General Index

- Mind Medicine

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Notes

Vain Imaginations

Melancholic humours. Vain imaginations are thoughts and feelings that are foolish and not based on anything real.

Again, similar to grief, this mental disorder is remedied by "that noble and famous confection Alkermes, made by the Arabians, containing the grains of scarlet oak" (42).

Note: You will probably notice that this is also the recommended cure for sighing and sorrow without cause. This preparation has multipurposes because it is known to purge melancholy humors, which cause those various ailments.