in some appropriate Liquor or other Medicine Oxysaccharum Emeticum or a Vomit of Vinegar and Sugar Take Crocus Metallorum absinthiated half an ounce Cassia lignea two drams Lignum Aloes Roots of Angelica of each one dram red Roses half a dram Let them be infused in fifteen ounces of Vinegar of Clove-gilly-flowers let them stand in infusion for 24 hours in a gentle heat and afterwards filter them and add of white Sugar Candy as much as will make it like a Syrup and then keep it for your use Virtue Use and Dose It is excellent in pains of the Head in Melancholy Epilepsie of what sort soever Quinsie Plague Pleurisie Cough Asthma in all affections of the Stomach in the Dysentery Pox Coagulation of blood c. it is good for those who have taken poisonous draughts it preserves from the Gout The Dose is from half an ounce to six drams in specifick Liquors or given by it self Catharticum Argenteum or the Silver Cathartick TAke of pure Silver an ounce Aqua fortis distilled from the Salt of Nitre and Vitriol and in a Retort in Sand over a gentle fire first rectified six ounces Dissolve the Moon in this water and to the solution add of fresh Aqua fortis four ounces of purified Nitre half an ounce mix them well and distil it in an Alembick in Balneo Mariae or in Sand three times still pouring on again the distilled Liquor on the Faeces according to art then put the Cucurbit into Sand that is higher than it is luted that so all the Aqua fortis may be drawn off till it be throughly dry Then break the Glass and take out the coagulated Medicine in the bottom which is black without-side but white within break this into small pieces and then dissolve it in about four ounces of Aqua fortis before drawn off till the Powder grow black and then you have the true Philosophical Moon take this clear Liquor and put it into a cold place and it will shoot into Crystals Take these Crystals and dry them by the fire not in the Sun if you do they will grow black and unprofitable and when they are sufficiently dried keep them for your use without edulcoration Virtue Use and Dose 'T is a most powerful Cathartick with which the most skilful Chymists purge in the Cachexy and Dropsie c. it also purges all serous and watry Humors and cures external Tumors of the Body in the strongest Constitutions it expels the watrish humors in the sides which cause various Symptoms and Diseases and it relieves any parts of the body overprest with humors The Dose is from four to five grains in a morning in a good draught of warm Wine It is most proper to use it in the decrease of the Moon about her last Quarter unless urgent occasion require otherwise Turpethum Minerale verum or the true Turbith Mineral THE true and genuine Turbith Mineral is not by the best Chymists prepared from crude Mercury with Aqua fortis but from sublimate in the following manner Take of the best sublimate Mercury what quantity you please dissolve it in Aqua coelestis warm filter the solution often which being done put the filtred Liquor into a Glass and pour upon it by drops so much Oyl of the Salt of Tartar as is requisite till you see a red Powder in the bottom of the Glass then pour off the Liquor and keep the red Powder edulcorate that with common water till it hath lost all its sharpness and saltness then pour upon it Aqua Mellis six or seven times well rectified and let this be repeated as many times at last take the Powder being dry and pour upon it Alkohol of Wine that it may be well moistned set the humidity on fire and keep it stirring with an Iron Spatula till all the Wine be consumed and so you have Turbith Mineral truly prepared whose excellent virtue is known almost to all neither shall I enlarge further upon it The Dose is from four or five grains to six and seven in some convenient Vehicle Mercurius Dulcis or Sweet Mercury MErcurius dulcis by the best of Spagyrists is thus prepared Take of Mercury sublimate six ounces of crude Mercury four ounces Mix them well that the crude Mercury may be no more seen sublime it the common way and this sublimation repeat five or six times till the Mercury becomes insipid or sweet The red Powder in the bottom and the white which is sublimated into the neck of the Glass is to be thrown away and that in the middle only reserved and so you have Mercurius dulcis truly prepared break the Glass and take it out pulverize it and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It doth wonders in the Dropsie Plague Pleurisie Gout yellow Jaundice c. for by purifying the blood and rectifying the marrow in the bones it radically drives out all noxious humors from the body it is also an excellent Cathartick and by right deserves to be called a Panacea In all desperate diseases caused by a putrefaction of humors it is of singular use for it draws forth all poisonous and vitious humors and doth not move Vomiting but only by stool it gently purgeth and performs all its operations without trouble It kills Worms heals all Venereal Ulcers yea the Pox it self and it powerfully dries and radically takes away the defluxions of the Brain The Dose from one scruple to half a dram and in strong bodies two scruples Mercurius Vitae Corrected LET Mercurius vitae vitrified by the benefit of common Borax be finely powdered pour upon it distilled Vinegar first strongly impregnated with Spirit of Salt of Nitre and again well dryed in Sand so shall you have after due edulcoration a Powder which is safer to be taken and whose desired operations are performed with less trouble than by that of other preparations Virtue Use and Dose It is good in Quartan and other intermitting Feavers in most diseases of the Head in the Plague Dropsie Leprosie Pox malignant Ulcers and the like grievous affects it works wonders Dose in weak bodies from two grains to three in strong bodies from four to five either by it self or in Conserve of Roses or Violets or so many grains may be infused in Wine or other convenient Liquor all night in the morning let it be strained through a Cloth and drunk The Aperitive Magistery of Mars TAke of the Juyce of Sorrel depurated three pound pour it upon eight ounces of the best Tamarinds rub them well together either with your hands or with a wooden Pestle in an earthen Bason not a Pewter one that it may be all like Pulp or thick Pottage then take out all the husks and little stringy fibres boil it a little and clarifie it with the whites of two Eggs then strain it through a woollen Cloth and being clear put it into a glass Cucurbit to which add filings of Steel well cleansed from all its filth four ounces Let them
Vitriol calcined a very red Oyl take the Caput mortuum and from thence extract the extreme Salt free from all the taste of Vitriol then mix three parts of this extracted Salt with two parts of the distilled Oyl put upon a fire till it be dry Repeat this labour so often till the Salt is double the weight it was at first then put this Salt into a glass Cucurbit and pour upon it so much Oyl of Vitriol seal it Hermetically and set it to putrifie and afterwards into warm Sand which within a few days you shall find coagulated and so it is prepared Vertue Use and Dose This Arcanum is not only a stomachical Specifick but also a most powerful Remedy against all kind of Diseases which I happily use in general to conserve the Body in health The Dose from three and five grains to six or eight in some appropriate Vehicle Nitre Vitriolated TAke of Nitre prepared one part Spirit of Vitriol rectified two parts Mix them and distil it in a Retort by degrees first with a gentle then with a more strong fire till the Retort wax very hot and when the Spirit will no more ascend let it cool by degrees and in the bottom of the Retort will remain a white Powder almost void of its sharp corrosive and nitrous quality Upon this Powder pour so much fresh Spirit of Vitriol as is sufficient for its dissolution then filter it through a brown Paper and let it half evaporate away and put it then into a cool place to crystallize Take these Crystals and dry them and keep them for use and so you have the true Nitrum vitriolatum which by certain Chymists is called the Coagulated Spirit of Vitriol Virtue Use and Dose It hath the same virtue and operation that the Spirit of Vitriol hath only it refrigerates more and hath a greater diuretick force in colouring any thing it is also the same only it exceeds the Spirit The operation of it chiefly consists in cutting humors in dissipating mundifying drying contracting and resisting putrefaction and by its tartness it restrains thirst Hence it is a most excellent Medicine in all Feavers whether malignant pestilential putrid Hungarian or Epidemical which from a sulphureous astral and poisonous influence are caused and kindled in mens bodies containing in it a Bezoardick property by which it often moves Sweat and Urine and consumes all internal fervid noxious Vapors it also purgeth and comforteth the Stomach by a natural heat and helps it in Concoction it stirs up the Appetite takes away putrefaction and the cause of a stinking Breath it also kills the Worms which are the effects of Putrefaction and Crudity It is also a most profitable Remedy for all Hepatick diseases and for those who have their Faces painted with red Pustles or are subject to a Diarrhoea It is an useful Medicine in the Quincy pestilential Pleurisie Tumors of the Spleen putrid Gonorrhoea the Whites in Women the Scurvy and the like The Dose is from four or six grains to eight or ten in Conserves Electuaries Syrups Juleps or other convenient Liquors In cold distempers it is given mixt with Wine but in Feavers in Barley-water In Diarrhoea's and imperfections of the Liver as also in a Gonorrhoea and Fluxes in Women it is given mixed with Conserve of red Roses that it may become tart and red like blood But all they who are subject to Contraction and Convulsion of the Nerves and those who have dry Brains or lean spare Bodies also those whose Stomachs are small and weak and have the mouth of their Ventricle small and tender also Women and Virgins who are troubled with the obstruction of the Terms must abstain from the use of this Medicine Flowers of Nitre DIssolve Nitre prepared in Rose-water then put the solution into a new Pot not glazed and set it in a cold place for some days till the flowers of the Nitre pass through the Pot and stick to the outside of it then with a Hares foot let them be diligently wiped off and keep them for your use without any other preparation Virtue Use and Dose It is of excellent use in the Hungarian and other malignant burning Feavers It repels and takes off all Inflammations also the roughness of the Jaws and the heat of the parts adjoyning especially when they begin to wax black It is an admirable Remedy to alter and remove the intemperate heat of the Heart Ventricle Lungs Liver Spleen Kidneys and Bladder It brings away the Stone and expels Urine too long retained The Dose is from half a dram to a dram in some appropriate Medicine Spirit of Salt Coagulated TAke crystalline Salt of Wormwood or the common Salt well rectified add to this so much Spirit of Salt as will Spagyrically coagulate and unite these together yet let it be so done that the Spirit of Salt may abound both in favour and strength This so coagulated and justly consistent keep for your use in a glass Vessel for this is much more profitable than the Spirit of Salt it self both to take keep and carry about as need shall require Virtue Use and Dose This is a most excellent Medicine having a Balsamick property by which it renews the whole man and purifies the Blood it comforts the Head Heart and Stomach opens obstructions of the Liver and Spleen it takes away discusses mundifies and resists putrefaction It is also a most powerful Diuretick and therefore a Specifick in Dropsies powerfully expelling by Urine all the watry and flatulent humors and all the tartarous and snivelly matter by which the Stone in the Reins and Bladder is generated It is a present Remedy in the Iliack and Colick passions in the yellow Jaundice in long burning Feavers Dysenteries Palsies Apoplexies Gout Leprosie Worms Rupture the English Sweat the Plague Poisons c. The Dose from six or seven to ten or fifteen grains in specifick and appropriate Vehicles In the Dropsie it is given other Remedies being given before in Wormwood-water mixed with Spirit of the flowers of Elder of each equal parts and this continued daily till the Dropsie or Tympany is cured which will be in few days Spirit of Vitriol Coagulated IN the same manner is Spirit of Vitriol coagulated with Salt of Sorrel and is without doubt of great force in Physick as is witnessed by Experience the Mistress of all things Virtue Use and Dose It is a great Secret in corroborating a weak stomach whose digestion it also helps it is useful in Feavers of the Stomach in Inflammations and Thirst. We also use it in all diseases of the Head suffocation of the Womb Stone Jaundice Plague Epidemical diseases c. for it doth powerfully resist the Enemy of Nature and preserves from putrefaction The Dose the body being first cleansed is so much as will make any thing sharp or tart yet so that it may not offend the Teeth it is given in Mutton or other warm Broth or in any other proper Vehicle yet cholerick men
vitriolated of each two drams Oyl of Cloves of Cinamon Nutmegs of each a scruple Mix them all carefully and make an Extract according to art Virtue Use and Dose This is a specifick Vomit and works variously by Vomit and Stool and is of great force and virtue in all Feavers pains of the Head and Joynts Gout Jaundice Dropsie and in obstructions of the Liver and Spleen yea in the Appetite depraved and the Stomach debilitated for it leaves nothing of a depraved nature in it but radically casts forth all the impure and peccant humors nor doth it do any injury The Dose is to be regulated according to the Age Sex and Complexion c. from a scruple to half a dram in some convenient liquor or in the form of a Pill c. having eaten something convenient before for then it works with the most ease and the least trouble Extractum Specificum Colicum or a Specifick Extract for the Colick Take of the yellow rind of Oranges six ounces specieâ— of Diacymini Iuniper-berries of each three ounces roots of Elicampane Pimpernel Cloves Zedoary of each an ounce and a half seeds of Chervil Bay-berries dryed Mother of Time Marjoram juyce of Liquorish of each an ounce Cardamoms the less Oriental Saffron of each six drams Mix them and with Spirit of Wine draw a Tincture which afterward in Balneo abstract to the thickness of Honey and add of Nitre vitriolated thra drams Harts-horn Hermetically calcined Swines and Hares Cockal-bones calcined of each two drams white Amber prepared Magistery of Corals the Carp-stone of each a dram and a half Diaphoretick Mineral Iovial Bezoar the Bezoar stone Lac Sulphuris of each a dram Spirit of Salt rectified half a dram Mix them all together and make of it a Mass like an Extract to which add of our Carminative Oyl two drams the Oyls of Angelica Cloves white Amber Mastich Mace Cinamon Citrons of each a scruple All being well incorporated make an Extract and reserve it for use Virtue Use and Dose This is a Specifick in the Colick and is properly applied to the Colick and Iliack Passion rising from a cold moist and flatuous Cause and the Excrements of the Guts being evacuated it is a Secret in allaying the vehement and mosâ— grievous pains of the Intestines for it dissolves and attenuates the thick and viscous humors and dissipates wind It helps the distension and windiness of the Hypochonders and Stomach and wonderfully relieves the coldness of the Stomach and the weakness of the Bowels It is also profitable for old Folks and those who have the Quartan Age c. It repairs Concoction and effectually expels the Tartar that is dissolved and loosned in the Guts The Dose is from a scruple to half a dram in our Water against the Colick or in any other appropriate Extractum Specificum Uterinum or a Specifick Extract for the Womb. Take Elder-berries dryed dwarff Elder-berries of each four ounces roots of Piony duly gathered red Mugwort white Dictamnus Briony of each two ounces Misleto of the Oak Climmin seeds Pennyroyal Balm new dryed Cassia lignea of each an ounce Oriental Saffron true Castor of each half an ounce Mix them and draw a Tincture with Spirit of Wine which being done separate the Spirit and the Extract will remain in the bottom to which add the blood of a Hog dryed in an Oven and prepared with the Hysterical water half an ounce Iovial Bezoar two drams Magistery of English Tin of Mother of Pearls and Coral of each a dram and a half Oyl of Cloves of Angelica white Amber Oranges of each a dram Let them be all well mixed and made into the form of an Extract which keep for use Virtue Use and Dose We have not a greater Secret for the Womb than this is for in the suffocations of the Matrix where all things are irritated and as it were desperate it is a most salubrious Medicine for it takes away the cause of these most cruel effects and all or at least-wise the most deplorable fits and strangulations of the Womb caused by a retention of the Seed and it resisteth many other things of the same nature it also perfectly quiets the motion of the Matrix The Dose is from a scruple to half a dram three or four mornings together in our Hysterical water or any other appropriate as those of Mugwort Balm Motherwort Pennyroyal c. Laudanum Opiatum Take of Thebane Opium Spagyrically prepared two ounces juyce of wild Poppy-flowers made thick an ounce roots of Hounds-tongue transmarine Mummy Styrax calamitis juyce of Liquorish Oriental Saffron of each half an ounce With Spirit of Wine draw the Tincture of each of them apart except the Opium which is to be drawn in distilled Vinegar or Juyce of Citrons then abstract the Spirit of all the Extractions in gentle heat of Balneo to the thickness of Honey and add to it the Extract of Bezoar stone Anodyne Sulphur of Vitriol of each two drams Salt of Oriental Pearls red Coral of each a dram Elks hoofs Hermetically calcined bone of a Stags heart white Amber prepared of each half a dram Ambergriese a scruple Musk half a scruple These being all well incorporate and mixt add of our Aurum potabile a dram and a half Oyls of Chamomil Dill Wormwood Oyl of Oranges Cloves Nutmegs of Citrons rectified of Aniseeds and Caraway seeds of each half a scruple Let all be well mixed and brought into a Mass or Extract Virtue Use and Dose It is an admirable Medicine in stopping all fluxes of Humors and Catarrhs and all excretions of Blood and Terms in unreasonable watchings and want of rest in Feavers of all kinds and in sudden weakness In Phrensie Madness Melancholy Vomiting Epilepsie Heart-passions Hiccupping Colick weakness of the Stomach Pleurisie pains of the Joynts Gouts of all kinds Sciatica Stone Nephritick pains c. For in allaying all vehement and sharp pains it is really a Divine help and as it were our last refuge there being not a Medicine to be found in the Spagyrick Republick more excellent speedy safe and secret than this is witness the very Mother and Nurse of Physick Experience therefore use this Divine Medicine only to the Glory of the most high God and the Health of your sick Neighbour and with me give thanks for the same The Dose is from two or three to four five or six grains which is given at bed time the body being empty for when the Patient takes it he should omit his Supper that evening lest his food should obstruct the Medicine And because the use of Laudanum Opiatum is grown so famous and frequent I will here subjoyn the various use thereof In Affects of the Head A Draught Take Laudanum Opiatum three four five or six grains Marjoram-water half an ounce Syrup of Betony two drams Confection of Smaragdus a scruple oyl of Oriental Pearls three drops oyl of Fenil one drop spirit of Vitriol as much as doth suffice to make it
Epileptick and Apoplectick Water sixteen ounces Mix them and make of all little Rowls or Cakes Virtue and Use. They wonderfully preserve from the Apoplexy Epilepsie Palsie c. They correct the Vertigo and take away the debility of the Brain sharpen the Memory and Sense comfort the Head refresh the Spirits support and relieve the Faculties of the Mind debilitated by study and continual cares which are dangerous to the Animal Faculties Rotulae Hyacinthinae or Rowls of Hyacinth Take species Diarrhodon Abbatis Diamargariton frigidum of each half an ounce Hyacinth prepared two drams flowers of Nitre a dram Magistery of red Coral a scruple distilled Oyl of Roses ten grains white Sugar dissolved in Water-lily-flower water sixteen ounces Mix them and make Rotula's according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It gives relief to the heat and inflammation of the whole body and repairs the imbecillity of the virile force They help the Syncope and wonderfully refresh refrigerate and strengthen those who have long been dejected and afflicted with a long tedious disease They do wonders in Asthma's Heart-passions Epatick diseases Jaundice Consumptions Coughs and malignant Feavers The dose is two three four or five often in the day Rotulae Cordiales or Cordial Rowls Take species Diarrhodon Abbatis half an ounce Confectio Alkermes two drams Troches of Pearls Magistery of red Coral of each a scruple Oyl of Cloves and Mace of each four drops white Sugar dissolved in Cinamon water eight ounces Mix them and make a Confection in little Rowls Virtue Use and Dose They are great Fortifiers of the Heart and preserve it safe from all corruption and putrefaction that it cannot be vitiated by the malignant Air. The dose is two three or four for one time Rotulae Pectorales albae or white Pectoral Rowls Take species Diatragacanth frigidum and Diaireos simple of each half an ounce Lac Sulphuris two drams powder of Benjamin a dram Oyl of Fenil a scruple the whitest Sugar dissolved in milk of the seeds of white Poppy and Violet water sixteen ounces Mix them and make Rowls according to Art Virtue Use and Dose They are good for the asperity of the Tongue and Jaws and alleviate the hardness and compression of the Breast and Thorax They give ease to those troubled with the Cough Phthisick Consumption and wasting and to those who are obnoxious to defluxions and destillations from the Head The dose every hour one two or three at a time Rotulae Pectorales Citrinae or yellow Pectoral Rowls Take Lohoch sanum expertum species Diarrhodon Abbatis of each half an ounce juyce of Liquorish extracted flowers of Sulphur of each a dram powder of Benjamin roots of Flower-de-luce of each two scruples Extract of Oriental Saffron Balsam of Sulphur with Oyl of Aniseeds of each a scruple white Sugar dissolved in Fenil water sixteen ounces Mix them and make Rotula's Virtue Use and Dose They purge the Lungs lenifie the Breast facilitate the Spittle and therefore give ease in a wonderful manner to those troubled with the Cough Pleurisie difficulty of breathing c. The dose often in the day from one or two to three or four at a time Rotulae Pectorales rubrae or red Pectoral Rowls Take species Diarrhodon Abbatis an ounce Lohoch sanum expertum half an ounce Confectio Alkermes two drams juyce of Liquorish extracted flowers of Sulphur of each a dram powder of Benjamin roots of Flower-de-luce of each half a dram Oyl of Anisceds a scruple white Sugar dissolved in Hyssop water first tinctured with red Sanders sixteen ounces Mix them and make Rotula's according to Art Virtue Use and Dose They purge the Thorax and Lungs and strengthen them to expectorate the thick and gross matter there lodged Hence they give ease in tedious Coughs Asthma's and Pleurisies The dose is one two three or four at a time Rotulae Lac provocantes or Rowls provoking Milk Take Crystals prepared half an ounce red Corals prepared a dram Pearls prepared long Pepper of each half a dram Oyl of Fenil seeds a scruple white Sugar dissolved in water of Nutmegs three ounces Mix them and make Confectionary Rotula's Virtue Use and Dose It is a great Secret in provoking Milk and is therefore given to Nurses every day morning noon and night The dose is four or five at a time Rotulae refectivae Take Troches of Pearls a dram Magistery of red Coral Ambergriese of each a scruple white Sugar dissolved and extracted in milk of sweet Almonds with Rose-water four ounces Mix them and make little Rowls Virtue Use and Dose They nourish and give strength in Chronical diseases they restore health and strength to those who despair of Cure they conserve Nature by roboration and help to recover pristine strength The dose is as necessity requires two or three being taken and by degrees rubbed upon the tongue and afterward swallowed Rotulae stimulantes Take Venetian Borax two drams seeds of Ashen-keys a dram Boletus Cervinus flesh of Skinks of each half a dram long Pepper a scruple the bodies of Cantharides Oyl of Cinamon of each half a scruple white Sugar dissolved in water of Satyrion and Rosemary flowers six ounces Mix them and make Rotula's Virtue Use and Dose They wonderfully irritate and excite Venery and are very effectual to repair that kind of impotence and lost virility The dose is at going to bed from three four or five to six more or less according as the Patient requires They may also be taken after the first digestion that is after midnight Rotulae Aromaticae Take Galangal the less a dram and a half Calamus aromaticus grains of Paradise white Ginger of each a dram Cloves Cassia lignea Zedoary Burnet long Pepper Caraway seeds of each half a dram Cubebs Nutmegs Oriental Saffron Mace of each a scruple Oyls of Cinamon Mint Oranges and Rosemary of each ten grains white Sugar dissolved in our Stomach-water sixteen ounces Mix them and according to Art make a Confection in Rowls Virtue Use and Dose They calefie corroborate and preserve from pain all the principal members the Head Brain Stomach Heart Liver Spleen Guts c. They prevent the Colick stay Vomiting coming of a phlegmatick cause excite Appetite discuss the Flatulencies that distend the Ventricle and cure all that hurts the body coming of a cold cause The dose is two three four or five at a time Rotulae refrigerantes or cooling Rowls Take species Diarrhodon Abbatis an ounce Elaeosaccharum of Citrons flowers of Nitre of each two drams Crystals prepared a dram Tinctures of red Coral and grains of Kermes Sanders of each half a dram Magistery of Saturn a scruple distilled Oyl of Roses four grains white Sugar dissolved in juyce of Barberries and Goosberries equal in quantity sixteen ounces Mix them and make Rotula's Virtue Use and Dose They are very cooling and of excellent use to allay thirst in acute Diseases and burning Feavers They comfort the Stomach and its natural heat and relieve the Heart
a dram Let them infuse in a sufficient quantity of sharp Wine in Balneo for five or six days till the Vinegar be perfectly tinctured then filter it and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose The smell and odor of the Fume upon hot Coals immediately raiseth Women that are suffocated c. it is also good in the Vertigo's Lethargies and other sleepy diseases And if it be taken inwardly it also performs the same The dose is from half a spoonful to a whole one Acetum Vomitorium or a Vomiting Vinegar Take bark of the roots of Thapsia four ounces â—oots of fresh dryed Asarabacca two ounces seeds of Cart aâ—us or bastard Saffron an ounce Cinamon half an ounce All being bruised and mixed infuse them in four pound of the best Wine Vinegar Let them digest in a Glass close shut for a month often shaking them in the time after distil them in Sand in a Copper body with a Leaden top to it And so you shall have distilled Vinegar impregnated with Saturn and a little sweet all which keep for use not rejecting the flegm Virtue Use and Dose It is a sweet and pleasant Vomit and purgeth all Humors as well cold as hot and is given in Quotidian and Tertian as well true as bastard both which it cures it takes away debility and loathing caused by super fluous sharp humors it is also an approved Medicine in renewed Feavers after seven Fits The dose is from two ounces to three more or less And to delicate bodies it is given in Syrup of Vinegar SECT XXIV Of Epithems Epithema generale or a general Epithem GOod in Melancholy Madness Phrensies immoderate Watchings pain and disorder of the Head in general from any cause Take water of wild Poppy Lettice and Roses of each four ounces of our Troches of Radice Rhodia an ounce Mix them for an Epithem Another of the same efficacy Take water of Henbane Sage and Vervain of each four ounces our Troches of roots of Rhodia an ounce Mix them for an Epithem and when there is a necessity of using it wet a double linen Rag therein and press it gently and apply it warm to the Temples and Forehead and this direction is also to be observed in the following Epithems An Epithem for the pain in the Head coming of a cold Cause with or without a Catarrh Take water of Betony Rosemary and Vervain of each four ounces Peach kernels half an ounce Cubebs three drams Nutmegs and Sandarack of each a dram roots of Mandrakes half a dram Mix them and make an Epithem and apply it warm Another in a hot Cause Take water of Chamomil Sage and Rosemary of each four ounces Peach kernels half an ounce the best Olibanum two drams Cloves Mace and wood of Aloes of each a dram roots of Zedoary half a dram Mix them for an Epithem An Epithem for pains of the Head coming of a hoâ— Cause with or without a Catarrh Take water of Roses Violets and common Mallows of each three ounces all the Sanders of each a dram and a half white Amber prepared a dram flowers of wild Poppy and Vervain of each half a dram Camphire a scruple Mix them for an Epithem for the Head Another in the same Case Take water of wild Poppy and Roses of each three ounces mans Skull calcined without fire a dram Oriental Saffron half a dram Mix them for an Epithem for the Head which operates wonderfully Epithema Hypnoticum or a Sleep-bringing Epithem Take water of Roses and Lettice of each four ounces Opium Spagirically prepared a dram Oriental Saffron half a dram of the spongy knot growing on wild Roses a scruple Mix them and dissolve them faithfully the mixture being prepared wet a linen Cloth in it and apply it warm to the Temples and moisten the Nostrils with it also and presently they begin to sleep Another to procure Sleep Take water of Nutmegs Lettice and Night shade of each four ounces seeds of white Poppy half an ounce seeds of Henbane and Dill of each two drams roots of Hounds-tongue a dram and a half flowers of Elicampane yellow water-Lily and Violets of each a scruple Bruise the Seeds in a stone Mortar with a wooden Pestle then mix them and press them and so make an Epithem for the Head An experienced warming Cordial Epithem Take water of Cinamon Balm and Bugloss of each three ounces Elks horn Spagirically calcined Cloves Nutmegs and Citron peels of each a dram and a half wood of Aloes a dram Pearls prepared red Coral prepared of each half a dram seeds of Marjoram and Basil of each a scruple Oriental Saffron and Rosemary of each a scruple Mix them for an Epithem for the Heart Another for the same Case Take water of Roses Basil and Clove-gillyflowers of each three ounces species of Diamoschu dulce and Diambra of each a dram and a half Dianthos and Gems calcined of each a dram Mix them and make an Epithem to be applied to the region of the Heart A cooling Epithem in the Syncope and other Affects of the Heart Take water of red Roses four ounces water of Sarrel and water-Lily of each four ounces Vinegar violated an ounce red Coral prepared all the Sanders of each a dram sealed Earth and Bole Armeniack of each two scruples of the five precious Stones prepared bone of a Stags heart Pearls prepared Mace Cinamon Camphire of each ten grains Mix them for an Epithem for the Heart A most noble Epithem in the Palpitation of the Heart Take water of Marjoram Basil Balm Roses and Malmsey Wine of each three ounces Vinegar rosated an ounce species de Gemmis calid of Diambra and Diamoschu dulce of each a dram wood of Aloes and Mace of each two scruples Cinamon and Rosemary of each half a dram bone of a Stags heart Pearls and red Coral prepared Citron peel of each a scruple the five precious Stones prepared a scruple Mix all for an Epithem for the Heart Another for the Palpitation of the Heart Take water of Roses Sage and Borage of each three ounces odoriferous Wine an ounce Vinegar violated half an ounce species Diathameron and Diamargariton frigid of each a dram and a half Harts-horn Spagirically calcined Cassia lignea yellow Sanders Cardamoms the less of each half a dram Oriental Saffron flowers of Cloves and Rosemary of each a scruple Mix them for an Epithem to be applied to the Breast An Epithem for the Weakness and Inflammation of the Liver Take water of Water-Lilies Wormwood Endive Roses and Succory of each two ounces Vinegar rosated an ounce species Diatrion santalon half an ounce Crystals of Saturn two drams Rhubarb a dram and a half red Coral prepared two scruples seeds of Purslain and Sorrel of each a scruple Camphire Mace and Spike of each ten grains Mix them and make an Epithem according to Art Another in the same Case Take water of white Epatick flowers Rasberries Strawberries and the lesser Centaury of each three
Unguentum Pectorale or a Pectoral Oyntment Take Oyl of Pistick Nuts exprest oyl of Pine-nuts exprest and oyl of sweet Almonds of each an ounce and a half May Butter unsalted Capons grease and Goats Suet of each an ounce These being mixed add to it three ounces of our Pectoral water and boil them together to the consumption of the water then add Essence of Oriental Saffron two drams distilled oyl of Chamomil oyl of Fenil Mace Dill and Aniseeds of each a dram Mix them and with white Wax make an Unguent according to Art Virtue and Use. It is properly applied to the pains of the Breast for by anointing it therewith it dissolves flegm in it and heals all imperfections there it warms moistens and mollifies c. Use it morning and evening before a gentle fire Unguentum Pleuriticum or an Unguent for the Pleurisie Take the Fat of Field-Mice four ounces May Butter without salt two ounces oyl of Walnuts sweet Almonds of Poppy by expression and oyl of Bays of each an ounce juyce of wild Poppy flowers six ounces Mix them and boil all to the consumption of the Juyce afterward add Oyl of distilled Chamomil and Dill of each a dram and a half oyl of Bricks and Cummin seed of each a dram Again mix them and with a sufficient quantity of white Wax make an Unguent Virtue and Use. After the beginning of its violence and in allaying the pain of the Pleurisie and dissolving the Imposthume this Unguent is of wonderful use which is applied to the part grieved not ceasing from anointing till the pain desists And know for your credit that this Remedy is effectually prevalent used to any other strong pain in the whole body to the great profit of the Patient Note That Plasters and Unguents in all Pectoral diseases ought to be laid upon the Breast before and upon the Back behind but in the Pleurisie they must be applied more upon the Sides Unguentum Anodynum or an Anodyne Oyntment Take our Anodyne oyl of the seven Flowers six ounces oyl of sweet Almonds oyl of Henbane and Poppy exprest oyl of Earth-worms and St. Iohns-wort of each an ounce Fat of a Goose and wild Cat of each six drams juyce of Tabaco depurated juyce of Germander and Vervain of each four ounces Mix all and boil them to the consumption of the Juyces afterward with a sufficient quantity of white Wax make an Oyntment according to Art Virtue and Use. It mitigates pain in any part of the body from whence indeed it hath its name But in a case where excessive cold is the cause add to two ounces of the Oyntment Oyl of Peter Juniper and Bricks of each a scruple and mix them for use Unguentum Spleneticum or an Oyntment for the Spleen Take Oyl of Capers three ounces oyl of Rocket seeds exprest of Nigella exprest of Hemp exprest of sweet Almonds of each an ounce oyl of Iuniper half an ounce All being mixed pour upon them four ounces of Juyce of Harts-tongue exprest and boil them to the consumption of the Juyce then add distilled Oyl of Mastich Cummin and Myrrh of each a dram oyl of Ammoniacum Chamomil and Wormwood of each half a dâ—am Extract of Saffron two scruples Again mix them and with a sufficient quantity of white Wax make an Oyntment Virtue and Use. The Region of the Spleen being bathed with this Oyntment before a fire opens and comforts it and preserves it from scirrhous Tumors it also easeth the pains and discusseth the flatulency thereof Unguentum Spasmaticum or an Unguent for Convulsions Take Oyl of Snails distilled per descensum oyl of Earth-worms and Sesamus of each an ounce and a half the Fat of a gelded Ram Hedge hog and Fox of each an ounce May Butter without salt Stags marrow of each half an ounce Spirit of Iuniper three ounces Mix them and boil them to the consumption of the Spirit then add distilled oyl of white Amber three draâ—s oyl of Chamomil and Bays of each a dram and a half oyl of Rosemary and Sage of each a dram Mix them and with a sufficient quantity of white Wax make an Oyntment Virtue and Use. It is chiefly useful in Convulsions after due Evacuation for it being applied to the grieved part and the Nerves with their Originals being anointed doth mollifie resolve and refresh the Nerves c. Let the part grieved be anointed morning and evening warm and you will quickly find ease Unguentum Renale or an Unguent for the Reins Take our Anodyne oyl of the seven Flowers four ounces oyl of white Poppy seeds exprest two ounces Oyntment of fresh Roses and Populeon of each an ounce Capons grease and the marrow of a Stag of each half an ounce red Sanders and Nitre prepared of each two drams juyce of the flowers of red Marsh-mallows six ounces Mix these and boil them to the consumption of the Juyces after with yellow Wax make an Oyntment Virtue and Use. It hath an excellent faculty in cooling and moistning for wheresoever there is need of humectation and refrigeration this may safely be used But first the Back Loins c. anointed with it cures all heat inflammation of the Reins and Stone nay it allays and mitigates pain coming of a hot Cause in any part of the body Unguentum Nephriticum Take simple oyl of Scorpions six ounces oyl of flowers of Mullein Chamomil Poplar and Dill of each an ounce oyl of Cherry kernels exprest and bitter Almonds of each an ounce and a half fat of a Hen Goose and Duck of each six drams Butter made red with Crabs Oyntment of Marsh-mallows of each two ounces Balsam of Turpentine three drams juyce of Pellitory of the Wall exprest a pound Mix them and boil it to the consumption of the Juyce and then with Wax make an Oyntment Virtue and Use. Let the Reins Loins and Back downwards as far as the Privy parts be often in the day anointed with this Unguent for being so anointed it wonderfully dilates and opens the passages that the stones and sand may pass downward with the more ease It lenifies the pains in the Kidneys relaxeth the Ureters and makes the stone and tartarous matter soft Unguentum ad Ambusta or an Oyntment for Burns Take Whites of Eggs two parts Sallet oyl one part Let them be wrought diligently together and exactly mixed that they may be made into a white Oyntment Virtue and Use. This Liniment is of most excellent use although it seems to be but of little worth or esteem yet I tell you That there hath not been found hitherto a more secret and present Remedy for all Burns than this is For it quickly safely and perfectly takes out the fire lenifies and stops the pain and cures all Ulcers by fire let them be made of what matter they will and leaves no Scar behind it so that it may be deservedly reckoned among the domestick Arcana's and communicated to Posterity And this is the way of using it Let the