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A45501	The family dictionary, or, Houshold [sic] companion wherein are alphabetically laid down exact rules and choice physical receipts for the preservation of health ... directions for making oils, ointments, salves, ... chymical preparations, physical-wines, ales and other liquors and descriptions of the virtues of herbs, fruits, flowers ... and parts of living creatures used in medicinal potions, ... likewise directions for cookery, ... also the way of making all sorts of perfumes ... together with the art of making all sorts of English wines, ... the mystery of pickling and keeping all sorts of pickles ... : to which is added as an appendix the explanation of physical terms, bills of fare ... : with the art of carving and many other useful matters / by J.H.	Salmon, William, 1644-1713.; J. H.	1695 (1695)	Wing H66; ESTC R30331	305,220	380

the Ale let them infuse twelve Hours and then distil them in an Alembick The Water will be stronger if instead of Ale you put Low-Wines or Spirits drawn off decayed Fruit of Grocery-Ware and Molossus VVormwood-VVine To make this Take small Rochel or Campaign-Wine put into it a few drops of the extracted Oil of Wormwood mix it well together by brewing then let it fret and contract a Body twenty-four Hours and it will procure by drinking it a lost Appetite and much enliven Nature Wormwood-VVine Physical Take of Wormwood well dried and seasonably gathered a handful to a gallon of Wine and put into that according to proportion what quantity you please let it infuse in a close stopt Vessel till the Wine is ting'd sufficiently of the Wormwood This Wine is successfully taken to heat and cleanse the Stomach It is good in the Dropsie and excellent in the procuring a lost Appetite VVound-Bleeding To stay the Bleeding of any Wound Take the tender Tops of Nettles bruise them between your Fingers till they have lost their stinging quality then stamp them together with a little white Sugar and lay them on the Wound Or this Take fifteen of the smalllest Earth-worms and a handful of the inner Bark of the Elder half a quartern of red Wine and as much Sallad-oil viz. Oil of Olive a good handful of the Herb called Mouse-ear and a piece of fine Sugar as much new Wax with a very little Salt bruise them and stamp them well together and having well incorporated them over a gentle Fire apply them as a Poultis or Plaister to the Part from whence the Effusion of Blood-proceeds VVounds Green Take Oil of St. John's-wort two ounces Venice-Turpentine the like quantity set them over a gentle Fire and put to them a little Balsom of Kiel incorporate them and keep them as an excellent Balsom for green Wounds of any nature whatsoever VVounds to Incarnate Take the Meal of Orbus Tutty Opopanax and round Aristolochia of each two drams and a half Hog-fenel half an ounce Blood-wort Leaves dried and powdered a quarter of an ounce Flower-de lize five drams Myrrh three drams the greater and lesser Centaury of each two drams by drying bearing and finely sifting make this into a Powder and mix it with Ointments or Plaisters suitable to the purpose to make Flesh grow up in the Wounds where it has been destroyed or wasted VVound-Powder Take Dragons-blood Aloes Frankincense Quick-lime and Copperas of each a like incorporate them and being finely powdered with some Cob-webs and Whites of Egg apply it to the bleeding Wound and it will easily stay the Flux of Blood prevent Putrefaction and contribute much to the cleansing and healing of it VVound-Salve Take a quarter of a pound of clarified Butter Virgins-wax half a pound Turpentine four ounces and two or three Yolks of Eggs beat them to Froth and put to them four ounces of red Rose-water and two drams of Sugar-candy powdered and dissolved in the Rose-water mix these with as much Flower as will make them into a thickness over a gentle Fire keeping them stirring till they become a Plaister apply this to green Wounds or others that have not been of too long standing and it hastens the Cure VVrinkles to Smooth Take the Oil of Swallows an ounce the like quantity of the Oil of Mandrake half an ounce of the Oil of Pomgranet and half an ounce of Ews-Milk incorporate them to the thickness of an ordinary Pomatum over a gentle Fire then add four ounces of the Cream of Almonds spread it thin on a Forehead-cloth or Fillitring and lay it to the Forehead or other Part keeping it up tite and smooth and in so often doing the Wrinkles will dis-appear especially in a great measure It also smooths a rough Skin in any Part. YArd Imposthumated If a Man's Yard be Imposthumated let blood but not over much either in the Foot or Arm dissolve Aloes in White-wine and dip a Linnen Cloth in it then bind it about the Yard and often wash it with the Liquid and if there be any ventosity or windiness of the Belly use a Fomentation of the Decoction of Aristolochia-rotunda or if the Testicles be affected with the Imposthumation Take Bean-flower Barly-meal the Leaves of Henbane of each a like quantity put to them Oil of Roses mix them well together by braying in a Mortar and apply them as a Cataplasm often renewing it as the moisture drys up and wash the Testicles with Rose and Spear-mint-water If any descending of the Bowels happen upon these or the like Occasion Take Acacia and some Cyprus-Nuts dryed Rue Bay-berries Nut-Galls Gum-Arabick of each a quarter of an ounce bruise them in a Mortar and sift them into a fine Powder make them into a Plaister with Bees-wax and a little Hogs Lard put up the descending Bowels and apply it to the bottom of the Belly drinking each morning White-wine wherein Cyprus Nuts have been decocted Yard Swelling Take the Fat of a Loin of Mutton about the Kidneys mix it with the Powder of Pumice-stone and a little Salt finely burned and beaten to Powder make a kind of a Plaister and put it round the Yard where the Swelling is most apparent and after that wash it with the Decoction of Marsh-Mallows and by so doing twice or thrice the Swelling will cease Yarrow This Herb grows in the Fields and hath many long Leaves spread on the Ground and finely jagged and divided into many small Parts its Flowers are white and some of them sometimes enclining to red and stayed in Knots among divers green Stalks arising from the Leaves some call it Nose-bleed others Milfoil it flowereth about the latter end of August An Ointment may be made of it which is excellent in curing Wounds and is proper for such as have Inflammations It stops the Terms being drunk in White-wine when decocted therein as also the Bloody Flux The Ointment of it is a good Healer of Ulcers and Fistula's especially such as abound with Moisture The Hair being anointed with it it stays its falling off especially washing the Head before with the Concoction of it Inwardly taken it strengthens the retentive Faculties of the Stomach it helps the Running of the Reins and such as cannot hold their Urin. The Leaves chewed in the Mouth ease the Pains in the Teeth and is briefly an Herb of a very drying and binding Quality Yawning Where the Party is too much addicted to this which occasions unseemly Proportions and Features in the Face Take the Juyce of Housleek and the Powder of a Frogs Skin in a Glass of Whey fasting in a morning or they may be taken in any other convenient Liquor if you think convenient Yellow Colour If the Face of any part of the Body be of yellowish Tawny Colour by Sickness or Defect in Nature to remove it and restore a whiteness Take the Roots of Turnips and Acorns wash them and distill them in an Alembick and a very fine Water

of Mint Rue or Baum-water But of all others in this contagious Distemper this occurs as a very much approved Remedy viz. Take Wallnuts when the green Husk is on them and before the Shell is hardned underneath put them when bruised to steep in White-wine eight Days then with some Baum Rue and Tops of Fetherfew and Wormwood a little bruised put them into an Alembick and distil them then when you drink an ounce and a half of the Water which you may do Morning Noon and Night put into it some perfumed Comfits and stir them well about till they are dissolved Plague-Sore to Break Take Bay-salt Rye-meal and the Yolks of Eggs as many as will make them into a Past then spread it on a piece of Leather and apply it to the Sore or Carbuncle and it will draw the Poison to a centre so that the Sore will ripen and being broke the Infection will come away to expedite the Cure of which when it is broke put the Rump of a live Chicken to the Mouth of the Sore so that its vent may be placed on it and it will draw the Infection into the Body of the Chicken insomuch that in a short time it will dye and so will one or two more if the Infection be great but when they cease to do so it is a sign the Poison is exhausted and the Party in a very fair way of recovering Health Plaister of Bay-Berries Take of Bay-berries two ounces Myrrh Mastick and Frankincense of each half an ounce Honey just warm'd four ounces powder Costus Bay-berries and Cyperus finely together and mix with the Honey powder the Myrrh Mastick and Frankincense apart and put them to the other then add the Oil of Bay-berries Turpentine and Wax melted together and so make a Plaister This expels Wind and strengthens the Stomach also eases Pains proceeding from Cold and Weariness Plaister for Bruises Take Oil of Olives six ounces yellow Bees-wax an ounce and half Ammoniacum and Bdellium of each half an ounce Galbanum Opopanax and Oil of Bays Lapis Calaminaris and either of the Bithworts Myrrh and Frankincense of each two drams refined Turpentine an ounce Litharge of Gold powdered four ounces boil the Oil and Litharge together keeping them stirring and when it will not stick to your Fingers take it from the Fire and melt the Wax into it add the Turpentine with the Gums afterward the Powders and being cold put in the Oil of Bays and Frankincense and make it into a Plaister This Peracelsian Plaister is good for Bruises and all manner of Aches Plaister-Cleansing c. Take the Mucilages of Raisins of the Sun Figs Roots of Marshmallows Linseed and the Seeds of Fenugreek Bird-lime the Juice of Orris Squills the Oil of Sheeps-feet Dill and Camomil of each eight ounces Litharge of Gold powdered finely one pound Turpentine three ounces Rosin of the Pine and yellow Wax of each two ounces mix the Litharge well with the Oil and boil it over a gentle Fire keeping it continually stirring till it grows thick then take it off and being a little cool add the Mucilages being first boiled with the Oil and strained and gently boiled to the consumption of the superfluous moisture after that add the Bird-lime and Squills boil them till the Juices are consumed and whilst they are boiling melt the Wax and Rosin take them presently from the Fire and mingle with them the Turpentine so well stirring the Mass that it may be brought to the consistence of a Plaister This is called the Great Diachilon-Plaister and is excellent in cleansing and healing also to asswage Swellings and Inflammations for it very much discusses and softens Plaister for the Head Take two ounces of clarify'd Rosin Stone-pitch an ounce Turpentine and Labdanum and Pidgeons-Dung of each half an ounce Gum of Juniper and Nutmeg of each two drams dissolve the Turpentine with the Labdanum in a hot Mortar and mingle the rest so that it may be made into a Plaister and if any Cause requires it to be stronger add the Powder of Euphorbium and Pellitory of Spain and black Pepper of each about two scruples This wonderfully strengthens the Head and eases the Pains of it the Crown being shaved and it applied Plaisterwise to it as also to the Temples Though upon many occasions it is applied to the Soles of the Feet to draw down the Vapours that afflict the Brain Plaister of Mastick Take three ounces of Mastick Bole-Armoniack washed in red Wine one ounce and half red Roses six drams Myrtle-berries and Ivory of each half an ounce Turpentine Colophony Tacamahaca and Labdanum of each two ounces Oil of Myrtle four ounces Bees-wax a pound The things that are to be powdered powder apart melt the Wax and the Oil together and take it from the Fire and add the Turpentine and afterward the Roses and Bole-Armoniack the Ivory being finely powdered order the Mastick in like manner and so being well mixed in a Mortar that is pretty hot make them into a Plaister This layed to the Stomach very much strengthens it as also stays Vomitings and Defluxions Plaister of Melilot-Simple Take of yellow Rosin clarified eight pound yellow Wax four pound Mutton-suet of the Kidneys cleansed from the Skin and Fibers two pound melt them and add to them green Melilot cut small five pound and being thickned bruise it with the afore-mention'd Ingredients and bring it to the Consistence of a Plaister This draws very gently and therefore is commonly used in dressing of Blisters and in gentle Swellings and Tumours Pleurisse Distil about the end of May three handfuls of Burnet or as much as you think convenient and the grieved Party drinking of this Morning and Evening about half a quartern at a time will find wonderful ease and in a little time be restored Polonia to Make Take the Fillets of a Hog mince them very small and do the like by Sage Pennyroyal and Thyme of each half a handful stript from the Stalks then season it with beaten Ginger and Pepper finely sifted put it into a Hog or Sheep's great Gut and lay it in Water and Salt three Nights then boil it gently for fear of breaking and hang it up in a Chimney or dry place and they will keep a long time Pomatum Take Bacon-lard and by washing it well and often melting take out the Salt then boil a handful of Oates and some white Starch in it and strain out the oily part which is of excellent use for Chaps Sores Burns Scalds as also to make the Skin supple smooth and plump Pomegranet Of these there are three sorts Sweet Sharp and Winy and the quality of them all is Restringent but not alike for by their Tast you may judge their difference and their Grains are more binding and drying than their Juice the Rind more than the Grain and the Blossoms have the same Virtue with the Fruit. The powder of a Pomgranet dried in an Oven in a new earthen Pot close stopt

Water is good for Beautifying and sets a rare Complexion on the Face and Hands Head-ach Inveterate Take strong Vinegar dip a Rose-cake in it and sprinkle that over with scraped Nutmeg and Powder of Wormwood lay it to the Forehead and burn Feather few under your Nose on a Chafing-dish that the Smock may ascend up your Nostrils Head-ach or Megrim Take Unguentum desiccativum rubrum one dram the Power them well together and make them into a Plaister upon a piece of new Leather and lay to the Temples upon the pained side or if that by reason of an universal Pain cannot be distinguished lay it on both sides renewing it every other day and the desired Cure will be effected Head Bald To cover it with a comly Hair if Age has not proceeded too far and utterly denied it Take a handful of Southernwood dry it to Powder or reduce it to Ashes by Fire mix it with the Oil of Radishes and anoint the place and in a few times so doing you may perceive the Hair to sprout amain Head Breaking-out This mostly happens to Children caused by the super-abundance or hot Humours and is very afflicting and offensive to them To cure it boil some Olive-oil and Vinegar to the consumption of a third part of Hogs-lard an ounce anoint it with these when they come to the thickness of an Ointment both Morning and Evening putting on after the anointing a linnen Cap and give them to drink Whey wherein Scabious Agrimony and a few Tops of Wormwood have been boiled to clear and purifie the Blood Head Breaking-out another way to cure Take Butter and Salt and fry them till a Blackness appear Or Take fine Olive-oil and Vinegar beat them together and anoint the place afflicted both Morning and Evening If these have no effect Take a quart of Whey boil in it Agrimony Scabious and Wormwood of each an ounce and wash the Breaking out with the Liquid you must give two ounces of it to drink at the same time Head to Clear Snuff up in the Morning fasting a spoonful or somewhat less of the clarify'd Juice of Ground-Ivy or of Beets spitting out from time to time as much Liquor as comes into your Mouth Head disturb'd with Noises Take a green Ash-stick and whilst one end is burning receive the Water or Moisture that hisses out of the other dissolve in it a little Civet and being well dissolved drop a drop or two of it into the Ear when you go to rest and immediately stop it with Lint moisten'd in the same Liquid and lie still about half an hour with that Ear uppermost that it is dropt into in so often doing the Noise will cease and the Head be restored to its former Ease and Quiet Head Lightness If by reason of a violent Sickness as Fevers Small-pox c. there is a Lightness in the Brain that disorders the Understanding Take the distilled Waters of White single Primroses and Couslips of each an ounce put into them a dram of the Powder of Pearl and a grain of Bezoar-stones and let the Party take it and compose himself as much as the Disorder will permit to rest after it This has brought many to their Speech again Head Lightness another For the Lightness or Swimming of the Head especially in or after Sickness Take the Flowers of single White Primroses distill them and drink of the Water If this succeed not mingle with it the like quantity of Rosemary-flower-water and Couslip-water and this will soon restore your Speech Head and Nerves Take of the fresh Roots of both the Peonies gathered about the Full of the Moon of each an ounce and a half of Contrayerva half an ounce Elks-hoof an ounce of Rosemary before it is flower'd a handful or with the Flowers Bettony Hyssop Wild Marjoram Ground-Pine and Rue of each three drams of the Wood of Aloes Cloves and the Seeds of the Letter Cardamom of each two drams Ginger and Spikenard of each one dram Stechas and Nutmegs of each two drams and an half After a warm Digestion for one day in three quarts of the distilled Water of the Roots of Peony bo●… them to two in a Bath then strain and with four pound of Sugar make it into a Syrup an a Bath This is good for most Diseases of the Head and Nerves The Dose is an ounce which may safely be taken at one time Head Noisie If there be a beating or singing in the Head and Ears Take a pretty large silver Eel newly caught tie it to a Spit and let it roast without any basting unless with a little Water rubb'd on with a cloth to keep it moist having before you lay it down put some Cummin-seeds into the Belly of the Eel then take what drops from it and putting it into a glazed earthen Vessel let it stand close covered with some fresh Cumimn-seed on warm Embers and then going to Bed drop three or four drops into your Ears or that only on which side of the Head the Noise is most Head-Pains a Cephalick Wine Take two ounces and a half of Succory the like quantity of the Roots of Avens Elecampane one once Ceterach Bettony Red-Sage Liverwort Carduus Centaury of each a handful dried Orange-peel half an ounce and two drams bruise the Barks and Roots and shred the Herbs small infuse them three or four days in a gallon of Rhenish-wine often shaking them and then strain it and drink about three ounces of it every Morning fasting and the like at Night when going to rest This helps the most violent Distempers of the Head and also those of the Spleen and is an excellent Pectoral for the Breast and Lungs as likewise for curing Catarrhs Head-Pains tending to Madness Take a quarter of a pint of the Juice of Ground-Ivy of the Juices of Burnet and Red Sage of each two ounces drink them fasting in the Morning and at Night when going to rest and do it for twelve or thirteen days but not successively intermitting a day between if the Distemper continue so long and after it you may take Red Rose-leaves dried mix them with Flower and Vinegar Oil of Roses and the Juice of Housleek boil them together until they be thick and spreading them as a Poultis or Plaister apply them to the Forehead and Temples The Conserve of Rue is also excellent for the Brain preserving it from the Fits of the Apoplexy Palsie and such like painful and dangerous Distempers Make it in this manner with one part of Rue mix two parts of fine Sugar mixing them well together so that they may be made into a Conserve of which eat both Morning and Evening to the bigness of a large Hazle Nut. Head Powder Take the Flowers and Leaves of Bettony Damask-Roses and the Flowers of Rosemary and Sage dry these well and add the Powder of Lignum-Aloes and some Seeds of Nigella Romana make them into a fine Powder to be used as an Hair-Powder when the Party goes to rest his

the more speedy way put Whitewine or Claret into an earthen Pot stop the Mouth with a piece of Past and put it into a brass Pan or Pot boiling with Water let it be there about half an Hour and it will grow soure Vinegar of Elder Gather Elder-flowers before they be too much blown pick them clean from the great Stalks and dry them in the Sun when it is not too hot so put a handful of them to a quart of the best White-wine-Vinegar and let it stand about twelve or fourteen Days then strain it and draw it off and put it into your Vessel letting a quart be put in very hot to make it ferment in the Cask and so stop it close for use It is very pleasing to the Pallate good for those to use in Sauces or otherways that are troubled with Pains in their Heads as also by dipping a Cloath in it or making a Poultis of Mallows and Chamomil and apply'd to the Head it wonderfully eases it of Pains caused by heat Vinegar of Foul Wine Boil it and scum it very clean suffering it to continue over the Fire till one third is consumed then put it in a Vessel and put some Chervel to it stop it close and in a short time it will prove very good Vinegar You may make Vinegar of any Flowers Herbs Fruits or Roots by putting them into the Vinegar and infusing them till the Vinegar is tinctured or grown strong with the tast and smell of them Vinegar of Pepper Fill a Bottle with the best Wine-Vinegar then take a good quantity of Pepper put it into a long Cloath sowed up like a Bag and put it into the Vinegar for the space of Eight Days with a string to it that it may be drawn out at the end of that time Vinegar of Roses Take the Buds almost blown of red Roses gathered dry and the Whites and Stalks cut away shred them and dry them after in the Sun a considerable time put them into a● earthen Vessel and put to a pound of Roses two quarts of the best Whitewine-Vinegar stop them up close and let them infuse eight or nine Days then draw off the Vinegar press out what remains in the Roses and bottle it up for use Vinegar of Roses another Take red Roses not quite blown cut away the white Bottoms when the Leaves are plucked from the Stalk about one pound and dry them in the Sun then put them in six quarts of White-wine-Vinegar and set it in the Sun about forty Days then strain it and let the Infusion be repeated with fresh Roses and so strain it out and keep it for use This is used mostly in Sauces but it is indeed extraordinary good made up into a Syrup with Sugar to cut Flegm gargle the Mouth and to be used in cooling and astringent Medicins Vinegar of Roses another Dry your Roses with Elder-flowers then put them into a double Glass or stone Bottle set them in the Sun or in a warm Oven and put Whitewine-Vinegar to them and so let them infuse for ten Days and tye a Rag over the Mouth of the Bottle that the Vinegar may strain through it Vinegar of Treacle Take one ounce and half of the Roats of great Celandine the Roots of Angelica Masterwort Bithwort Gentian Valerian Burnet white Dittany Elecampane and Zedoary of each a dram the Leaves of Mousear Sage Scabious Scordium Dittany of Creet and Blessed Thistle of each a handful great Plantain-root a dram and half the Seeds and Bark of Citron of each one dram and half Saffron three drams Bole-armoniack one dram Harts-horn a dram and half tye up the Harts-horn Dittany and Bole-armoniack in a fine Rag and for five or six Days infuse it with the other Ingredients in five Pints of sharp Vinegar in a well stopt Glass by a moderate heat strain out the Vinegar then put into it to dissolve six drams of the best Treacle and shake it often and so do when you use it The Dose is half a spoonful at a time in some convenient Liquor It is of excellent use to prevent pestilential Fevers the Plague ill Airs and noisom Vapours being taken fasting in a Morning Violets Simple To make the simple Syrup of Violets infuse the Flowers of blue Violets twice or thrice till they by boiling have lost their Scent then with a convenient quantity of Sugar boil up the Water to a Syrup This asswageth sharp Humours and Pleurisie and is good for the Head-ach and against the Heaviness of the Heart and hinders disturbing Dreams Violets Syrup of To make the compound Syrup of Violets Take the blue Violet-flowers fresh gathered the white ends clipped off and free from Stalks two ounces the Seeds of Quinces and Mallows of each one ounce Jubebs and Sebestens twenty of each boil Gourds or their Seeds in five pints of Water till one half be consumed then take them out and put the other things mention'd into it and having strengthned it with their Scent and Tast so that little or none remains in themselves press them into the Liquid and so with fine Sugar boil it up into a Syrup This mitigates Catarrhs and Hoarsness and wonderfully helps Coughs or Colds and is good in most hot Diseases Vipers Biting As soon as any one is bitten for if the Poison be diffused through the Mass of Blood the Experiment cannot be warranted a hot Iron may as hot as the Party can endure it be held near the Wound till it has as some term it drawn out Poison which sometimes like a yellowish Spot will stick to the surface of the Iron Viper Biting another Take white Horehound and Plantain of each half a handful beat them into the nature of a Poultis and apply it speedily to the Place afflicted ' e're the Poison spread in the Blood and drink at the same time the Juice of them which is very good against the Jaundice and not only for the Biting of the Viper but other venomous Creatures Vipers-Grass This is by many eaten with their Meat having a kind of a tast and sweetness of a Parsnip 'T is applied with success against the Biting of any venomous Creature also in pestilential Fevers Giddiness Melancholy Palpitations of the Heart Falling-sickness Obstructions of the Bowels and Diseases of the Womb for the Jaundice and Dropsie if taken at the beginning In case of any kind of Fevers Take of the Root of Scorzonera and Angelica of each six drams of the Leaves of Wood-sorrel with the Roots two handfuls rasp'd Ivory and Harts-horn of each half an ounce Licorice two drams boil these in a sufficient quantity of Water wherein Barly has been boiled to the consumption of a pint and a half and having strained the Liquor add of the Composition of Scordium-water and of the cold Scordium-water of Saxony of each three ounces Syrup of Rasberries three ounces mingle them well and make an Apozem of which take three or four ounces at pleasure though the Fever