A recipe for kyphi

[trueseeker]

Can be found in Plutarch where it is presented as a mixture of 16 ingredients.
The 16 ingredients are: honey, wine, raisins, cyperus, resin, myrrh, asphalathus, seselis, mastich, bitumen, rush, sorrel, the larger and smaller junipers, cardamum, and calamus. French scientists mention lots of ingredients including pistachios, mint, cinnamon, incense, juniper and myrrh. Some scientists say cannabis is one of the ingredients. I wonder which one?
Galen described kyphi as having 16 ingredients, but the Dioscorides used ten ingredients. Kyphi is mentioned in the Ebers papyrus with ten ingredients given (honey and wine are omitted).

Plutarch said it gave forth a 'sweet emanation and beneficient exhalation', but the scientists claim it is very pungent. Plutarch said the Egyptians used it as a salve and potion, using it internally as a medicine. They burned it at night as well since it induced sleep and brightened dreams 'like a mirror'. So kyphi had a double use: as incense and as medicine.

In the Loeb edition _Manetho_, translated by WG Waddell, some identifications of the ingredients of kyphi are provided. Asphalathus is identified as Calycotome villosa; cardamum is Elettaria cardamomum. Seselis is hartwort. The junipers are arceuthids.

[sleepycat]

Thank you trueseeker!
You read most request in the other thread?
Who are the french scientists you refer to and did they have a sample to analyze?

ETA: I found a recipe in one of my books, but it's a pain in the whoodywho to make. And I'm not sure I trust the author's source material.