Logement, 1683] and translated from the old Latin names into the Latin names now used where possible. Not all ingredients are known.
Roots: Iris,
Balsamorhiza deltoidea , Potentilla reptans (creeping cinquefoil), Rheum rhabarbarum (garden rhubarb),Zingiber , Angustafolia odorata,Gentiana , Meum Athamanticum (spignel),Valeriana ,Corydalis cava (hollowroot),Agaricus , Cinnamomum zeylanicum (cinnamon), Cinnamomum aromaticum (cassia)Leaves:
Teucrium scordium (water germander),Franxinus excelsior , Clinopodium calamintha (lesser calamint), Marrubium vulgare (white or common horehound),Cymbopogon citratus (West-Indian lemongrass),Teucrium chamaedrys (wall germander), Cupressasae, Laurus nobilis (bay laurel), Polium montanum, Piper nigrum (black pepper), Piper longum (long pepper), Juniperus (juniper), Syzygium aromaticum (clove)Flowers: Rosa, Crocus sativus, Lavandula stoechas (French lavender),
Cenetaurii minoris Seeds: Brassica napus (rapeseed), Petroselinum (parsley),
Nigella sativa , Pimpinella anisum (anise),Elettaria cardamomum , Foeniculum vulgare (fennel), Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort),seseli ,thlaspi , Daucus carota (carrot), Lavandula angustifolia (common or English lavender), Papaver somniverum (opium poppy),glycyrrhiza ,Cytinus hypocistis , Acaciae (acacia), Styrax benzoin, Gummi arabicum,Sagapeni (wax of an unknown tree probably some kind ofFerula ), Gummi Opopanax chironium, Gummi Ferula foetida, Dead seabitumen ,Commiphora (a tree from whichmyrrh is derived), incense,Turpentine fromCyprus , Boli armen. verae,Chalciditis (copper containing substance),Castoreum , oil from Myristica fragans (nutmeg), Trochisci Viperarum, Magmatis Hedychroi,Canary Island wine, Narbonne white honeyReferences
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