Also called 'les Poches' from the Castor canadensis:
Castoreum (Castorium, Caster Giber L.) is a peri-anal gland (preputial follicles)of the castor (beaver).
Odor: Warm, strong animal scent.
Applications: Perfume; et al -Emeraude, Coty -Magie Noire, Lancôme -Caractère, Hechter -Madame, Carven -Givenchy III, Hubert de Givenchy -Shalimar, Guerlain
Collected by trappers in the north, sold via trading posts as 'fresh'. 'semi-dry' or 'dry'.
Homeopathy materia medica is provided for information only; it is not intended as a substitute for medical advice, nor as a claim for the effectiveness of Castoreum in treating any of the symptoms below. genitals; -male; inflammation; sexual passion; increased; -female; period; discharge; delayed; frequent;intermittent; late; burning;
Castoreum was used as an aphrodisiac and also against impotence and constipation, both probably considered blockages of the humours by ancient physicians. In medieval pharmacopias, even today in dubious healthfood catalogues, quacks claim castoreum helps quell epileptic attacks (& above). For such a nostrum, there is not a milligram of medical evidence.
The beaver lives (and creates) in pools, knows that he's hunted for his testicles, to cure ailments. When pursued, but when he can't escape, he bites off his own testicles, throws them to the hunter, to escape death. Sure, no mammal scampers away after losing its testicles.
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