Chapter IV

Medicinal Uses

In all our investigations of nature we must observe what quantities or doses

of the body is requisite for a given effect; and must guard ourselves from
estimating it at too much or too little.
—Francis Bacon

A
ilments differ as do the individuals who suffer from them.
Hardly any bodily disorder can be standardized and, there-
fore, we must be very careful in prescribing the exact doses
of either tincture, extract, salt, or the combined medication. Since we
are chiefly concerned here with alchemical elixirs (the combination of
Essence, Sulphur, and Salt), it is well to mention again that a more potent
medication is obtained each time we repeat the process of calcination
and coagulation, after the first state has been attained.
Distilled water and spirits of wine are the two common mediums
used for the dissolving of the herbal elixir. If the elixir has been prop-
erly prepared, it will dissolve without trouble in either liquid. It should
never be taken full strength in such large amounts as a teaspoonful,
etc. Due to the condensed potency and accelerated vibratory rate of
the herbal elixir, it must be taken greatly diluted. A few grains may be
dissolved in a glassful of water or pure unadulterated red wine. Two or

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