實踐中的Spagyrics

Spagyric最通常是指一種植物tin劑，還向其添加了被燒植物的灰燼。 The original rationale behind these special herbal tinctures seems to have been that an extract using alcohol could not be expected to contain all the medicinal properties from a living plant and so the ash or mineral component of the burned plant was prepared separately and then added back to 'augment' the alcoholic tincture.這些特殊草藥tin劑背後的原始原理似乎是，不能預期使用酒精的提取物會包含活植物的所有藥用特性，因此，將燃燒過的植物的灰分或礦物質成分單獨製備，然後添加至“增強”酒精tin劑。 The roots of the word therefore refer first to the extraction or separation process and then to the recombining process.因此，該詞的詞根首先是指提取或分離過程，然後是重組過程。 These herbal tinctures are alleged to have superior medicinal properties to simple alcohol tinctures.據稱這些草藥tin劑比簡單的酒精tin劑具有更好的藥用特性。 In theory these spagyrics can also optionally include material from fermentation of the plant material and also any aromatic component such as might be obtained through distillation.從理論上講，這些散劑還可以任選地包括來自植物材料發酵的材料，以及任何芳香成分，例如可以通過蒸餾獲得的芳香成分。 The final spagyric should be a reblending of all such extracts into one 'essence.'最終的spagyric應該是將所有此類提取物重新融合為一種“精華”。
“物質的基礎是鹽，硫和汞的煉金術原理。鹽是固定性（不作用）和不燃性的原理；汞是可熔性（熔融和流動性）和揮發性的原理；以及硫是易燃性的原則。”三種主要的煉金性質及其在spagytic療法中的對應關係是：
汞=水元素，代表植物的生命精華，植物的純酒精提取物是生命精華的載體。
鹽=土質元素，代表從煅燒後的植物灰中提取的植物鹽。
硫=火元素，是植物的特質，代表植物的揮髮油香精。
帕拉塞爾蘇斯指出，煉金術的真正目的不是為了製金的粗俗目的，而是為了藥品的生產。 Paracelsus在他的書《 Liber Paragranum》中使用了“ Spagyria”一詞，該詞源於希臘語“ spao”和“ ageiro”，其基本含義是“分離並結合”。
He formulated that nature in itself was 'raw and unfinished' and man had the God-given task to evolve things to a higher level.他認為大自然本身是“未完成的”，人類有上帝賦予的任務將事物發展到更高的水平。 As an example: The 'raw' medicinal plant would be separated into the basic components he termed 'mercurius', 'sulphur' and 'sal' and thereby cleaned of nonessential components.例如：將“原始”藥用植物分為他稱為“水星”，“硫”和“鹽”的基本成分，從而清除不必要的成分。 'Mercurius', 'sulphur' and 'sal' were then recombined forming the medicine.然後將“ Mercurius”，“硫”和“ sal”重新組合，形成藥物。
In contemporary terms this would be the extraction of the essential oils with vapor gaining the 'sulphur'.用當代的話來說，這就是利用蒸氣中的“硫”來提取精油。 Then fermentation of the remaining plant and distilling the alcohol produced thus gaining 'mercurius'.然後發酵剩餘的植物並蒸餾產生的醇，從而獲得“水銀”。 Extraction of the mineral components from the ash of the marc which would be the 'sal'.從馬克的灰中提取礦物成分，這就是“鹽”。 Diluting the essential oils in the alcohol and then solving the mineral salts in it would produce the final potion.稀釋酒精中的精油，然後溶解其中的礦物質鹽將產生最終的藥水。
請注意，這是過程的簡化表示，其變化取決於所選擇的來源。