Apoplectick Waters of each sixteen ounces Mix them and according to Art make little Morsels Virtue Use and Dose They are used as well in preserving from as curing the Epilepsie Apoplexy and Palsie and other dangerous diseases of the Head Brain and Nerves The dose in preservation is from half a dram to a dram at all Quarters of the Moon but in curing it is given from a dram to two or three in the Fit or a little after either by it self or in some proper Vehicle And if necessary repeat it but to Children by reason of their age half so much or less is a sufficient dose Morsuli Regii Take green Pistick Nuts two ounces Pines cleansed sweet Almonds of each an ounce Troches of Pearls Magistery of red Coral of each a dram the Cordial Flowers cut small of each a pugil Oyl of Mace a scruple white Sugar dissolved in Rose-water sixteen ounces Mix them and make them into little bits or Morsels according to Art Virtue Use and Dose They are of a grateful taste and comfortable above measure They nourish and restore those who languish under any Weakness Phthisick Consumption or are extenuated with a long Disease You cannot err in the dose for they may be taken at Meat or before or after it as the sick pleaseth Morsuli Rosati Take the best Conserve of red Roses two ounces species of Diarrhodon Abbatis half an ounce species de Gemmis frig Diamargar frigid of each two drams Confectio Alkermes Troches of Barberries flowers of Nitre of each a dram Magistery of Pearls and red Coral of each half a dram Elaeosaccharum of Roses and Citrons of each a scruple Cinamon and Mace of each ten grains white Sugar sixteen ounces dissolve it in water of Roses and Strawberries of each a like quantity Mix all and make little Morsels according to Art Virtue Use and Dose They are proper for all intemperate heat of the Head Heart Stomach Liver Womb and Reins and are given successfully in burburning cholerick Feavers They refresh those that are weak and dejected with a long Disease and restore them to their pristine strength They help the trembling of the Heart the defection of the Spirits and Digestion and those whose Countenance is vitiated The dose is from two drams to half an ounce Morsuli Pectorales or Pectoral Morsels Take Lohoch sanum expert two ounces species Diarrhodon Abbatis an ounce compound flowers of Sulphur juyce of Liquorish extracted of each two drams roots of Flower-de-luce Aliptae Moschatae of each a dram Balsam of Sulphur anisat Oyl of Fenil of each ten grains white Sugar sixteen ounces dissolve the Sugar in water of Horehound and Coltsfoot of each a like quantity Mix them and make little Morsels according to Art Virtue Use and Dose They relieve those afflicted with a lingering Cough Hoarsness Asthma c. They help difficulty of Breathing cut and attenuate the thick humors in the Breast and Lungs and ease pain there The dose is from half a dram to one or two every hour or when the Patient pleaseth Morsuli Refectivi de Cancris or Refective Morsels of Crabs Take the carnous part of River-Crabs boiled in pectoral Waters two ounces Conserve of Damask Roses an ounce and a half Pines cleansed green Pistick Nuts sweet Almonds of each macerated all night in Scabious-water an ounce white Sugar dissolved in our water of Calves Lungs five ounces Mix them and in the end add Syrup of Mastich two ounces Lac Sulphuris two drams Troches of Pearls and Oyl of Nutmegs exprest of each a dram Balsam of Sulphur with Oyl of Aniseeds a scruple Mix them and with great diligence according to Art make a Confection into little Morsels Virtue Use and Dose It is an Arcanum against the Phthisick and Consumption of the body which ought to be preferred deservedly before many other Remedies for there is nothing almost that doth more conserve the radical moisture than these It restores lost strength and comforts the principal members The dose is often in the day from two drams to half an ounce more or less according to the Complexion and Sex of the Patient Morsuli Stomachici or Stomach-morsels Take Diacydonium simple two ounces preserved China Ginger an ounce Calamus aromaticus preserved green half an ounce Nutmegs Cassia lignea the lesser Galangal Mace of each a dram seeds of Coriander prepared Cummin seeds of each half a dram Oyls of Cloves and Cinamon of each a scruple white Sugar dissolved in our stomachical Water sixteen ounces Mix them and make all into little Morsels according to Art Virtue Use and Dose They wonderfully comfort a cold Stomach and help it to retain the meat They roborate and strengthen the members of Nutrition hurt and debilitated and do powerfully excite the Appetite and Taste They discuss Flatulencies and dissolve ventose Humors They abate and take away the swelling and extension of the Hypochonders and restore the native heat They take away the ill savour of the body and wonderfully help those who have cold Bowels The dose is from one dram to two Morsuli Epatici or Morsels for the Liver Take roots of Scorzonera and Succory preserved of each an ounce species Diarrhodon Abbatis Conserve of red Roses Raisins of each half an ounce Citron flowers preserved two drams Magistery of red Coral Steel prepared with Vinegar of Tamarinds Spodium of Wolfs lungs dryed of each a dram seeds of Sorrel and Purslain of each half a dram flowers of white Agrimony white Sugar dissolved in our Epatick water frigid and calid sixteen ounces Mix them and make all into little Tablets and gild them with gold Virtue Use and Dose They are very good for the weakness and imbecillity of the Liver they take away its obstructions and give it strength They are good in the Jaundice some kind of Dropsies and ill habit of body The dose is from a dram to two and half an ounce Morsuli Martiales or Morsels of Mars Take filings of Steel prepared with Vinegar of Tamarinds an ounce Cassia lignea the lesser Galangal Cloves of each a dram Mace Oriental Saffron of each a scruple Oyl of Cinamon half a scruple white Sugar dissolved in water of Wormwood and lesser Centaury eight ounces Mix all and make little morsels according to Art Virtue Use and Dose They are profitable in all Obstructions especially of the Spleen and help all the vices of the Stomach Heart Head the paleness of the Face and provoke the Courses in Women c. They are taken in the morning four hours before dinner drinking a draught of Wormwood-wine after it and after taking it to use exercise for an hour The dose from two drams to three at a time Morsuli Viriles Take of our Confection succulata Inda an ounce green Pistick Nuts sweet Almonds Pine-nuts of each half an ounce preserved Nutmegs two drams Venetian Borax lesser Galangal long Pepper Cardamoms the less of each a dram the pizzle of a Bull and a Hart of each half
of Roses TAke Conserve of Roses tinctured with Spirit of Sulphur four ounces Lohoch of Coltsfoot roots prepared with Sugar two ounces species Diarrhodon Abbatis an ounce Lac Sulphuris half an ounce red Oriental Bole prepared juyce of Liquorish extracted of each two drams Oriental Saffron prepared a dram flowers of Benjamin Cardamoms the less Mace of each half a dram Balsam of Sulphur prepared with Oyl of Aniseeds a scruple true Oyl of Roses four grains Mix them and with our simple Pectoral Syrup make a Lohoch Virtue Use and Dose It helps those who are troubled with continual Coughs Hoarsness Pleurisies c. It brings offensive matter from the Lungs with ease and effectually heals purulent Exulcerations as well of the Breast as Lungs and takes away the ill smell thence proceeding It also helps those who spit blood The dose is the quantity of a Hazel-nut taken often Lohoch Violatum or Lohoch of Violets Take fresh Conserve of Violets tinged with our Elixir of Sulphur four ounces Lohoch sanum expert two ounces species of Diamargariton frigid Diaireos simple of each half an ounce compound flowers of Sulphur Extract of Liquorish roots of each three drams Oriental Saffron prepared Styrax Calamit of each a scruple Oyl of Hyssop and Benjamin of each four grains Mix them and with our compound Pectoral Syrup make a Pectoral Lohoch Virtue Use and Dose This Medicine is experimented in the Cough Asthma Phthisick difficulty of breathing and straitness of the Breast and in other diseases of the Breast and Lungs The dose is the same as before Lohoch Pectorale or a Pectoral Lohoch Take both our simple and compound pectoral Syrups of each two ounces Lohoch of Coltsfoot roots of sanum expertum of each an ounce Manus Christi with Aniseeds prepared six drams species Diarrhodon Abbatis half an ounce green Ginger of each three drams Mix them and make a Pectoral Lohoch according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It is a certain Medicine for a Cough and Hoarsness coming of cold or thick Flegm contained in the Thorax and Lungs It is a present Remedy for all distempers of the Breast difficulty of Breathing Pleurisie pain of the Ribs c. The dose is the quantity of a Nutmeg often in the day Lohoch seu Diacodium Crocatum or a Lohoch or Diacodium with Saffron Take of the heads and seeds of white Poppy twenty one sweet Bean cods the seeds being cast away roots of Liquorish of each three ounces seeds of Bombace Marsh mallows and Quinces Myrtle-berries of each half an ounce fat Figs Dates and Sebestens of each eleven flowers of great red Mallows Violets and Hearts-ease of each two drams Boil them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water according to Art Then take of this Decoction being strained two pound Sugar Candy rosated Penids of each half a pound Make of all a thick Syrup Then toward the end of the Preparation add Syrup of the juyce of wild Poppies Iujubes of each two ounces Extract of Saffron half a dram Mix them and over a gentle fire let them boil to the consistence of Honey which aromatize with a scruple of Gallia Moschata Virtue Use and Dose It is a great Secret in all hot thin sharp and salt Defluxions and Destillations from the Head upon the Thorax and rough Artery which cause continual Coughs and Watchings For it lenifies the roughness of the Throat and maturates the Spittle by making it thick and glutinous and fit to expectorate It allays thirst mitigates heat and procures sleep Also by cooling and moistning it roborates the Spirits repairs strength and preserves the native heat Moreover it cannot be expressed how profitable it is for those who are afflicted with the Colick Stone and Gravel Pleurisie Gout c. It is also good for the over-great excretion and evacuation of the Blood and Terms nay 't is of good use in burning Feavers Fluxes of the Belly Dysenteries c. which are caused by a sharp and cholerick matter The dose is from a dram to two three or four Lohoch Antiphthisicum or a Lohoch for the Consumption or wasting of the Lungs Take of our Diacodium crocatum four ounces Lohoch sanum expertum and de pulmone Vulpis of each two ounces our white red and citrine pectoral Rotula's of each an ounce our simple and compound pectoral Syrups of each six drams green Ginger half an ounce species Diarrhodon Abbatis Diamargariton frigid of each two drams Mix them and with an Emulsion made of white Poppy seeds and the water of Calves Lungs an ounce and a half over a gentle sire boil it to the consistence of a Lohoch Virtue Use and Dose It is of great efficacy and power in the Phthilick Asthma Cough Pleurisie Catarrh Hoarsness and other vices of the Thorax and Lungs It extenuates those humors that are hard to be spit forth and induceth sleep The dose is the quantity of a Hazel-nut often in the day SECT XVI Of Syrups Syrupus Perlarum Orientalium or Syrup of Oriental Pearls TAke water of Roses Borage and Bugloss of each six ounces Salt of Oriental Pearls half an ounce These being mixed and dissolved add of sweet Almonds a quantity sufficient to make an Emulsion with which afterward mix white Sugar a pound and then boil it to the consistence of a Syrup Virtue Use and Dose It roborates the Heart Brain and Memory preserves the Body sound It relieves the Consumptive and keeps off Old age It drys up vicious Humors amends Milk in Women restores the humidum Radicale and increaseth Seed in both Sexes It is also a certain Preservative from the Apoplexy Epilepsie and Palsie and is to be given divers times in the week The dose is from half an ounce to six drams by it self or with other Specificks Syrupus Corallorum rubrorum or Syrup of red Coral Take Tincture of red Roses extracted with Succory-water distilled from the juyce of the whole Plant and as it were red ten ounces Salt of red Coral half an ounce These being mixed dissolved and filtred add of white Sugar a pound exprest juyce of Barberries and Goosberries of each four ounces Again mix them and bring all into the consistence of a Syrup Virtue Use and Dose It comforts the weakness of the Heart and much increaseth its strength It mitigates the intemperate heat of the Liver Spleen and Reins and wonderfully relieves them in Obstructions It cures any Haemorrhage mundifies the blood through the whole body It is a good Remedy for cholerick Vomitings It allays Thirst refrigerates and strengthens the Stomach It restores and amends the other internal Bowels distempered by heat Whence it is a great Secret in the Dysentery Lientery pains in the Guts Liver-fluxes Gonorrhoea Flux from the Womb c. It is also good in contagious Diseases and gives ease in malignant Defluxions and Colliquations It strengthens and preserves the Child in the Womb and prevents Abortion if while she goes with Child she takes half a spoonful at a
ounces Vinegar prepared with Sanders an ounce and a half species Diarrhodon Abbatis roots of Scorzonera and Plantane of each two drams Salt of Endive and Succory of each half a dram the four greater cold Seeds and the four lesser cold Seeds of each a scruple Mix them for an Epithem for the Liver Epithema Hepaticum in causa frigida or an Epithem for the Liver grieved with a cold Distemper Take Malmsey Wine four ounces water of Agrimony Pauls Betony and Mother of Thyme of each three ounces Spirit of Iuniper an ounce and a half species of Diacurcuma and Diacubeba of each two drams Rhubarb sweet Cane Cane Cassia lignea of each a dram Salt of Pontick Wormwood and Southernwood of each two scruples Oriental Saffron seeds of Cummin and Lavender of each half a dram Squinanth flowers of yellow Stoechas of each a scruple Mix all for an Epithem Epithema in Inflammatione Renum praesentissimum or an Epithem for an Inflammation of the Reins Take juyce of Plantane and Night shade depurated of each four ounces water of Housleek and Purslain of each three ounces odoriferous Wine and Wine Vinegar violated of each an ounce and a half Nitre prepared Mix them and make an Epithem to be applied to the region of the Reins as the manner is But it is to be noted If cooling Epithems are to be applied to noble parts they are not to be applied cold but warm except the heat be very intense and then it may be used cold SECT XXV Of Decoctions Decoctum Catarrhaie or a Decoction for a Catarrh TAke clear Fountain water nine pound clarified Honey five pound Sage Origanum Marjaram Hyssop and Rosemary of each an ounce Boil it to the consumption of the third part and then strain it and to the strained Liquor add roots of Elicampane Coltsfoot and Florentine Flower-de luce of each six drams seeds of Roman Nettles Carduus Anise and Fenil of each half an ounce Maidenhair spotted Lungwort Scabious and Horehound of each two drams the Cordial Flowers and flowers of Coltsfoot and wild Poppy of each a dram Let these macerate 24 hours and then add Cubebs Cinamon Nutmegs Cardamoms the less white Ginger Galangal the less Cloves of each a dram Then let them boil once and so put them into some glass Vessel and let it there stand a whole day and make a clear Decoction according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It is very effectual in Catarrhs falling from the Head upon the Breast and the parts thereabouts The dose is a good draught at a time or the Patient may drink so much daily as his thirst requires Decoctum Cosmeticum or a Beautifying Water Take Venetian Borax white Sugar Candy and sublimated Mercury of each two drams Let them be finely pulverized and tyed up apart in a linen Rag and boiled in four pound of May-dew gathered off from the Wheat till the Mercury be dissolved and in the strained Liquor while warm dissolve two drams of Camphire then filter it and keep it for use Virtue and Use. It is only applied outwardly to the spots of the Face which it takes away and leaves the Skin white and clean But in using of it take heed lest it touch the Eyes or Teeth Decoctum Arthriticum or a Decoction for the Gout Take small Raisons eight ounces shavings of Guajacum eight ounces roots of China an ounce roots of Liquorish and water-Acorus of each half an ounce Cinamon and the lesser Galangal of each a dram Let them be cut and bruised and then infused 24 hours in ten pound of Barley-water afterward boil them over a gentle fire to the consumption of the third part and make a clear Potion according to Art Virtue Use and Dose I use this happily in all Catarrhs and running Gouts proceeding from a destillation of cold Humors especially where the sick is very dry I also ordinarily give it in ill Habits and Dropsies for their common drink for it roborates and drys the body of all its superfluity The Patient cannot well erre in the dose but let him drink at his pleasure Decoctum Pectorale subacidum or a Pectoral Decoction a little tart Take Fountain-water two pound and a half Virgin Honey two pound the best Wine Vinegar a pound and a half Boil it over a gentle fire till it comes to four pound in which infuse small Raisons three ounces seeds of Carduus and Roman Nettles of each an ounce roots of Elicampane Florentine Flower-de-uce and Coltsfoot of each half an ounce Maidenhair Scabious and Hyssop of each two drams Dates Iujubes and Figs of each eight flowers of Coltsfoot Violets Borage and Bugloss of each a dram Let them macerate twenty four hours and then boil them over a gentle fire to the consumption of one part at last strain it through Hippocrates sleeve and aromatize it with a little Cinamon Virtue Use and Dose It attenuates thick humors in the Phthisick Asthma Cough and other Pectoral diseases it cuts the tough softens the hard and brings forth the unprofitable humors it also resists Putrefaction The dose is from half an ounce to an ounce Decoctum Pectorale subdulce or a sweetish Pectoral Decoction Take small Raisons and white Sugar Candy of each four ounces roots of Liquorish Coltsfoot and Florentine Flower-de-luce of each an ounce spotted Lungwort Pauls Betony Harts-tongue Maidenhair and Horehound of each an ounce seeds of Myrtles Anise and Fenil of each three drams flowers of Chamomil Marsh-mallows Bugloss Liverwort lesser Centaury and Violets of each a dram and a half Dates dryed Figs Iujubes and Sebestens of each eight Let them be cut and bruised and infused 24 hours in four pound of Hydromel two pound of the water of the Juyce of Scabious distilled then boil them to the consumption of the third part and about the end of the Decoction let it be aromatized with Galangal the less Cinamon Cardamoms the less and white Ginger of each a dram Oriental Saffron half a dram Then strain it through Hippocrates sleeve and make a clear Potion which edulcorate with white Sugar Candy Virtue Use and Dose It relieves those troubled with Asthma's distempers of the Liver Pleurisies Coughs c. and the continual use of this Decoction for some time cures the Consumption For it facilitates the Spitting mundifies the Breast heals the Ulcers of the Lungs c. nay and it opens the obstructions of the Liver and Spleen also The dose is morning noon and night from two ounces to three Decoctum Rad. Chinae Pectorale or a Pectoral Decoction of the Roots of China Take the best and heavy roots of China cut cross into little round and thin pieces three ounces Infuse it in water of Scabious Coltsfoot and Pauls Betony of each two pound Let them stand in infusion 24 hours in a glazed Vessel in a warm place well covered with Cloaths then add Bugloss an ounce roots of Liquorish and Elicampane of each half an ounce seeds of Cudwort and Fenil of
each two drams Mix them and boil it to the consumption of the half and towards the end of its boiling aromatize it with a dram and a half of Cinamon let it cool by degrees and strain it through Hippocrates sleeve and make a clear Potion of it which edulcorate with Syrup of Violets four ounces Virtue Use and Dose The use of this Decoction doth not only give ease in the Catarrh Asthma and Pectoral diseases but also rectifies the whole Body and hath a singular force in curing Ulcers of the Lungs But it ought to be considered whether the Patient hath a Feaver or not for if he hath a Feaver he must abstain from the use of this Decoction It is given twice in the day for sweating but in the Cure it is used to be made of the Diaphoretick wood and for his ordinary drink at dinner and supper he may use the following Decoction of Raisons Decoctum Passulatum or a Decoction of Raisons Take small Raisons four ounces Barley husked three ounces roots of the best China Liquorish and Scorzonera of each half an ounce Cinamon two drams flowers of Violets dryed a scruple Boil them in six pound of Fountain-water to the consumption of the third part then let it be strained and clarified with the Whites of two Eggs and make a clear Potion of it Virtue Use and Dose Let the sick use this Decoction at Meals for his ordinary drink for it hath a certain singular faculty in curing the distempers of the Thorax and Liver for by lenifying and deterging it gives great ease in the vices of the Lungs The dose is a good draught at a time Decoctum Citri or a Decoction of Citrons Take Citrons rind and pulp cut into thin round pieces three or five white Sugar four ounces Fountain-water six pound Boil it to the consumption of the third part then strain it and the Decoction being clear like Wine keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose We do usually appoint this for a common drink to those who are sick of the Plague Epidemical diseases burning Feavers Cholerick diseases Inflammations small Pox and Meazles Stone immoderate Thirst Cholera c. because it curiously cools and moistens the Heart Stomach Liver Spleen Reins and also comforts the other Bowels that are hot and impaired and preserves them from putrefaction The dose is a good draught at a time but for delicate Palates it is prepared without the rind of Citrons and so prepared it is more palatable And a little Wine being mixed with it may prove an honest excuse to prevent drunkenness Decoctum Hepaticum or a Decoction for the Liver Take the stalks of Spanish Lettice preserved three ounces roots of Succory and Scorzonera preserved of each an ounce and a half seeds of Melons bruised and Currans of each an ounce the Liver of a Wolf half an ounce flower of white Epatice Violets Succory and water-Lilies of each a dram species Diarrhodon Abbatis Triasantalon of each tyed up in a Nodulus half a dram Let all be boiled in six pound of Barley-water to the consumption of the half and being strained clarifie it with the Whites of Eggs afterward add the juyce of acid Pomegranates and Citrons of each six ounces Syrup of blue Violets vitriolated four ounces Cinamon water half an ounce Mix them and make a clear Decoction Virtue Use and Dose It is of great power and use in contemperating the heat of the Heart and Liver for it cools and comforts and is good to lenifie the Breast and Lungs and to humect the Praecordia's The dose is from three ounces to four or a good draught Decoctum Spleneticum or a Decoction for the Spleen Take leaves of Sena and Sea Coleworts of each an ounce roots of Cappars Fenil Grass Flower-de-luce and dwarff Elder of each three drams Rhubarb Dodder species Diarrhodon Abbatis of each two drams and a half Maidenhair Hyssop Harts tongue and Betony flowers of the lesser Centaury Hops and white Liverwort of each a dram Let them be cut and bruised and then infused 24 hours in water of Scurvy-grass Fumitory Sorrel and Pauls Betony of each eight ounces Afterward boil it according to Art and make a clear Decoction in which dissolve Cream of Tartar six drams that being dissolved add these Syrups following i. e. Syrup of Scurvy-grass of Succory simple of Fumitory and Agrimony of each an ounce Spirit of Salt corrected half a dram Mix all Virtue Use and Dose This Decoction is excellent in the Obstruction Tumor and Scirrhus of the Spleen also in the Scurvy rectification of the Blood ill disposition or inclining to a Dropsie The dose is every day from two ounces to three Decoctum Antictericum or a Decoction for the Iaundice Take Southernwood half an ounce Goose dung collected in the Spring and tyed up in a Nodulus three drams roots of Celandine Turmerick Rhubarb and Zedoary of each a dram and a half Nutmegs and Bay-berries â—uâ—ked of each a dram seeds of Cummin and Anise of each half a dram Oriental Saffron and white Lilies of each ten grains the best white Wine four pound Boil all to the consumption of the third part and make a clear Potion Virtue Use and Dose Let him that is sick with the Jaundice drink a draught of this Decoction warm every morning for six days together and it perfectly cures the yellow Jaundice But the poorer sort may instead of Wine use good clear Beer or Ale and be as effectual Decoctum Ficuum or a Decoction of Figs. Take fifteen fat Figs Raisons two ounces Harts-horn and pulp of Tamarinds of each an ounce roots of Liquorish and Mock-chervil of each half an ounce Barberries two drams seeds of Carduus and Fenil of each a dram and a half Make a Decoction in Barley water and being strained clarifie it with the White of an Egg then take of this Liquor a pound and a half Syrup of the juyce of Citrons four ounces Mix them for use Virtue Use and Dose It safely and without any danger expels and drives forth the small Pox and Meazles and curbs the malignity of them The dose is often in the day from one spoonful to two but if the Belly were too loose add Gum Tragacanth in the place of Pulp of Tamarinds Decoctum contra Mictionem Sanguinis or a Decoction against Pissing of Blood Take roots of Liquorish an ounce seeds of white Poppy and Myrtle-berries of each half an ounce Acorns and Acatia of each two drams Pauls Betony Maidenhair Ceterach Sage and Burnet of each a dram and a half flowers of red Roses a dram and of wild Poppy a scruple Boil them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water so that two pound may remain which edulcorate with Syrup of the Juyce of Violets for use Virtue Use and Dose It is a very good Medicine for those who piss blood for it doth quickly and without any trouble take away the affect and cure it really The dose is morning and evening from two
seeds of Roses of each two drams dead Nettles with their red flowers a dram and a half Nutmegs Cinamon the lesser Galangal and Cloves of each a dram Sebestens nine Boil these according to Art in three pound of Plantane to the consumption of one third and in the clear strained Liquor dissolve one dram of Camphire and if you please edulcorate it also with Miya of Quinces Virtue Use and Dose It is an experienced Medicine in Dysenteries and other Fluxes of the Belly and it also cures divers Haemorrhages The dose is a good draught in a morning fasting Decoctum Polypodii purgans or a purging Decoction of Polypody Take roots of Polypody of the Oak and Raisons stoned of each two ounces Carthamus seeds and Barley of each an ounce and a half Liquorish half an ounce Hyssop Scabious Coltsfoot and Germander of each a dram Iujubes fifteen fat Figs six and Dates cleansed from their skin four Boil them in so much Whey that there may remain about twenty one ounces and about the end of the Decoction add Leaves of Sena three ounces Troches of Agarick three drams seeds of Fenil and Anise of each a dram and a half Let them stand over the fire a while but not boil much then make a clear Potion according to Art Virtue Use and Dose We happily use it in the Asthma Phthisick Pleurisie and other Pectoral diseases The dose is from four ounces to five and the body being purged let the Patient drink our Pectoral Decoction called Subacidum or Subdulce as occasion serves Decoctum Galli antiqui farcinati or a Decoction of an old Cock stuffed Take Polypody an ounce and a half Carthamus seeds an ounce Cinamon three drams leaves of Sena white Turbith and Orange peel of each two drams white Ginger the lesser Galangal and Mace of each a dram species Diacymini and Dianisi of each half a dram and one Bay-berry The Species being mixed and put in a linen Rag let them be put in when the Cock is almost boiled enough Virtue Use and Dose It is very useful in the Colick when it proceeds from a thick flatulent and flegmatick Cause Decoctum Sanguinem mundificans or a Decoction to cleanse the Blood Take Citrine Myrobalans an ounce flowers of Violets dryed a dram Prunes nineteen Sebestens and Iujubes of each eight Boil them in water of the flowers of Acatia to three ounces in which dissolve of our potable Scammony a scruple Oyl of Cinamon and Aniseeds of each a drop Mix them and make a draught for one dose Virtue and Use. It purgeth Choler of both kinds Flegm and other Humors It also mundifies the Blood and keeps the body laxative in Feavers Decoctum Senae or a Decoction of Sena Take elect Sena three drams acid Tartar a dram Fumitory water warm four ounces Let them infuse all night and in the morning let them boil a little yet so as that the Tartar may be throughly dissolved and in the strained Liquor while it is warm dissolve of the best Manna six drams Again strain it and then add Cinamon water a dram Elaeosaccharum of Citrons ten grains Mix them and make a purging draught for one dose to be given warm Virtue and Use. It is a good Purge for the whole Body for it opens the obstructions of all the Bowels and mundifies the blood But in the first place it purgeth Choler both black and yellow and Flegm also It cleanseth and strengthens the Head Brain Heart Lungs Liver Spleen and all the Senses of the Body and carrieth off all that offends them It retardes Age increaseth Youth Moreover it is an excellent Medicine in all chronical tartarous and melancholy diseases as the Epilepsie Dotage Deliria's Heach-ach Gout Elephantiasis Scabs Pustles Itch and all other vices of the Skin It is also profitably given to Women with Child and to Children and Men of all ages for it purgeth modestly without any molestation But for Children and young Patients half or a third part of it is sufficient Decoctum Senae cum Rhabarbaro or a Decoction of Sena with Rhubarb Take elect Sena two drams the best Rhubarb and acid Tartar of each a dram of Fumitory water warm four ounces Let them infuse all night and in the morning let them boil a little enough to dissolve the Tartar afterward the expression being made and in the strained Liquor while warm dissolve of the best Manna six drams Again strain it and then add Cinamon water a dram Elaeosaccharum of Aniseeds ten grains Mix them and make a purging draught for one dose which is to be taken warm Virtue Use and Dose It purgeth Flegm and both kinds of Choler chiefly from the Stomach Liver and Spleen c. It mundifies the Blood opens all Obstructions and cures all Affects thence proceeding as Jaundice Dropsie Tumor of the Spleen putrid and continual Feavers pains of the Hypochonders c. Let no man wonder at the small dose of Sena in this Prescript for four drams of Sena infused in four ounces of Fumitory water do not purge more than two drams macerated in the like quantity because the water doth extract as much as it can and leaves the rest therefore two drams of Sena are sufficient to quicken other things in four ounces of Water Decoctum Rhabarbari or a Decoction of Rhubarb Take of the best Rhubarb a dram and a half red Roses dryed half a dram roots of Liquorish sliced and flowers of Marsh-mallows of each a scruple Let them be cut and bruised and infused all night in three ounces of Plantane water warm in the morning strain it in the strained Liquor dissolve of the best Manna half an ounce Elaeosaccharum of Nutmegs ten grains Spirit of Vitriol four drops Mix them for one dose and give it warm in the morning for a draught Virtue and Use. It is very effectual in all Fluxes of the Belly it gives one or two motions and by those it expels the cause of the bloody Flux Annotation Many use Rhubarb torrefied which is an evil practice because it consumes the virtue of it and the terrene part only remains and so makes it more stiptick Decoctum Violatum purgans or a purging Decoction of Violets Take leaves of Sena two ounces Fenil seeds and acid Tartar of each half an ounce dryed Violet flowers and the best Rhubarb of each a dram and a half white Ginger and Cinamon of each a dram Galangal the less and Cloves of each half a dram Let them infuse all night in Fumitory water warm in the morning boil them a little and afterward strain it and take of the clear strained Liquor ten ounces Syrup of Succory with Rhubarb and Syrup of the juyce of Violets Syrup of the juyce of Sorrel and Oxysaccharum simple of each an ounce Mix them and make a Potion which divide into four equal parts for four doses Virtue and Use. It is good in Tertian and Quotidian Feavers c. and gently purgeth all humors that offend
all depraved Humors The dose is from a scruple to a dram in appropriate Vehicles Sal Uterinum Take roots of Bryony two pound roots of white Diptamus and Peony of each a pound Misleto of the Oak Dwarff Elder and common Elder-berries of each half a pound Rosemary Balm Motherwort Nep and Penny-royal of each four ounces Mix all and calcine them to ashes and with Balm water or any other appropriate Water extract a most white Salt Virtue Use and Dose It opens all obstructions of the Womb helps Convulsions precipitates Suffocations and Fumes and provokes the Terms It removes sterility and takes away many other infirmities of those parts The dose is from a scruple to half a dram in appropriate Vehicles Sal Carminativum Take Chamomil two pound Pennyroyal Mother of Tyme Water-mints and Dill of each a pound Let them be calcined according to Art into white Ashes then add the Ashes following i. e. ashes of Anise Cummin Caraway and Fenil seeds of each two ounces ashes of the lesser Galangal white Ginger and Zedoary of each an ounce Mix all and with Chervil-water make a most white Salt according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It is excellent to discuss wind It helps the Gripes and allays all pain proceeding from wind The dose is from a scruple to half a dram in our Carminative water Sal Febrile Take Sal Armoniack divers times sublimed Nitre prepared Salt of Carduus benedictus of Wormwood and the lesser Centaury of each an ounce Dissolve them all in Succory-water and make of all a most white Salt according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It is a most excellent Alexipyretick in Feavers of all kinds whether Quotidians Tertians Semitertians or Quartans c. without danger It is given from half a dram to a dram two or three hours before the Fit in Centaury-water or any other Specifick expecting Sweat toward the end of the Fit And the same dose is to be repeated if the first or second dose doth not perform it Annotation If any one proceeds so ingeniously that from the forementioned specifick Compositions he desires to prepare with the safe and secret Spagiâ—ists the Essential Salts as they call them let him â—ake the simple Herbs or mixt with other Ingrediâ—nts and being well dryed by a temperate heat boil â—hem in common Water according to Art till all â—heir strength and native Salt is well excocted for otherwise his labour is in vain then pour off the Deâ—oction and again boil that to the consistence of Hoâ—ey or to the thickness of a Syrup put that into a â—ery cool place till it shoots into Crystals which â—ake off and purifie well by divers Solutions Filtraâ—â—ons and Coagulations until it be fit for Physical â—se This excellent Salt is also extracted from the â—uyce of Herbs made thick concerning which see â—eguinus Lib. 2. cap. 17. And do thou know Reaâ—er that three grains of these Essential Salts will be â—ore effectual than a scruple of the vulgar made by â—alcinations SECT XII Of Marmelades Marmelada Cephalica or a Marmelade for the Head TAke Diacydonium simple four ounces Rotula's of Diamoschu dulce and Diambrae of each two ounces preserved roots of Peony an ounce Conserve of Rosemary flowers half an ounce preserved Walnuts three Nutmegs preserved in India one Emerauld prepared a dram Elaeosaccharum of white Amber Marjoram and Rosemary of each a scruple Mix them and without any other additional Medicine make a Marmelade according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It roborates the Brain and resists all the affects thereof It is also happily given in the Apoplexy Epilepsie Vertigo Lethargy Palsie Trembling c. The dose is from a dram to half an ounce Marmelada Stomachica frigida or a cold Marmelade for the Stomach Take Diacydonium simple four ounces preserved rooâ— of Succory two ounces Rotula's of Diarrhodon Abbatâ— an ounce preserved Emblick Myrobalans Conserve 〈◊〉 red Roses of each half an ounce Nitre vitriolated haâ—â— a dram Mix them and without any additional Medicine make a Marmelade according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It relieves the Stomach oppressed with hot Humors It comforts and provokes Appetite Moreover it alters a hot Temperature and is happily given to those that have pains about the Heart or are subject to vomit The dose is the quantity of a Chestnut Marmelada Stomachica calida or a warming Marmelade for the Stomach Take Diacydonium simple four ounces aromatick Rotula's Succulata Inda of each an ounce Bengale Ginger preserved Calamus aromaticus preserved Chebul Myrobalans preserved of each half an ounce preserved Orange and Citron peels of each two drams Elaeosaccharum of Cinamon and Cloves of each a scruple Mix all and without any addition make a Marmelade according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It roborates the Ventricle and parts serving for nutrition It helps Digestion moves Appetite discusseth wind and preserves from putrefaction It opens the obstructions of the Veins and helps Hiccup and Vomiting The dose is the quantity of a Nutmeg Marmelada Pectoralis or a Pectoral Marmelade Take Diacydonium simple four ounces our Pectoral Morsels and Rotula's prepared with the juyce of Violets of each two ounces compound flowers of Sulphur an ounce preserved roots of Fenil and Elicampane of each half an ounce extracted juyce of Liquorish two drams species Diaireos simple Confectio Alkermes of each a dram Mix them and without any other addition make a Marmelade and cover it with gold Virtue Use and Dose It helps those who are troubled with infirmities of the Lungs Coughs Asthma's pains of the Breast It also helps those who are subject to a deflux of humors from the Brain upon the Thorax and vital parts The dose is from a dram to two Marmelada Cordialis calida or a hot Cordial Marmelade Take Diacydonium simple four ounces preserved roots of Borage and Bugloss of each an ounce and a half aromatick Rotula's species of Aromaticum Rosarum species de Gemmis and Diambra of each six drams preserved Citron peels and Confectio Alkermes of each half an ounce Magistery of Oriental Pearls and red Coral of each a dram Mix all and make a Marmelade according to Art without any other addition Virtue Use and Dose It strengthens and exhilarates the Heart and all the vital Spirits hurt by cold and refreshes them by its heat It wonderfully helps old people and women troubled with cold Diseases and is very proper for the distempers of the Womb. The dose is the quantity of a Nutmeg Marmelada Cordialis frigida or a cold Cordial Marmelade Take Diacydonium simple three ounces Manus Christi perlati Rotula's of Diamargariton frigid of each an ounce and an half Pulp of preserved Citrons Conserve of red Roses of each six drams preserved roots of Succory half an ounce Confectio Alkermes two drams precious Stones prepared of each a scruple Mix them and bring all into a Marmelade Virtue Use and Dose It comforts the Heart and extinguisheth the heat thereof it contemperates the
it is likewise an excellent Remedy for the Stone And is given in the running Gout Scurvy Sciatica and such like diseases and is to be continued four mornings successively Decoctum Nucis Cupressi or a Decoction of Cyprus Nuts Take Cyprus Nuts Turkish Galls of each eight ounces filings of Iron prepared with Vinegar Roch Alum of each four ounces medicinal Stone and Pomegranate peel of each an ounce and a half Let them be bruised and mixed and boiled according to Art in a sufficient quantity of red Wine or Plantane water Virtue and Use. It is applied outwardly and doth extenuate and consume all superfluous Carnosities c. The way of using is to wet a Sponge in it warm and having squeezed it bind it upon the part Decoctum Nigrum or a black Decoction Take crude Alum a pound green Vitriol half a pound Turkish Galls four ounces Verdigriese and white Tartar of each two ounces Mix them and boil them in eight pound of Wine Vinegar to the consumption of one half then add of Spirit of Wine rectified a pound Again let them be mixed and filtred and then kept for use Virtue and Use. A linen Rag wet in it and applied to the part drys and heals old Venereal Ulcers in any part of the body and takes away other Defluxions and Excrescences of evil flesh and roborates and mundifies the part affected It also perfectly cures Wounds and Bruises in other Creatures SECT XXVI Of Gargarisms Gargarismus de Althaea or a Gargarism of Marsh-mallows TAke Roots of Marsh-mallows an ounce of common Mallows half an ounce leaves of Violets Strawberries Hyssop and Sage of each three drams leaves of Peaches and Cherries of each two drams shavings of Ivy wood Album Graecum prepared with Marigold water Honey of Saturn of each a dram and a half Vitriol of Mars and Venus of each a dram flowers of Marigolds Marsh-mallows wild Poppies and Bugle of each a dram Let them be grosly cut bruised then mixed and boiled in Fountain-water and Wine Vinegar of each a pound and a half let them boil to the consumption of one third and toward the end of its boiling add of Rob of Elder a sufficient quantity to make it grateful Virtue and Use. It is of good use in the Quinsie Imposthumes of the Throat Jaws Tongue and Uvula it dissolves and discusseth the Inflammations of the Tonsils and allays and amends the pain and difficulty in swallowing but the Patient ought to use this Gargarism every hour And it is to be observed That all Gargarisms are to be used warm Gargarismus de Glycyrrhiza or a Gargarism of Liquorish Take roots of Liquorish sliced an ounce Album Graecum two drams Roch Alum a dram Boil these a little in water of Plantane Roses common Mallows and Bugle of each equal parts and a sufficient quantity of all Take of this strained Liquor a pound white Wine three ounces Diamoron and Dianucum of each a dram and a half Mix them and make a Gargarism Virtue and Use. It is of excellent use in a desperate Quinsie and other distempers of the Mouth and Throat if the Patient useth it often and warm Gargarismus Lacteatus or a Gargarism of Milk Take new Milk from the Cow two pound Album Graecum half an ounce Honey of Roses two spoonfuls Verdigriese half a dram Boil them and when strained make a Gargarism Virtue and Use. It is effectual in the Quinsie repels the Tumors and pains of the Jaws and Mouth and detergeth and heals Ulcers in those parts and it is to be used often Gargarismus de Cortice Granatorum or a Gargarism of Pomegranate bark Take of Pomegranate rind half an ounce Endive Scabious Night shade and Burnet of each three drams seeds of Sorrel and Quinces Barberries of each two drams burnt Alum a dram and a half flowers of Marsh-mallows Balaustines and Bugle of each a dram Boil them in water of Roses and Plantane and red Stiptick Wine of each a pound to the consumption of the third part Take of this strained Liquor two pound Diamoron and Dianucum of each two ounces Syrup of Pomegranates clarified Honey and Vinegar of Roses of each an ounce Spirit of Nitre so much as will make it grateful Mix them and make a Gargarism to be applied warm Virtue and Use. This is also proper for the Quinsie and it doth in a wonderful manner as well allay the Inflammation as dissolve the Imposthume and is attended with a singular discussive faculty But the use of it must be often repeated Gargarismus de Auricula Judae or a Gargarism of Iews Ears Take Barley husked half an ounce Liquorish sliced and Iews Ears cut of each two drams flowers of Marsh-mallows a dram Let them boil a little in a sufficient quantity of Plantane water Take of this clear Decoction a pound Syrup of Violets two ounces Nitre prepared a dram Mix them for a Gargarism with which let the Mouth be often washed Virtue and Use. The Medicine is of great worth as by Experience it hath been proved against Inflammations driness roughness sores and fissures of the Tongue Jaws and neighbouring parts which often happens in continual malignant and burning Feavers from hot sharp and putrid Vapors that rise to those parts Gargarismus de Tormentilla or a Gargarism of Tormentil Take roots of Tormentil and water-Acorus of each an ounce Pomegranate bark and bark of the roots of Acatia of each half a dram Balaustines and Alum of each three drams Rosemary Cinquefoil Stone-crop Sage Plantane and Hyssop of each two drams flowers of Marigolds and red Roses of each a dram Boil them in Fountain-water and Wine Vinegar of each a pound and a half to the consumption of one third in the end add of Honey of Roses so much as will make it grateful Virtue and Use. It cures the Putrefaction and Scurvy of the Mouth it renews the Gums perished by any disease or rotted by an Imposthume It fastens the Teeth and makes the flesh grow up to them again and it also contracts the Uvula that is fallen In short it is of good use in all the vices of the Mouth Tongue Palate and Tonsils nay Ulcers and Inflammations also And if used warm often or every hour it restores them to their perfect health again Gargarismus de Pyrethro or a Gargarism of Pellitory Take roots of Pellitory of Spain two drams the best Olibanum and white Ginger of each a dram and a half seeds of Henbane bruised of Sage of each a dram long Pepper a scruple Boil them in Wine Vinegar and Fountain-water of each half a pound and make a Gargarism Virtue and Use. It is excellent and very effectual in pains of the Teeth for it hath an Anodyne faculty But the sick must use it often in the day till the pain ceaseth Gargarismus de Hyoscyamo or a Gargarism of Henbane Take roots of Henbane an ounce roots of the lesser Nettles Cinquefoil and Pellitory of Spain of each six drams shavings of Lignum
is called Golden and in virtue and operation it comes near our Solar Bezoar only it is easier prepared In the first place it is a most excellent remedy against the Plague Epidemical diseases and all kinds of Poison For whosoever in time of the Plague shall use this Medicine keep it in their bodies and sweat with it do by the Providence of God escape without having the distemper But let one that is insected use it from half a dram to a dram in his greatest necessity expecting the operation of it in his bed and while he sweats let him forbear sleep which many Physicians do not permit under the space of 24 hours especially when the Bubo and Carbuncle appear yet seeing it doth restore strength and that heat in sleep is carried rather to the exteriors than to the interiors it ought not to be forbidden beyond the time of Sweating neither let the sick use any rigorous means to procure Sweat for I observe that either with or without it by the use of this Alexitery Evacuation is made by insensible Transpiration and the pestiferous matter is retunded which ought to be observed in giving all Diaphoreticks Moreover it helps Epilepsies Apoplexies Hemicrania's Cephalalgia's Vertigoes Convulsions Palsie and Melancholy It is a present help in the Asthma pains of the Heart Spleen and Liver Dropsies spitting of Blood the bloody Flux Colick Sciatica Gout and all kinds of Feavers either Quotidian Tertian or Quartan The Dose is from half a scruple to a scruple and half a dram in some specifick and appropriate Vehicle Extractum Panchymagogon Take leaves of Sena eight ounces Pulp of Coloquintida roots of white Turbith black Hellebore of each four ounces Mechoacan Hermodactyls Elateris resinous Ialap of each three ounces Aloe rosata elect Rhubarb dwarff Elder-berries of each two ounces Of these Hermetically make an Extract of a just consistence to which add of Scammony rosated acid Tartar of each an ounce these Oyls of Cloves Cinamon Mastich Fenil Chamomil Oranges Mace of each a scruple Mix all into a mass for Pills which keep for use Virtue Use and Dose It is an universal Cathartick profitable for all ages because as well in general as particular it purgeth all superabounding humors in what parts of the body soever they lurk and that pleasantly without any nauseating The Dose is from one scruple to two or a dram especially in strong bodies Extractum Polychrestum or an Extract good for many things Take Aloe rosata leaves of Sena of each four ounces Hermodactyls white and gummy Turbith Ialap of each three ounces black Hellebore Mechoacan Troches Alhandal Gum of Peru red Myrrh the best Mastich Ammoniacum Sagapen Opopanax Sarcocol of each an ounce and a half Troches of Agarick dwarff Elder-berries dryed the best Rhubarb of each an ounce Myrobalans Indian and yellow Polypody of the Oak Dodder Cummin seeds flowers of Arabick Stoechas of each half an ounce true Castor Indian Spike Cloves of each two drams These being mixed draw a Tincture according to art in the best Spirit of Wine of which make an Extract of a just consistence for our Pills called Pilulae Polychrestae Virtue Use and Dose It is called Polychrestum because it is profitable in many distempers of the body and purgeth all humors The Dose is from half a dram to a dram by it self or mixed with other Pills it is quickned with our Scammony rosated Extractum Specificum Hydropicum or a Specifick Extract against the Dropsie Take juyce of the roots of Flower-de-luce made thick Elatery of each eight ounces Mix them and in Spirit of Wine in which Species Diarrhodon Abbatis hath been infused draw a Tincture according to art which preserve till hereafter then take Pulp of Coloquintida roots of white and gummy Turbith black Hellebore of each four ounces the best Rhubarb gummy Ialap Mechoacan of each two ounces the inner bark of the roots of Elder Walnut-tree Alder-tree of each an ounce Hedge-Hysop Fumitory grains of Pepper of the Mount dwarff Elder-berries of each six drams Mix these likewise and with Spirit of Wine rectified in which Species Diacubeba hath been infused extract a Tincture with which mix the former and draw off the humidity in Balneo leaving the Extract at the bottom of the consistence of a Pultis to which add Magistery of Gutta Gamba Scammony rosated of each an ounce Tartar vitriolated Hyacinth prepared of each half an ounce Crocus Metallorum absinthiated Mercurius vitae of each two drams Spirit of Vitriol rectified a dram Let all these be carefully pulverized by themselves and faithfully mixed with the Medicine and about the end add of the Oyls of Cinamon Cloves Mace Chamomil Oranges and Mint of each half a dram and of all make a Mass of a consistence like an Extract Virtue Use and Dose It is specifick in Dropsies for it principally purgeth those serous Excrements and carries off all superfluous humidities and discusseth the matter of Tumors It also prevents and cures all diseases arising from a salt and burnt humor as Elephantiasis Mange Leprosie Cancer Tetters running Sores Ulcers malignant and fistulous It is given in the morning with care because it is a strong Cathartick and powerfully purgeth Flegm and all watry humors from the whole body Extractum Diasenae or an Extract of Sena Take of elect Sena four ounces Ialap Polypody of each two ounces Agarick black Hellebore prepared elect Rhubarb of each an ounce Fenil seeds half an ounce Cinamon Squinanth of each two drams Ginger Zedoary of each a dram After they are bruised infuse them in a sufficient quantity of warm water then shift the water and pour on new until all the virtue be draw forth which being done evaporate the humidity till it comes to the thickness of Honey and then add Oyl of Aniseeds and Cloves of each a scruple which being well incorporated the work is ended Virtue Use and Dose It is a most profitable Purge in all Constitutions especially Melancholy c. Dose from one dram to four scruples Extractum Specificum Emeticum or a Specifick Vomiting Extract Take Diarâ— hodâ—n Abbatis half an ounce fresh roots of Asarabacca Bryony Sowbread of each an ounce the inner bark of the roots of Alder the best Rhubarb juyce of Liquorish elect Mastich of each half an ounce From these with Spirit of Wine draw a Tincture by digestion stirring it often in the day which being done reserve it Then take Roots of the lesser Spurge prepared white Hellebore prepared of each eight ounces These being cut and moderately bruised pour upon them the Tincture you before prepared and let them stand in a gentle heat in Balneo for fourteen days then take the Spirit by inclination and pour on fresh do this so long till all the virtue is extracted Lastly the Spirit truly tinged being mixed together draw off the humidity according to art until the Extract doth appear in the bottom like Honey to which add Salt of Vitriol half an ounce Gutta Gamba Tartar
best Sandarack four ounces white Amber two ounces elect Mastich seeds of Nigella Coriander seed prepared of each an ounce red Roses dryed Gum Animae Olibanum of each half an ounce Styrax and Benjamin of each two drams flowers of wild Poppy and wood of Aloes of each a dram Mix them and make a gross Powder for a Fume Virtue and Use. Sprinkle this Powder upon hot coals and let the Fume thereof be received up into the Nose and Head c. for it is of excellent use in stopping and drying Catarrhs as well hot as cold Suffimentum de Succino albo or a Fume of white Amber Take of white Amber four ounces of Sandarack two ounces elect Mastich Olibanum of each an ounce Gum Animae red Myrrh red Roses of each half an ounce Tacamahac Styrax Ladanum of each two drams Origanum of Creet Tyme dryed Mother of Tyme of each a dram Mix all into a gross Powder for a Fume Virtue and Use. This is a most excellent Powder for if it be laid upon hot coals and the Head and Caps c. fumed with it it stops all Rheums Catarrhs and Defluxions and defends and preserves the Head from those accidents Suffimentum de Tacamahaca Take of the Excrescences growing on Horses legs aâ— ounce Tacamahac Galbanum of each half an ounce Goats hoofs and yellow Amber of each two drams Byzantian Blatta and true Castor of each a dram Mix them and with Turpentine make all into Troches for a Perfume Virtue and Use. This Fume made in a Mortar and a Retort cut in the middle and set on it and so by the little end of it conveyed to the Womb and some also applied to the Nose in the Fit doth instantly recover one that is suffocated and is sufficient to take away all suffocations of the Matrix But the wonder is that the Womb should quietly sustain the stink of this Fume seeing it is so impatient and restless without it Suffimentum de Sabina or a Perfume of Savin Take of fresh dryed Savin seven ounces Styrax red Myrrh Opopanax Sagapen of each two drams Cinamon both sorts of Pennyroyal Bay-berries Cummin seeds of each a aram Troches Alhandal Florentine Flower-de-luce Asarum of each half a dram Gallia Moschata Alipta Moschata of each a scruple Mix them and with Turpentine make large Troches for a Perfume Virtue and Use. One of these Troches laid upon hot coals and the smoak received by a Tunnel provided it be not a young Maid not devirginated for to such neither Suppositories nor Pessaries may be applied it is a most approved Medicine for the infirmities of those parts but if the Woman be with Child the Musk and Amber may be omitted Suffimentum de Hypocistide or a Perfume of Hypocistis Take Hypocistis an ounce white Amber bark of the Frankincense-tree of each half an ounce moss of the Oak dryed Galbanum Colophony Asphaltus of each two drams cups of Acorns Bistort Balaustines of each a dram red Roses Cloves Castor of each half a dram Mix them and with Turpentine make large Troches for a Fume Virtue and Use. It is experimentally found good against the falling out of the Womb that is when the Matrix falls from its natural place lower into the privy passage then let her receive this Fume by a large Tunnel morning and evening and she will be quickly eased Suffimentum de Cornu Caprino or a Perfume of Goats Horn. Take Shavings of Goats horn two ounces yellow Amber red Myrrh of each an ounce wood of Iumper flower of Sulphur of each six drams roots of Elicampane of Garden Angelica Clovegilly-flowers of each half an ounce Olibanum Benjamin Ladanum Styrax of each three drams red Roses Wormwood Garden Rue Scordium of each two drams Bay leaves Cloves Camphire of each a dram Mix them and with Cyprus Turpentine make Troches for a Perfume Virtue and Use. It is good in time of the Plague to make a Fume in the Chambers and other parts of the House with these Troches for they do in a wonderful manner rectifie a corrupt and pestiferous Air and cleanse and preserve the whole House from all kind of Infection Yet it is not convenient to shut in this artificial Air all day but the North wind blowing the Air clear and no ways tempestuous let the windows be opened and let the Sun-beams be admitted but chiefly in the morning about two hours after Sun-rising because these winds have a singular faculty of frigidity and driness and are judged to resist Putrefaction better than the Southern and Western Suffimentum de Vitriolo or a Perfume of Vitriol Take green Vitriol eight ounces Nitre cleansed red Myrrh of each four ounces flower of Sulphur yellow Amber of each two ounces fresh Bay-berries and Iuniper-berries of each an ounce and a half shavings of Harts-horn Olibanum of each an ounce leaves of Scordium and Rue red Roses of each half an ounce Mix them and make a Powder for a Fume Virtue and Use. Put this Powder into a sufficient quantity of white Wine Vinegar then pour by drops upon the sides of the fire the better to make a Fume of this Liquor and it consumes all poisonous Air in places where it is used It is also used to infectious Cloaths and renders them free from danger c. Suffimentum de Verbasco or a Fume made of Mullein Take of the roots and leaves of Mullein of each an ounce Let them be pulverized and mixed with Turpentine of which make Troches according to Art Virtue and Use. Lay two or three of these Troches upon hot coals so that the fume may arise to the Intestinum rectum and it is a singular and experimented Medicine in the Tenesmus and other fluxes of the Belly but let the Patient receive the Fume on a Close-stool or other such like convenience that is close lest the fume of the Medicine pass away without effect And this is to be used three or four times or oftner in the day and the Patient will quickly be well SECT XI Of Compound Salts Sal Apoplecticum or an Apoplectick Salt TAke seeds of Rocket two pound roots of the Lily of the valley of Pellitory Avens of each a pound of wild black Cherries half a pound berries of Iumper and Bays of each four ounces Ground-pine Marjoram Rosemary Origanum Hyssop Sage of each three ounces flowers of Marigold Lavender Primrose and Betony of each two ounces Mix them in a Reverberatory and thence not in the vulgar way but according to Spagirick Art draw a white and crystalline Salt which method observe in all others and let this admonition be sufficient for all Virtue Use and Dose It is a present Remedy in the Apoplexy and Palsie c. for it excites discusseth and attenuates the Humors and restores sense and motion to the whole body The dose is from ten grains to twenty or thirty in specifick Vehicles Sal Epilepticum or an Epileptick Salt Take roots of Palma Christi two pound roots of Angelica
cervinus two drams Cinamon and long Pepper of each a dram Magistery of Pearl and red Coral of each half adram Gallia Moschata and Oyl â—f Cloves of each a scruple leaves of pure Gold fifteen Mix all and with Syrup of preserved Ginger make â—n Electuary according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It hath a great force to provoke the desire of Coition and doth egregiously excite â—oth Sexes thereunto it doth wonderfully increase Sperm and singularly restore those that are consumed and emaciated The dose is morning and evening from two drams to three with old rich Wine Confectio Stiptica or a Stiptick Electuary Take Tinctures of Crocus Martis of Celandine Rhubarb and dryed Nuts of each an ounce Tormentil Zedoary Gum Arabick Cloves white Ginger torrefied Nutmegs of each six drams sealed Earth white Amâ—er prepared Calamus aromaticus the lesser Galangal â—oth sorts of Cardamoms Cinamon of each half an â—unce shells of River-crabs boiled in Vinegar seeds of Bloodwort Plantane and black Poppy Orange peel â—f each three drams leaves of Sage Burnet and Mint of each two drams Bulls pizle Coriander prepared Acatia of each a dram and a half Cypress-nuts burnt Frogs calcined Talk of each a dram Let all be subtilly powdered and mixed and with Miva of Quinces make an Electuary according to Art to which add of our Carminative Oyl three drams and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It hath been wonderfully experimented in all fluxes of the Belly as Dysenteries Diarrhoea's Hepatick Fluxes bleeding at the Nose and Terms and also in other desperate ruptures of Blood For it comforts the Guts and internal Bowels and refresheth Nature by Constipation The dose is from a dram to half an ounce in Sack or other generous Wine either in the morning fasting or at any other time the Stomach being empty Confectio Terebinthinata or an Electuary of Turpentine Take Cyprus Turpentine washed in Rhenish Wine two ounces white Sugar Candy an ounce and a half powder of Liquorish six drams species Diarrhodon Abbatis an ounce the four greater cold Seeds of each a dram Nitre prepared a scruple Mix them and with Syrup of Violets make a mixture Virtue Use and Dose It is proper for those troubled with a Cough or Consumption It cleanseth the Breast and provokes Urine It helps the Strangury purgeth the Reins and easeth the pains of them It digesteth crude Humors loosens the Belly c. The dose is from a dram to two Theriaca Mulierum or a Treacle for Women Take Venice Treacle three ounces Iovial Bezoar half an ounce Elks horn and Harts horn of each Spagirically calcined a dram and a half Extract of roots of Angelica and Elicampane of each a dram Essence of Castor half a dram Magistery of Pearls and red Coral of each a scruple Oyl of white Amber half a scruple Mix them and with Rob of Elder-berries make an Electuary Virtue Use and Dose It cures almost all Diseases in Women by Sweat as well hot as cold by a certain occult property and for that Sex there is not a more excellent and noble Diaphoretick given The dose is from a scruple to a dram in waters appropriate to the Disease yet where the Disease is of a hot Cause we give it in cold Vehicles Theriaca Saxonica or the Saxonick Treacle Take Rob of Elder-berries and dwarff Elder-berries of each two ounces Harts horn Spagirically calcined an ounce juyce of Fumitory made thick simple Syrup of Poppies Spirit of Iuniper of each half an ounce Oriental rod Bole two drams Oyl of the seeds of Angelica Oyl of Zedoary of each a dram Mix them and over a gentle clear fire make them into the form of an Opiate Virtue Use and Dose It is a most noble Antidote powerfully working by Sweat and insensible Transpiration it defends men from and cures many and grievous Diseases It profligates and extinguisheth Feavers of all kinds whether intermitting continual or malignant Also the Dropsie Erysipelas Scurvy Jaundice Plague suffocation of the Matrix and other affects of the Womb the Pox Scab Itch Leprosie c. nay it deserves its praise so justly that no man is sufficiently able to proclaim its virtues The dose is the quantity of a Nutmeg according to the Sex Age and Constitution of the Patient and the urgency of the Disease it is given in any fit and congruous Liquor especially such as is appropriate to the Disease I give it in many affects the body being first purged in the evening at going to bed four or five hours after supper with a sufficient quantity of our Harts-horn water and toward morning it doth use to sweat powerfully Theriaca Febrilis or an Electuary for Feavers Take species of our Febrifuge three ounces Conserve of Pontick Wormwood Conserve of Carduus and the lesser Centaury of each two ounces Venice Treacle an ounce and a half Harts-horn calcined without fire Mineral Diaphoretick white Ginger of each three drams species of Diamoschu dulce and Diambra of each a dram and a half Camphire dissolved in Spirit of Angelica half a dram Mix them and with Rob of Elder-berries make an Electuary Virtue Use and Dose It cures almost all Feavers and is very profitable also in the Plague The dose is from a dram to two in our Aqua Febrifuge or in Carduus Scabious or Marigold-water c. let the Patient drink it two hours before the Fit and being in bed let him sweat for by this means it cures the Feaver Electuarium Opticum or an Electuary for the Eyes Take preserved Elicampane roots and preserved Chebul Myrobalans of each two ounces long Pepper and Cloves of each an ounce Mace the lesser Galangal white Ginger and Cubebs of each half an ounce Sea-Beans prepared Pikes eyes Eyebright Pennyroyal Germander Clovegilly-flowers Rosemary of each three drams seeds of the Mountain Osier and Fenil of each two drams seeds of Parsley Anise Smallage Dill and white Saxifrage of each a dram and a half All being pulverized mix them then with twenty four ounces of white Sugar Candy dissolved in Spirit of Juniper and the depurated Juyces of Sage Rue Celandine and Hyssop of each a sufficient quantity and then boiled to a just consistence make an Electuary to which add Oyl of Cinamon and Nutmegs of each a dram And then again mix them and reserve it for use Virtue Use and Dose It comforts the Stomach consumes superfluous Humors cleanseth the Reins and is good to expel all flatulent Humors But it chiefly restores a weak Sight and hath been wonderfully experimented in weakness of the Eyes Suffusions c. let the cause be what it will The dose is constantly in the morning fasting and at night going to bed the quantity of a Chestnut And by so using of it the Patient shall be able to read a small print by a clear and free sight without Spectacles even to his life's end Electuarium Stomachicum or an Electuary for the Stomach Take sweet Almonds eight ounces aromatical Reed white
time twice in a month The dose is from half an ounce to an ounce either by it self or in appropriate Medicines Syrupus Vitriolato-rosatus or a vitriolated Syrup with Roses In the Preparation of our Magistery of Corals already mentioned a red Liquor will remain in the separation of the Coral from the Menstruum to which if a sufficient quantity of white Sugar be added and boiled to the consistence of a Syrup it will be red and a most noble and efficacious Medicine very profitable in the Plague Epidemical Diseases Feavers Dysenteries Liver-fluxes vices of the Stomach Scurvy obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Inflammations and many other Diseases The dose is from an ounce to two by it self or with other appropriate Vehicles Syrupus Cephalicus or a Syrup for the Head Take the juyce of Carduus and Millefoil depurated of each a pound water of Lavender and Betony of each half a pound roots of Avens and Peony of each an ounce Cassia lignea Nutmegs Cubebs of each an ounce and a half Marjoram Vervain Rosemary and Origanum of each three drams flowers of Lilies of the valley Teil-tree Primroses Rosemary and red Roses of each two drams seeds of Lavender Fenil Sage and Peony of each a dram and a half wood of Aloes Misleto of the Oak Oriental Saffron of each a dram Boil them to the consumption of the third part afterward let them be strained and clarified and then add of white Sugar a sufficient quantity to bring it into a Syrup according to Art which aromatize with Species Diamoschu dulce and Diambrae of each a dram Virtue Use and Dose It is an excellent Remedy in all dangerous distempers of the Head as inveterate Head-ach Hemicrania Epilepsie Apoplexy Palsie c. It roborates the Head Brain and Ventricle and is agreeable to those who are troubled with a trembling of the Head and Heart The dose is from half an ounce to an ounce by it self or with other appropriate Medicines Syrupus Pectoralis or a Syrup for the Breast Take roots of Liquorish sliced Coltsfoot of each two ounces roots of Elicampane Flower-de-luce Angelica of each an ounce both sorts of Lungwort Maidenhair sharp Sage Horehound Scabious of each half an ounce flowers of Coltsfoot Violets Chamomil and Hearts-ease of each two drams Let them be cut bruised and infused in water of Carduus and Fenil of each three pound of Mallows Fluellin and Marsh-mallows of each a pound Let them be boiled to the consumption of the third part Take of this Liquor strained six pound and infuse in it small Raisons four ounces seeds of Carduus Anise Roman Nettles Quinces and Myrtle-berries of each half an ounce of Dates Iujubes Sebestens and fat Figs of each twenty one Boil them again to the consumption of the third part and then let them be strongly prest and strained Take of this strained Liquor four pound white Sugar two pound Boil them again and as they are boiling aromatize it with Oriental Saffron Cardamoms the less Mace and Cinamon of each two drams Let these be tyed up in a thin Cloth and boil together with the rest till it comes to the consistence of a Syrup to which last of all add three ounces of Cinamon-water and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It is of wonderful force and power in all affects of the Thorax Vitals Destillations and Obstructions for it cuts and attenuates thick Humors It is also of good use in Consumptions Wastings and Ulcers of the Lungs And is a present Remedy for Asthma's and Coughs and is profitably used in the pains of the Hypochonders and a Pleurisie beginning It dissolves suppurated matter and helps to cast it forth and is a great Secret in Hoarsness and defect of the Voice The dose is from half an ounce to six drams by it self or in appropriate Vehicles Syrupus Asthmaticus or a Syrup for the Asthma Take white Sugar Candy a pound water of Lohoch sanum eight ounces Syrup of Horehound and Liquorish of each four ounces Syrup of Maidenhair and Iujubes of each three ounces Syrup of Hyssop and the juyce of Violets of each two ounces Mix them all well together and boil them to the consistence of a Syrup Virtue Use and Dose It doth chiefly help in the Asthma and Pleurisie It safely cleanseth opens and inlargeth the Thorax and Lungs and also opens Obstructions It helps wheesing dry Coughs and is profitably given in the pain of the Breast and Hypochonders the Stone in the Reins c. It is also very agreeable to old people and those who are cold by Nature The dose is by it self or with Pectoral Waters from half an ounce to an ounce Syrupus Cordialis or a Cordial Syrup Take Cinamon two ounces roots of Bugloss an ounce flowers of red Roses Borage Balm and Violets of each half an ounce Cardamoms the less Nutmegs wood of Aloes of each two drams Oriental Saffron and Mace of each a dram All being cut and bruised let them be macerated in three pound of good odoriferous Wine until the Wine hath imbibed all the virtue of the Ingredients then boil it to the consumption of a pound Take of this Liquor strained two pound white Sugar a pound and a half Boil these together and toward the end add of each of our Cordial Waters four ounces And boil all to the just consistence of a Syrup Virtue Use and Dose It exhilarates and daily increaseth the Magnanimity of the mind and is a most efficacious Medicine in almost all melancholy Diseases Moreover it is of singular use in the passions of the Heart proceeding from grief or sorrow and this it doth by roborating of that part The dose is from half an ounce to an ounce by it self or in other convenient Vehicles Syrupus de Cassia Lignea Take Gelly of Quinces a pound Boil it over a gentle fire to the thickness of Honey then mix with it our Tincture of Cassia lignea so much as may bring it to the consistence of a Syrup at last add to it an ounce of Elaeosaccharum of Cassia lignea and again mix them and reserve it for use Virtue Use and Dose It is agreeable to old weak and frigid Patients and to those in whom the Radical moisture and natural heat are diminished It comforts all the principal Members It roborates the Heart and a cold Stomach It helps the Syncope and trembling of the Heart It allays Nauseousness Vomiting and Hiccup It takes away the ill savour of the Breath and makes it sweet The dose is from half an ounce to an ounce either by it self or in any other specifick Medicine Syrupus Diacitri Rosatus or a compound Syrup of Citrons and Roses Take juyce of Citrons and Lemmons first strained through a cloth or strainer but not prest and tinctured with powder of red Roses a pound Rob of Barberries and Goosberries of each seven ounces Syrup of the juyce of unripe Grapes Syrup of Vinegar Rasberries and Strawberries of each four
one of the spongy brushes growing on sweet Bryar Mix them and according to Art make a Bath for the Feet Virtue and Use. This Lotion for the Feet should be used in the evening either before supper or going to bed for so it discusseth lassitudes and sweetly induceth sleep but let not the Feet be wiped after the use of it but wrapped in linen Cloaths SECT XXIX Of Vesicatories Vesicatorium in dolore Capitis Dentium occipiti post aures applicandum Or a Vesicatory to be applied behind the Ears in the pain of the Head and Teeth TAke Venice Treacle two scruples Cantharides their wings and heads cut off Hares fat of each half a dram roots of Pellitory of Spain and Nutmegs of each a scruple Mix them and with a sufficient quantity of Leaven make a Vesicatory according to Art for the part where the pain is Vesicatorium aliud in Cephalaea c. or another Vesicatory in the Head-ach Take Cantharides macerated in Vinegar a dram white Ginger and long Pepper of each half a dram Marjoram a scruple Mix them and with a sufficient quantity of Leaven make it into a good convenient body afterward with half a Nut-shell apply it till the Blister be raised which being cut apply Colewort leaves to it and keep it running Vesicatorium in omni mentis Alienatione Phrenesi Melancholia Mania c. probatum Or an approved Vesicatory for all distempers of the Mind as Phrensie Melancholy Madness Take Cantharides with their heads and wings cut off four scruples Hares fat a dram white Amber prepared and Cubebs of each a scruple fat Figs two and a little Vinegar Mix them with a sufficient quantity of Leaven and a few drops of Spirit of Wine and without fire bring them into the form of a Plaster which apply to the Crown of the Head the hair being shaved off Vesicatorium in Augina expertum or an experienced Vesicatory in the Quinsie Take Leaven half-an ounce roots of Marsh-mallows and Florentine Flower-de-luce of each two drams Cantharides a dram and a half juyce of Liquorish and Oriental Saffron of each a scruple fat Figs two Mix them into the form of a Plaster and lay it on the Breast for it draws the matter thither and is a worthy Experiment SECT XXX Of Pessaries Pessus aperiens contra Menses suppressos or an opening Pessary for the suppressed Terms TAke Roots of red Mugwort white Diptamus Asarum white Hellebore and Madder of each two drams Scammony Marjoram Savin Oriental Saffron of each a dram Bay-berries husked red Myrrh true Castor Sagapen Epatick Aloes of each a scruple seeds of Stavesacre Nigella Water-cresses and Rue of each half a dram Let all these be well incorporated with Juyce of red Mugwort or with Turpentine and make a Pessary the length of the middle finger and the bigness of it also and in making of it up let a third pass along the middle of it coming out at the end a hands breadth to pull it out of the body again or the Powder may be put into a Bag made of a thin Cloth with the addition of a little Cotton make it to the bigness of a large finger and put it into the body Pessus adstringens contra Uteri Haemorrhagiam or an astringent Pessary against a Flux of Blood from the Womb. Take Mill-dust half an ounce roots of Tormentil and Bistort of each two drams Ashes of Frogs Crocus Martis Turkish Galls Dragons blood Bole Armeniack and burnt Harts-horn of each a dram Hypocistis red Roses Balaustines Acacia Olibanum Mastich of each half a dram Mix them and with Plantane water and the White of an Egg make a Pessary according to Art which is to be put into the privy parts of a Woman Pessus contra Suffocationem Praecipitationem Uteri or a Pessary against the Suffocation and Precipitancy of the Womb. Take roots of Florentine Flower-de-luce and red Roses of each three drams Styrax Calamitis and Benjamin Cloves Spicknard and Gallia Moschata of each a scruple Mix them and according to Art make a Pessary in the form of a Suppository which being tyed with a thrid let it be put up into the body at night If the Woman be barren because of fatness or much moisture then the following Pessary is of good use Take Darnel seed which is found growing among Wheat half an ounce Hares Runnet burnt Alum Castor and liquid Styrax of each two drams red Myrrh Opopanax Galbanum Calamint round Pepper of each a dram Musk and Amber of each half a scruple Let all be well incorporated and make two Pessaries of this Composition one of which let the Woman keep in her privy parts from noon till night Annotation 1. If after sharp Pessaries a pain remains in the passage let them immediately put up something dipped in Oyl of Violets or it may be mixed with some Mucilage of Fleabane to prevent Ulceration 2. If the Pessaries are strong they cannot retain them above an hour but if weak a whole night 3. Pessaries are generally put up after Bathing and in like manner so are Pessaries made of soft Cotton or Woollen and dipped in Juyces SECT XXXI Of Suppositories Species ad Suppositoria acuta conficienda or a Species to make sharp Suppositories TAke Seeds of Coloquintida half an ounce roots of white Hellebore the lesser Esâ—la and white Hermodactyls of each an ounce bark of yellow Myrobalans roots of Polypody leaves of Sena Troches of Agarick of each half an ounce Sal Gem and Nitre of each two drams flowers of Chamomil a dram Mix them and make a Powder which keep for use Suppositoria sicca or dry Suppositories Take Wheat flour four ounces common Salt half an ounce Coloquintida seeds an ounce white Hermodactyls white Hellebore the lesser Esula prepared of each half an ounce roots of common Mallows and white Tartar of each two drams Opopanax and Sagapen of each a dram Mix them and with the Yolks of Eggs according to Art make dry Suppositories A Suppository in the Epilepsie Apoplexy Vertigo Subeth Congelation Stupor c. Take Troches of Alhandal Troches of Agarick of each a dram black Hellebore leaves of Sena of each half a dram Sal Gem and Nitre of each a scruple With a sufficient quantity of Honey make two Suppositories thick and long as the manner is Suppositoria Anodyna or an Anodyne Suppository Take seeds of Cummin and Rue of each two drams Foreign Mummy Thebane Opium of each a dram wild Poppy flowers and Oriental Saffron of each half a scruple Styrax Calamitis and true Castor of each a scruple Mix them and make a Powder which mix with Honey for use Suppositoria Stiptica contra Dysenteriam Ventrisque fluxus or a Stiptick Suppository against the Dysentery and Flux of the Belly Take Hypocistis an ounce Turkish Galls and Acacia of each half an ounce Pomegranate rind three drams roots of Marsh-mallows and Liquorish of each a dram Harts-horn burnt Crocus Martis and Dragons blood of each half a
Patient anoint it often in the day with a black Hens feather till the Crust falls off and the part be perfectly restored but let no other external Applications or Ligatures c. be used Unguentum de Calce viva or an Unguent of quick Lime Take quick Lime four ounces Auripigmentum an ounce and a half roots of Florentine Flower-de-luce an ounce yellow Sulphur and Nitre of each half an ounce of the strong Stiptick Lixivium of Beans two pound Mix them and boil them in a glazed Pot to a just consistence which you may thus know If a Feather be smeared therewith and it easily sheds its doune then add Oyl of Spike half an ounce or any other odoriferous Oyl and so make an Unguent or Pultis Virtue and Use. The Hair in any part of the body being anointed with this Unguent doth in a wonderful manner soon fall off and then the bare place must be anointed with Oyntment of Roses Unguentum de Rapis or an Oyntment of Turneps Take Hogs Lard two ounces oyl of Chamomil Roses and Violets of each an ounce oyl of Wheat exprest oyl of Urine of each half an ounce Mans Grease and Deers Suet of each three drams Ashes of River Crabs Olibanum of each two drams Mucilage of Marsh-mallow roots of Linseed and Foenugreek seed of each six drams juyce of Turneps exprest eight ounces Mix all and boil them to the consumption of the Juyce and with yellow Wax make an Unguent and toward the end mix with it the Yolks of four Eggs. Virtue and Use. It cures Fissures Ulcers and Imposthumes on the Hands Feet and other Members which are caused by Cold c. and the part affected is to be anointed twice or thrice a day till it be healed Unguentem Medicamentosum or a Medicinal Oyntment Take old Hogs grease a pound white Turpentine six ounces Lapis medicamentosus and white Tartar of each an ounce and a half crude yellow Sulphur white Lead washed Litharge red Lead of each an ounce both sorts of Hellebore long Pepper Tutty prepared Pompholix of each half an ounce Being mixed add the depurated Juyces of Dock roots Pilewâ—rt the herb Fumitory Scabious the inner bark of Elder of Lemmons of each four ounces boil them to the consumption of the Juyces and then add liquid Styrax counterfeit Cinnabar of each an ounce and a half oyls of Bays Iuniper and Eggs of each an ounce sublimate Mercury three drams Mix them and make an Unguent for use Virtue and Use. It heals the Scabs of the Hands and whole Body It also cures running Sores Tetters Itch Elephantiasis sore Heads and Alopecia it also takes away the Scurff and Scabs of the Head Let the parts be anointed every morning but the disease declining it may be done once in two or three days But use not the Oyntment before the body hath been duly purged because by anointing the parts the Pores are contracted and shut and the respiration of the evil humors hindred by which means they putrifie within from whence Feavers and Imposthumes are often produced Unguentum de Sevo hircino or an Unguent of Goats Suet. Take Goats Suet an ounce oyl of Eggs sweet Almonds Henbane seeds exprest and oyl of Poppy of each half an ounce Duck Hen and Goose grease of each three drams Litharge of Silver prepared white Lead washed Tutty prepared red Lead of each a dram and a half Pompholix burnt Alum white Sugar Candy and Olibanum of each a dram Oriental Saffron a scruple Camphire Opium prepared of each ten grains Mix them and with white Wax make an Oyntment Virtue and Use. It heals without trouble Fissures Clefts and Chops in the Hands Feet Breech Breasts and Privy parts of Women on the Prepuce in men on the Eye-brows Nose Ears or any where else caused from cold heat and driness salt sharp or cholerick humors Unguentum Mobile Take Gum Galbanum Opopanax and Ammoniacum of each an ounce Dissolve them in Wine Vinegar then let them be strained and well prest separate them from the Vinegar and being separated add of Mans grease of Dogs Stags and Bears grease of each half an ounce Mix them and put them into a Cucurbit adding to them Oyl of Turpentine and Bays of each half an ounce oyl of Harts-horn two drams oyl of Sulphur prepared with half so much oyl of Walnut oyl of sweet Antimony distilled from the Emetick powder by a Retort oyl of Vitriol edulcorated with flakes of Iron oyl of Saturn of each a dram Again mix them and let them digest in the Sun or other warm place for certain days stirring them daily with a wooden Spatula and so you will have a most precious Oyntment with which Paracelsus cured as well inveterate as recent Ulcers in a few days Virtue and Use. It cures all inveterate putrid and rotten Sores also Wounds Venereal Ulcers Pimples c. the Wolf Cancer and Gout It also heals all Amputations and bruised Muscles and Members c. It doth well in the Leucophlegmatica in the Head the hair being shaved off and this applied to the part affected In Ruptures and other old affects of the Groyn it gives present ease and that I may speak all in short the virtue of this Unguent cannot be expressed in a few words Let it be used either with the Feather of a black Hen or with Stuphs applying after it a Plaster of Sticticum or Diasulphuris Unguentum Carminativum or a Carminative Oyntment Take Elder flowers two pound May Butter without salt a pound juyce of Chamomil exprest with Wine half a pound Boil them in Balneo to the consumption of the humidity and when it is strained add Oyl of Caraways six drams oyl of Cummin two drams oyl of Fenil seeds a dram Mix them and make an Unguent or Liniment Virtue and Use. It is a Secret in the Tympany and flatulency of the Ventricle the whole Belly must be anointed with it twice a day in the morning and at night going to bed Unguentum Stipticum or a Stiptick Unguent Take Oyl of Myrtles eight ounces oyl of Quinces and water-Lilies of each four ounces oyl of St. Iohn-wort and Roses of each two ounces juyce of Plantane Shepherds-purse and Millefoil of each seven ounces Mix all and boil them to the consumption of the Juyces then add Dragons blood and Crocus Martis of each an ounce Oriental red Bole prepared sweet Earth of Vitriol red Coral prepared of each half an ounce roâ—ts of Tormentil and Bistort of each two drams seeds of Roses Plantane and Barberries of each a dram a little Vinegar Mix them and with Wax make an Unguent according to Art Virtue and Use. It is wholly Stiptick and by unction it is used to the Reins and Belly It stops the Terms and other immoderate Fluxes as well of the Womb as Reins Unguentum contra Vermes or an Oyntment against the Worms Take Epatick Aloes three ounces Extract of Gentian an ounce and a half Dissolve them together in a sufficient
quantity of Spirit of Wine and being dissolved add Oyl of bitter Almonds and Peach kernels common oyl of Wormwood of each six ounces Bulls gall three ounces Wine Vinegar an ounce and a half Mix them and boil it to the consumption of the Spirit of Wine Vinegar and Gall and toward the end add red Myrrh an ounce Troches of Alhandal and oyl of Savin of each three drams Mix them and with a sufficient quantity of Wax make an Oyntment Unguentum Herniosum or an Unguent for Ruptures Take five and thirty Yolks of Eggs boiled hard May Butter without salt half a pound Mix them and upon a Charcoal fire boil them always stirring and scumming it and when it appears like pure Oyl let it be strongly prest and reject the Faeces afterward in the exprest Oyl being yet warm dissolve of our Balsamick oyl six ounces oyl of Peter four ounces Oxycroceum Plaster five ounces Mix them and make an Unguent according to Art Virtue and Use. It cures the Rupture of the Bowels but the Patient must lye on his back in bed for eight or fourteen days shunning excess both of meat and drink and let him take heed of windy Diet the part affected must be anointed twice a day morning and evening and the part duly swaddled or bound with things convenient and by the Blessing of God he will be certainly cured But in the mean time let him drink of our Decoction contra Herniam three or four spoonfuls at a time and with these Remedies I have cured innumerable Unguentum contra Pediculos or an Oyntment to kill Lice Take Oyl of Bays and Templinum of each four ounces juyce of Rue exprest six ounces Mix them and boil it to the consumption of the Juyce then add Quick-silver killed with the juyce of Sage an ounce and a half seeds of Stavesacre Nitre prepared Epatick Aloes of each half an ounce roots of Docks and white Hellebore Indian Tabaco of each two drams Camphire and oyl of Spike of each a dram Mix them and with a sufficient quantity of Wax make an Unguent Virtue and Use. Experience it self teacheth the excellent use of this Oyntment for it kills all kind of Lice and is of good use in the Camp of Mars as well as Venus Unguentum ad Livorem Faciei or an Oyntment for the black Bruises of the Face Take white Tragacanth half an ounce Dissolve it in Rose-water to the form of a Liniment then add Roots of Solomons Seal finely powdered four scruples Camphire two scruples Mix them and make a Liniment Virtue and Use. It is by Experience found good for the black and blue spots or marks on the Face or elsewhere caused either by Contusions Blows or any other violence and restores the part to its native and pristine colour if the part affected be anointed or imeared with it and so continue using it till it be well SECT XXXVI Of Plasters Emplastrum Epilepticum or a Plaster for the Epilepsie TAke Oyls of Castor Rue Flower-de-luce of each an ounce roots and seeds of Peony and Pellitory of Spain of each a dram Misleto of the Oak Squills prepared Elks horn and Mans Skull both Spagirically calcined of each two scruples Frankincense Mastich Ladanum Galbanum and Opopanax of each a dram flowers of Lavender Arabian Stoechas and Indian Spike of each a pugil distilled oyl of Rosemary and Hyssop of Nutmegs by expression of each a scruple of Rosin and Wax a sufficient quantity to make a Plaster according to Art Virtue and Use. It is applied to the Coronal Suture in the Epilepsie and other dangerous affects of the Head and gives present help and by a specifick quality doth virtually resist it Emplastrum Hypnoticum or a somniferous Plaster Take Unguentum Populeon and yellow Wax of each three drams Opium Spagirically prepared oyl of Nutmegs by expression of each a dram and a half Tacamahacca Mastich and Sandarack of each a dram Styrax Calamitis Olibanum and Rosin of each half a dram Gallia Moschata Extract of Saffron of each a scruple distilled oyl of Roses ten grains Mix them and make a Plaster of a just consistence according to Art Virtue and Use. It being laid to the Temples Forehead and Pulses it produceth a pleasant sleep and that especially if it be laid on at night going to bed Moreover it is of excellent use to stop Defluxions from the Head and to allay pain But for Hysterical Women the Gallia Moschata is to be omitted Emplastrum Stomachicum or a Plaster for the Stomach Take of Gum Tacamahacca four ounces the best Ladanum and Benjamin of each two ounces Colophony and yellow Wax of each an ounce our Balsamum Absinthiacum and Balsam of Peru of each half an ounce distilled oyl of Origanum Mother of Thyme Zedoary and Rosemary of each a scruple white Turpentine a sufficient quantity to make it into a Plaster of a just consistence Virtue and Use. It frees the Stomach from crudity and wind and helps the weakness and distention of it for it heats and wonderfully helps digestion and stays Vomiting and Loathing if it be laid to the Stomach and there continued Emplastrum Spleneticum or a Plaster for the Spleen Take Oyl of Capers and Chamomil of each four ounces juyces of Harts-tongue Wormwood Rosemary and Agrimony of each three ounces Boil them in Balneo to the consumption of the Juyces then add Galbanum dissolved in Vinegar Ammoniacum and Bdellium of each an ounce of Melilot Plaster and Diachylon simple of each six drams distilled oyl of Iuniper juyce of both sorts of Fern made thick of each half an ounce seeds of Agnus castus Garden Rue and Broom of each a dram and a half Rosin and Wax so much as will make all into a Plaster of a just consistence according to Art Virtue and Use. Spread this Plaster upon red Leather and being covered with a fine Linen Cloth sprinkle upon a sufficient quantity of Oyl of Rosemary and so lay it to the Region of the Spleen whose swelling and hardness it softens and dissolves it likewise comforts and opens the Spleen Emplastrum Marciale Take Galbanum dissolved in Vinegar Tacamahacca of each an ounce white Turpentine and yellow Wax of each six drams Assa foetida red Myrrh and Castor of each three drams Magistery of English Tin oyl of yellow Amber of each a dram and a half Mix them and make a Plaster according to Art Virtue and Use. It is effectually useful either in the rising or falling of the Matrix for being laid to the Navil it refresheth the Womb and suddenly reduceth it into its proper place and indeed in this most cruel Disease it is the only and best Plaster for the Womb in being and also approved c. Emplastrum Carminativum or a Carminative Plaster Take Oyl of Iuniper-berries and oyl of Rays of each four ounces juyce of Elder made thick juyce of Rue and dwarff Elder of each three ounces Pigeons and Goats dung macerated in Vinegar