glyconda

[Guest guest]

My friend and former colleague Brett Jacques, ND, reminded me of this

famous eclectic formula. With rhubarb as the main ingredient, it was the

quintessential eclectic formula, filling the same place in their medicine

as the triphala in ayurveda (which ironically is a high tannin astringent

formula used in India; it contains he zi, yet it is said to regulate the

bowels and treat constipation; things are not so black and white).

 

As you can see, glyconda was used to treat constipation and diarrhea, even

in children. goldenseal was used as a bitter tonic and cinnamon as a

circulatory stimulant, mint to prevent griping from rhubarb. this is

apparently a still commonly used formula for IBS with either constipation

or diarrhea by naturos in the know. while this is a formula, there is

nothing about the presence of mint, goldenseal or cinnamon that should

interfere with the purgation of rhubarb. It is accepted medical practice

in modern eclectic medicine that glyconda and rhubarb regulate the bowels

in small doses, not purge them. Just because you never saw something you

weren't looking for doesn't mean you won't see it if you look. Again, you

would never see constipation caused by rhubarb in low doses. that is not

what the eclectics said. they said it could treat diarrhea. I guess the

beauty is that is cures diarrhea without causing stasis. Unless one has

used this herb to treat diarrhea and found it lacking, then you cannot

claim to have clinical experience in this area. the reverse logic is

flawed.

 

SYRUPUS RHEI ET POTASSAE COMPOSITUS.

Synonyms—Syrup of Rhubarb and Potassa Compound. Neutralizing

Cordial.

 

This old Eclectic formula has attained such a wide notoriety—is in

such general use in our own school, and is now so popular among the

regular physicians and so generally adopted by them, that it deserves a

conspicuous place in this book. It has no superior as a restorative to

acute abnormal conditions of the stomach or bowels demanding an

antacid. Prof. King's original formula is as follows, which happily

combines the active virtues of its constituents. Suggestions and

alterations for its improvement have not in all its factors produced a

better compound.

 

Formula—

Best India Rhubarb, Golden Seal, Cinnamon, each one ounce;

Refined Sugar, four pounds;

Brandy, one gallon;

Oil of Peppermint, twenty minims.

 

This

preparation is called Glyconda,

 

Administration—The syrup is given in doses of from half a dram to half

an ounce, usually diluted with considerable water.

 

Therapy—While we advocate the use of single remedies for direct

effects, we have obtained such marked results from this combination

that we are impelled to teach students its use, especially in children's

gastric disorders. A sour stomach is always benefited by it.

 

It is specific

when the tongue is coated uniformly white, and is broad, and the

mucous membranes are pale, when there are eructations of sour gas or

vomitings of acid matter.

 

It never fails in these cases.

 

It makes no

difference whether there is diarrhea or constipation.

 

 

Chinese Herbs

 

 

" Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre

minds " -- Albert Einstein

[Guest guest]

, <@i...>

wrote:

filling the same place in their medicine

> as the triphala in ayurveda

 

I continued to thumb through eclectic texts last night and soon discovered that

glyconda also plays the role of harmonizing agents like gan cao, da zao and

sheng jiang. I say this because glyconda was recommended as a vehicle for

ALL eclectic remedies to help smooth their assimilation by regulating the

digestive tract. A substance that cuses diarrhea would not fit this role.

 

[Guest guest]

is this diarrhea what the SHL describes as " heat bind with

circumfluence " where loose stools flows around hard stool that partially

blocks the intestines.

 

Ed Kasper LAc. Santa Cruz, CA

 

 

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 23:21:01 -0800

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glyconda

 

My friend and former colleague Brett Jacques, ND, reminded me of this

famous eclectic formula. With rhubarb as the main ingredient, it was the

quintessential eclectic formula, filling the same place in their medicine

as the triphala in ayurveda (which ironically is a high tannin astringent

formula used in India; it contains he zi, yet it is said to regulate the

bowels and treat constipation; things are not so black and white).

 

As you can see, glyconda was used to treat constipation and diarrhea, even

in children. goldenseal was used as a bitter tonic and cinnamon as a

circulatory stimulant, mint to prevent griping from rhubarb. this is

apparently a still commonly used formula for IBS with either constipation

or diarrhea by naturos in the know. while this is a formula, there is

nothing about the presence of mint, goldenseal or cinnamon that should

interfere with the purgation of rhubarb. It is accepted medical practice

in modern eclectic medicine that glyconda and rhubarb regulate the bowels

in small doses, not purge them. Just because you never saw something you

weren't looking for doesn't mean you won't see it if you look. Again, you

would never see constipation caused by rhubarb in low doses. that is not

what the eclectics said. they said it could treat diarrhea. I guess the

beauty is that is cures diarrhea without causing stasis. Unless one has

used this herb to treat diarrhea and found it lacking, then you cannot

claim to have clinical experience in this area. the reverse logic is

flawed.

 

SYRUPUS RHEI ET POTASSAE COMPOSITUS.

Synonyms—Syrup of Rhubarb and Potassa Compound. Neutralizing

Cordial.

 

This old Eclectic formula has attained such a wide notoriety—is in

such general use in our own school, and is now so popular among the

regular physicians and so generally adopted by them, that it deserves a

conspicuous place in this book. It has no superior as a restorative to

acute abnormal conditions of the stomach or bowels demanding an

antacid. Prof. King's original formula is as follows, which happily

combines the active virtues of its constituents. Suggestions and

alterations for its improvement have not in all its factors produced a

better compound.

 

Formula—

Best India Rhubarb, Golden Seal, Cinnamon, each one ounce;

Refined Sugar, four pounds;

Brandy, one gallon;

Oil of Peppermint, twenty minims.

 

This

preparation is called Glyconda,

 

Administration—The syrup is given in doses of from half a dram to half

an ounce, usually diluted with considerable water.

 

Therapy—While we advocate the use of single remedies for direct

effects, we have obtained such marked results from this combination

that we are impelled to teach students its use, especially in children's

gastric disorders. A sour stomach is always benefited by it.

 

It is specific

when the tongue is coated uniformly white, and is broad, and the

mucous membranes are pale, when there are eructations of sour gas or

vomitings of acid matter.

 

It never fails in these cases.

 

It makes no

difference whether there is diarrhea or constipation.

 

 

Chinese Herbs

 

 

" Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre

minds " -- Albert Einstein

 

 

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[Guest guest]

In , " Ed Kasper LAc.

www.HappyHerbalist.com " <eddy@h...> wrote:

 

> is this diarrhea what he SHL describes as " heat bind with

> circumfluence " where loose stools flows around hard stool

 

It actually appears to spleen xu diarrhea with some heat or food stagnation

from the tongue signs. Makes sense because bitter herbs were used in

exactly such cases by eclectics. this was definitely for chronic, not acute

illness of the GI.