against all Obstructions 92. A cure for the Flux 93. A Remedy for the bleeding of the Paps 94. A cure for the pain of the Paps 95. A cure for an hot Liver 96. How to cure the Obstructions of the Liver 97. A Remedy for the Jaundice 98. A cure for the Black Jaundice 99. A cure for the Dropsie 100. A cure for the Obstruction of the Spleen 101. A Remedy for the pain of the Spleen 102. A cure for the Collick occasioned by Gravel 103. A Remedy for the Stone in the Reins 104. For the Stone in the Bladder 105. A Remedy for hot Pissing 106. A cure for those who cannot hold their Vrine 107. A Remedy against drop-pissing 108. A Remedy against painful Pissing 109. A cure for the Inflammation of the Privy-Members 110. A cure for an Inflamed Womb or Matrix 111. For the Rising of the Mother 112. For the sinking downward of the Mother 113. A Remedy for the White Flux 114. For an excessive Menstrual Flux 115. For the stopping of the Monthly Flux 116. How to take away Barrenness 117. A Remedy against Miscarrying 118. To procure Ease in hard Labour 119. To ease pangs or Throws after Child-bearing 120. A Remedy against the perturbation of the Mother 121. For a Rupture 122. A cure for the Gout 123. For a Red swelling 124. For a windy Swelling 125. A Remedy against Apostems Tumours or hard swellings 126. Against Vlcerous Swellings 127. A cure for the Itch. 128. For Boils and Vlcers 129. Vlcers of the Nails 130. Bad Vlcers 131. Cancker 132. Knobs 133. For a Fall 134. Bruises 135. Fresh Wounds 136. All kind of Wounds 137. Shot-Wounds 138. Stamped Sinews 139. Stung Sinews 140. Sinews cut through 141. Inward Wounds 142. Biting of a Mad Dog 143. Biting of a Serpent 144. Kibes on the Heels 145. Stinking Feet THE Kitchin-Physician OR A guide for good House-wifes In maintaining The Health of their Families AS it is necessary for the preservation of Health to keep our Houses neat and cleanly so we should be careful to keep our Bodies free from putrifying Diseases And because the Faces of Men especially of Women are more than any other part of the Body exposed to view I will write of Medicines which adorn that part by adding Comeliness and Beauty thereunto Beauty is a blessing which every one ought to preserve and not to neglect 1. Of Medicines and other Remedies which are appropriated to the Skin Hair and Teeth For the Cleansing of the Bodies of Men and Women Bathings are very useful and may be thus made Take of Sage-leaves Flowers of Lavender and Roses of each one handful with a little Salt let all these boil in Fountain or River-water to a Bath Or take Rose-water Wine-Vineger and Salt of each a little let them boil together in common water as much as in your discretion you shall think sufficient until there remain two or three Pails afterward put a Wheaten-Roll or Loaf therein then rub the whole Body with the same and after you have so done go into a luke-warm Bath and remain there as long as you can Or take water of Orange-flowers Red and White Roses of each one ounce six Lemon-Pills Cloves a quarter of an ounce Flower de Luce of Florence the eighth part of an ounce let these Ingredients soak five or six hours in the aforesaid waters then strain them through a clean cloth and add thereunto five Pints of sweet Almond-Milk these being mingled together are for the washing of your Body having first bathed in a Bath of luke-warm water The vertues of these Baths are these They comfort the Sinews they take away all foulness of the skin they exhilerate and refresh the Spirits These and the like are useful for Men and Women but the following Ingredients are most proper for Women forasmuch as their chiefest virtue is to make the Face fair to procure and preserve Beauty of these Imbellishments men have no need And they may be performed without Painting-stuff which impaireth Beauty These waters are made of such things that for the most part are gotten in Gardens Painting is pernicious for it is the cause of wrinkles of a stinking breath of black and loose teeth of redness of Eyes weakness of sight deafness and other infirmities which happen to those who paint their faces and take more care to appear by that impudent means beautiful than to preserve the Health of their whole bodies These are the evil effects of the use of Sublimated White-lead and such like things which are as dangerous as the Plague And now I will shew How to make the face Beautiful White Smooth and Red. By the use of these following Beautywaters Ladies may preserve their Complexions with safety to their Health An excellent Water Take of white and smooth shaled Beans one pound let them soak nine or ten days in Whitewine then having pounded them sufficiently in a Stone-Morter put them again into the said Wine adding thereto of Goats Milk two quarts of Flour of Rice half a pound the whites of twelve Eggs all this you must set over a little fire in a Colb or Stilling-glass With this stilled water the Face is to be washed at night when you go to Bed Another Water Take a wheaten Loaf of two pounds the whites of eight or ten Eggs strong Vineger according to discretion mix these all together and being put into water still them through a glass Another Water Take twenty four Eggs and having washed them clean break them and beat them shells yolks and white well together adding thereto white-Wine two pints Goats Milk one pint Flour of Beans one handful put these into hot water then still them through a Colb or Stilling-glass Let this water thus stilled stand fifteen days in the Sun then it will be fit for your purpose When you use it warm a little of it and dissolve therein Burra Sugar-Candy powdered of each a like quantity with this you must wash your Face in the Morning and at Night Another Water Take the Crum of White-bread Flowers of Lillies Roses of each one pound Elder-berries Flour of Beans of each half a pound strong Wine-Vinegar Goats Milk two pints the whites of four Eggs distil them together through a Glass as above in hot water Another Water Take five Lemmons and cut them in pieces three Apples Sugar Allum of each an ounce distil them through a Glass as before Another Water Take the Roots of Pignuts being well washed cut them into small slices and put them into a glased pot containing five English pints half full twelve Egg-shells well wash'd and bruised one pint and somewhat more of White-Wine Rain and River-water until the pot be full let all these boil together until a third part be boil'd away adding thereto the crum of a small white Loaf Spanish Green of the bigness of a Bean. Bind all these in a little bag bray or bruise the said Decoction on a Tile while it is luke-warm at last
well-stopp'd-glass when the Sun shines bright but â—ake it away when it shineth not stir the glass twice or thrice a day to an Eye-â—alve These Remedies also serve against Red and Blear'd-eyes 38. To take away the pain of the Eyes Make a Decoction of Camomile Melâ—lot and Fenickle-seed boil these in water and white-wine dip therein a four-doubâ—â— cloth wring it hard and apply it to the Eyes or bath the Eyes in womans Milk beaten with the white of an Egg. 39. To cure the pain of the Ears If it proceeds from an hot cause takâ— Oyl of Roses with a little Vinegar spoâ—â— them into the Ears and lay thereon a small bag of Camomile Melilot Flax seed boiled in Milk but if the pain 〈◊〉 occasioned by Inflammation then take thâ— blacking of the smoak of boyled pitch 〈◊〉 mingle it with a little Oyl of Roses anâ— pour it warm into the Ears if the paiâ— be occasioned by cold put into the Eâ—â—â— Cotten made sweet with one grain oâ— Musk. 40. To help thickness of Hearing Drop into the Ears the juyce of a wild-vine or of Onion mingled with Honey oâ— Oyl wherein Affodel-roots have been boiled 41. A Cure for Deafness Make a Salve of the following Ingredients take Goose-grease two ounces melt it over a soft fire mingling with it powder of Aloes half an ounce this you shall put into the Ears with Cotton or take the juice of Radish-skins mingled with Oyl of Roses or the fat of an Eel with Oyl of bitter Almonds or the juyce of an Onion mingled with Honey or Powder of Aloes dissolved in white-wine and dropped warm into the Ear. Then to sneeze with the Root of Hellebore or let the fume of Ash-wood be received into the Ear which you may do by firing a stick of Ash-wood at the one end and putting the other end to the hole of the Ear into which the smoak will easily enter the stick must be of a young shoot without knots This is of great virtue for the cure of Deafness although it be of 25 or 30 years but against natural Deafness there is no remedy Or take Wormwood Cammomile Thousand-leaf Hysop St. Johns Herb Fine-mint Rosemary Saintory Savory of each one handful boil these in white-wine to the consumption of one third part thereof and let the hot smoak into the Ear through a Funnel and then drop some of the following Oyl into the Ear and stop the Ear with Cotton in which Musk hath been Or take Oyl of Olive two ounces Mallows one ounce and a half Oyl of Onions sweet Almonds of each one ounce put all these together into a flask with a long neck set it on a fire that is not too hot boil them until the juices be half consumed then take the dust hence and put therein powdred Castoreum Coloquint Mastick Spikenard of each the sixteenth part of an ounce then take the flask and being well stopt boil it in a little kettle full of water like a Balneum Mariae for three hours then put it in the Sun a little while to cause the Oyl to be clear then strain the Oyl through a thick cloath and add thereunto Musk ten grains to an Oyl keep it safe and carefully in a well-stop'd flask for use 42. A Cure for the Worms in the Ears Take the Milky juyce of a Fig-tree or Figgs also the juyce of Capers Wormwood Futher-wood Fine-mint Santory the rind of an Acorn-tree or the rind of green Acorns alone or mingled together 43. A Cure for the noise in the Ears Drop therein Oyl of Spikenard Bay-berries Bitter-Almonds or of Rhue with some Brandy or Eels-grease or Brandy where Carraway or Anniseed have been soaked Or take Saw-dust of Cedar-wood fill therewith a little Taffata-bag of Crimson as big as an Almond let it soak in Brandy quite through then put it somewhat deep into the Ear stop it in and let the Patient lye down to sleep on that Ear. 44. To take away little Vlcers from behind the Ears Make a Plaister of Barley-meal boiled in Honey-water add thereto the juyce of five-leaved-grass an Herb that killeth fleas and Oyl of Flower-de-luce or a Plaister made of Goats-dung unsalted Butter and the Lees of Nut-oyl 45. Against the Kings Evil. Take Betony and Sorrel-leaves and Roots squeeze out one pound of the juyce and Bertram bruised one ounce Spanish-green half a quarter of an ounce mingle these together and warm therewith the Crop or Swelling hang also about the neck the Roots of Selandine and Lambs-tongue Or when the Moon decreaseth and is near the Sun then cut off the feet of a great frog and hang them about the neck Or take a good quantity of Tobacco bruised in a clean Morter and apply its juyce to the Crop or Swelling nine or ten times the said swellings are brought to Ulcers by laying thereunto Cow or Ox-dung made hot in Vine or Colewort-leaves among the ashes and being mingled with Vineger 46. A Remedy for the stopping of the Nose When the Nose is stopped by humours that fall into it and hinder the fetching of breath then to open the same take the juyce of Beets and Marjoram mingled with the Oyl of bitter-Almonds and snuff it up Also the smoak of Tobacco received into the mouth through a little Funnel and let go through the Nose is good alone 47. For a dropping Nose This is cured by Medicines which are proper for the brains whereby such humours are stopp'd and dried up In this case 't is good to use Rubbings Perfumes in little caps and bags also sneezing is very good 48. To procure Sneezing Blow into the Nose powdered Peper Berthram Staphisagria Flower-de-luce Roots of Florence mingle these flowers and grease and anoint the Nostrils if sneezing trouble you it is cured by scratching the soles of the feet and palms of the hands by rubbing the Eyes and Ears by smelling white Flower-de-luce by washing or bathing the hands in warm-water 49. To recover the Smelling when 't is lost Make a Persume of Nardus-seed Averone Rhue and other Herbs which have a strong sent or smell to water-Mint 50. To staunch Blood You may stanch the bleeding of the Nose by putting the Thumb on that side of the Nose out of which the blood issueth Or put about the neck a string of Jasper-stone or tye the uppermost joints as fast as 't is possible and put into the Nose a Tent of Dove-nettles also keep in your hand the Roots and Leaves of Agrimony or take rain-water in your Mouth or Sage-flower or other woolly fruits being put into the Nose or lay upon the forehead Camphire or use the juyce of Lambs-tongue or of Night-shade Or lay upon the Temples and round about the neck especially on the great Vein cooling herbs as Night-shade Lambs-tongue Lactuce or stinging nettles bruised with Salt and wine-venegar the Herb Periwinckle put under the Tongue hath the same virtue Also you may make a Girdle or Bracelet of Thousand-button called St. Innocentius some
put into it one ounce of Sugar Wet a fine cloath therein and wash your face at Night and in the Morning without wiping it Another Water Bore the Stem or Trunk of a Birch-Tree with an Iron Bore and much water will run out of it which is useful on this occasion and also to take away Sun-burning There are many other Waters that clear the Face which I pass by for brevity sake I shall onely add hereto The Dove or Pigeon-water which is made thus Take two white Pigeons pluck them draw out their guts throw them into a Stilling-glass upon a rank of leaves of Ash-herb called Fraxinella or wild Ditany Lambs Tongue two handfuls lay them upon the floor then add thereto fresh Butter four ounces Oyl of sweet Almonds three ounces Buras Champher Burnt Allum and Sugar Candy powdered the crum of a white Loaf the whites of twenty five Eggs two handfuls of the kernels of Grapes Goats Milk four pints Let these soak ten or twelve hours in the stilling-glass well stop'd Let it distil slowly in a water-Bath or balneo Mariae put the divided Water into Flasks in a cool Cellar then strain it through a clean and fine Cloth Wash your face with this water in the morning and at night with a little cloth Besides these waters there are also divers Oyntments of great use and Oyls and Pomades Oyntment Boyl two Eggs hard cut them in the midst take out the yolk fill the hollow with the powder of burnt Wine-stone join the half parts together and tye them with a thred put them into a dish and set them in a moist Cellar The Wine-stone will melt whereby the moistness running through the white of the Eggs will alter together with that which comes thereby to an Oyl such as you desire Oyl of the Acorns of an Oak being pressed out as that of Almonds and mingled with that of the Egg-shels is useful to make the face beautiful Also Oyl of Myrrha made like the Oyl of Wine-stone with the white of Eggs. Also There is an Oyntment made of the Marrow of the Bones of a Weather and is thus to be extracted Take of the bones of a Weather when 't is full Moon as much as you please let them boil long in water then break them in pieces Let them boil again in the water three or four hours then take them from the fire and let them be cold then gather the fat which will swim upon the the water and Anoint your Face therewith at night when you go to bed and the next morning Wash it off with the water of Bean-Blossomes or of Flower-de-luce Another Oyntment is made of Pigeons dung and campher'd Rose-water Another Oyntment or Pomade Take Goats grease half a pound fresh unmelted Hogs grease four ounces cut into small pieces put it into a glazed earthen pot with a Pippin cut in pieces Juice of Orange Rose-water a glass-full white-Wine half a glass-full put the pot upon the fire and let it boil a little When the Grease is melted and incorporated with the Apple strain it through a Sive or Serse into an earthen pot glased and half full of fresh water When it is cold take it out and wash it five or six times in Rose-water every time renewing the water To a Pomade Another excellent Pomade Take Goats grease two ounces Pippins two Flower-de-luce Roots of Florence one ounce a whole Lemmon chop the grease and cut the Apples and Roots in pieces Add thereto of the Marrow of a Weathers feet two ounces Let it boil together in a sufficient quantity of Rose-water in a glased pot upon a gentle fire until the Lemmon be consumed keeping the pot well covered Then take it from the fire and strain that which is in the pot through a clean cloth you must pound that which is gone through and mix that which is pressed out fresh without fire with the Oyl of Sweet Almonds When it is mingled together then wash it with water of Bean-flowers white Flower-de-luce Roses of each the like quantity This being well mix'd and made you may keep in a glass well covered With this excellent Pomade you may Anoint your Face at night and wash it off the next day in the morning with Rain-water 2. How to take away Sun-burning The Face may be preserved from the burning of the Sun and from Cold by these following Salves and Medicines Take Goats grease half a pound being first washed in clear water pound it in a little Morter then boyl it in Rose-water and after strain it through a fine cloth with Oyl of Sweet Almonds one ounce Sugar-Candy a quarter of an ounce new white Wax as much as is enough Boil all these in a glazed pot over a soft fire to the convenient thickness of a Salve stirring it about continually that it may become white and be kept from burning Being boiled it must be kept in a Glass close stopped for the use of a Salve For the same use serveth also a Salve made with Mastick and with the Marrow of an Hart or Ox. An Oyntment of Mastick with harsh Oyl the water of the white of Eggs. A Pomade made with white wax Campher and Oyl of Sweet Almonds prest out with fire this Pomade takes away Sun-burning 3. How to take away Freckles and Spots Take the Meal of Lupins the Gall of a Goat the Juyce of Lemons and white Allum mingle these to a Salve Anoint therewith the Spots and Freckles Or mingle together the Oyl of Bitter Almonds Honey Roots of Flower-de-luce and Wax then wet them with water of Bean-flowers Orange and Mirtle Another Salve to take away Freckles Rubies and Saphires which appear in the Face Take water in which Rice hath been boiled distilled water of Turpentine with Oyl of Wine-stone one ounce of Mastick half a Loaf that is a quarter of an ounce of Campher mix these with the whites of Eggs. Another Take distilled water of Radish-seed and of great Spear-Root having been soaked before four days in the Sun in water stilled Oil of Egg-shels Oil which is pressed out of the Seed of Cotton-herb the juice of the Root and little Berries of Briony or wild Vine the juice of Ladies-mark with fig-bean-meal which is a kind of Pulse of an harsh and bitter tast the fresh Flowers of Jasmin being rubb'd in pieces upon the place of the distemper Pidgeons dung being soaked in strong Wine-vinegar Meal of Fitches and seed of the Herb Rocket mingled with honey oyl and water of Roses with fresh Butter and Pignut-Roots made to a Salve Lentiles boyled soft and mixed with the juice of Pomegranate 4. How to take wrinkles out of the Face and Hands and to make them white Take the Lees of Linseed oyl put it in Rain-water to soak Or take the juice of Lemons and some corns of Salt mixed together wash the wrinkles of the face and hands therewith 5. How to take away the Chops of the Lips and Hands Take the white of an
Egg and beat it with the powder of Mastick Or take the Oyl of the yolks of Eggs or Oyl of Wax and anoint therewith the Clefts or Chaps 6. How to make the Hands that are Yellow and Wrinkled smooth and white Take two pounds of Mellons with their Skins or Rines and a good quantity of Eggs without their shells distil all this together and keep the water not onely to wash your Hands but your Face Another smoothing Water Take Goats Milk six pounds white or red Roses small yellow Prunes of each three pounds crums of a white loaf two pounds Roots of Flower-de-luce two ounces distil these in hot water through a glass Or Boyl Roots of Nettles in Vineger and white-Wine wash your Hands with this Decoction at night when you go to bed and the next morning wash them clean with fresh water and soap Or take fresh Butter Oyl of Sweet Almonds Lambs Suet let these soak ten or twelve hours together then melt them over a little fire in a glazed earthen pot adding thereunto white wax with a little Musk or Civet make this into a Salve Or sometimes you may wash your hands with sweet-sented water and soap or with stilled water of Bread or with water and Rolls of bread To these waters you may add sweet-scented water as water of Orange-flowers Damask-water or a little Oyl of Cloves Cinnamon or the like 7. How to take away Warts off the Face or Hands The juice of Lemmons killeth Warts but better the water of the same juice distilled through a glass Or the juice which is pressed out of the Flowers and Leaves of white Wool-blade Also the juice of the Leaves of great Spear-herb Also wart-Cicory either eaten in Sallets or laid upon the face or hands or other parts cures the same to admiration Also the Milky juice of Woolfs Milk and that of the wild fig-tree Oyl of Red Copper or Spanish Green Brimstone the grease which is gotten from the old Cask of an Oyl-Vessel made hot before a great fire the juice that is pounded out of the sprouts of Purslane without the leaves in a little Morter adding thereunto a little Salt this will cause the Warts to vanish away in four or five days when they are anointed therewith Or lay on the Warts the Powder of Savil or white-Daffadil Hermodactyl with Honey Vineger and Sea-Onion mix'd with the juyce of Marigolds sheeps-dung soaked in Vineger cureth hanging-Warts being laid thereupon 8. To take away Blood-Veins in the Face Sometimes a Vein appears unhandsomely between the Eyes for which it is good to lay on the fore-head this Plaister Take Mastick one ounce Sandal-wood half an ounce Margaret-flowers three quarters of an ounce mix these together and spread them upon Leather with the fine filing dust of Steel Upon the Vein you shall onely lay Mastick and Sandal-wood renewing the Plaister once a day rub also therewith the upper part of the Vein for the better reception of the Remedy 9. How to cure a Red Face Wash it with water in which Chaff or straw of Barley or Oats hath been boiled Or Peach-kirnels four ounces peeled Gourd-seed two ounces pound and press them so hard that Oyl may come out of them to the substance of an Ointment anoint therewith the Pimples and red places 10. How to heal Burning and Blistering Against all burning and blistering occasioned by fire make a Decoction of Radishes which lye on unquenched Lime Or take an Onion roasted in the Ashes or Oyl of Nuts with water or the yolks of Eggs beaten with Oyl or Hens-dung mixt with Oyl of Roses Or the Moss of an Haw-thorn-tree the thinnest you can get dry it in the Sun or Oven make a powder thereof preparing it with the Milk of a woman that giveth suck to a Male-child make a Salve thereof and anoint therewith the burnt place Or take salt-water or pickle wet a linnen-cloth therein and put it upon the burnt place Or take common Soap Honey and Butter or juyce of Onyons or Oyl of Eggs. Or let Loam red Copper or Spanish-green or Pellitory of the Wall or Campher be steeped in wine and water pour it often out of one pot into another then wet a cloth in this water that first is made luke-warm and lay it upon the burnt place Or take the white of two Eggs beat them with Oyl of Nuts and Rose-water adding thereto water wherein unquenched Lime hath been extinguished stir it well about and let the water stand until you have occasion for it And to the end that no scar may remain after the burning is healed you must wash the burnt place often with Lambs-tongue-water in which a little Allum is dissolved Or you may use an Oyntment of hogs-bread Roots pounded with House-leek but Brandy is better to wash the Scars of the burnt place whether they be in the face or other parts of the body 11. How to cure the POX and Vlcerations thereof Take water ten pints quench therein rough iron until the half be found in the water Then lay therein to soak unquenched Lime one pound strain it and melt in that which is gone through or strained Campher Spanish-green Red-copper of each twenty Grains This water is good to cleanse and dry the Ulcers Or boil clear water in a new earthen pot and when it begins to boil put therein unquenched Lime then put it out into another new pot then let it stand scum it till it be clear the Lime will remain in the bottom like a pap then pour out the clear water without stirring the Lime and put it into a clean glass well stopped for use In this water dip a little cloth the water being made luke-warm and lay it upon the Ulcers instead of a Plaister renewing it often 12. To take away Pockholes and make the skin smooth Take of the Oyl of St. Johns-herb one ounce Venetian Turpentine half an ounce melt it in a glazed pot and as soon as it begins to boil take it from the fire and work it into a Salve anoint therewith the scars and spots continuing to do so till the holes be stopp'd Or take the stilled water of the white of Eggs boyled hard with shells of Snails of Calves of Weathers of Goats-feet of Bean-flour Dragonwort i. e. Serpentaria These waters you shall use single or mingled together and with that bathe the face when you go to bed having prepared the same with the steam or smoak of warm water or decoction of the chaff of Oats Oyl of Dates Flower-de-luce Myrrha Pistacies Or take three Ounces of the Oyl of Flower-de-luce Rosen Capons-grease of each one ounce wash them well in Rose-water add thereunto four whites of Eggs half boiled in their shells Oyl of Sweet and Bitter Almonds planched of each one ounce pound them in a Marble Morter mingling therewith a quarter of an ounce of the powder of Melon-seed work it to a Salve Another Take the Powder of Silver-scum burnt Bones of a Calf dry Reed-Roots
24. To procure Sleep Bind about the head a little cushion made of Lettice-seed and juice of Nightshade or Womans Milk that gives suck to a Girl Or lay under the Pillowbere an Apple of Mandragora or anoint the soles of the feet with the grease of a small Weazel 25. A Cure for the dizziness of the Head If the Head be subject to giddiness take Aquavitae Syrup of Gilliflowers or confection of Anacardina 26. A Cure for the Falling-sickness To cure and preserve from the Falling-sickness called also St. Johns Evil drink for Nine days together about half a drinking-glass of Petty-mullein or Longwort or the water of the flowers of a Siccamore-tree or Coriander or the Powder of Piony-seed five or six days together Or rub the Head with a little stone which is found in the nest of a Swallow or wear a Ring about the neck or on the finger in which the claw of an Elandt is inclosed but let not the claw eat the flesh of the neck or finger Also it will be cured if you tickle or nip the neck under the great Tooth or if you anoint their Lips with Mans Blood 27. How to cure the Dead-Palsey To cure and preserve from the Dead-Palsey drink in the winter a spoon-full of Aquavitae and Sugar and then eat a piece of White-bread or instead of Aqua-vitae Taret-water which we shall describe hereafter 28. How to cure the Apoplexy Chase the afflicted places with Oyl of Bay-berries and Beavers Wine mingle therewith some Aquavitae you may also use Cynnamon-water or St. Johns Herb or preserved Sage Rosemary Field-Cypress Balme and Mithridate make also dry-stewings with a Decoction of Lavender Balsom and Marjoram 29. How to cure the Shaking-Palsey Drink for a great while the Decoction of Field-Cypress Petty-mallein and Sage eat also the kernels of Pine-Apples 30. How to strengthen weak Eyes Take Fenickle the Herb Vervin Eye-bright Rhue and Roses of each a little quantity distil them drop into the Eyes every morning and evening three or four drops of this water Or of the distilled water of Rotten-Apples also 't is good to receive the fume of the waters in which Fenile Eye-bright and Rhue have been boiled or to drink every morning half a glass of the wine of Eye-bright or to prepare a Powder of dryed Eye-bright with Sugar take thereof every morning two or three spoonfuls before you eat There is a stone to be found in an Ox-gall which being put into the Nostrils will make the sight very clear Also you may use Wine in the morning made of Stone-Rhue-Roots 31. A Cure for the running of the Eyes Lay a Plaister upon the fore-head made of Snail-slime beaten with Frankincense and Aloes till it be as thick as Honey 32. A Cure for Weeping Eyes All humours which fall into the Eyes may be dryed up by a Decoction made of the leaves of Betony Fenickle-root and a little Frankincense wash the Eyes therewith Or by a Decoction of Chervil mix therewith the juice of Rue with scum'd honey Or bind behind the head Rolls of Amber which have a great virtue to hinder the humour or Rheum that falleth down the Throat Or drop into the Eyes the distilled water of a Mans Gall and the Herb Salandine Or anoint the corners of the Eyes with blacking which is made of Butter burnt in a Lamp this Remedy dryeth up all running of the Eyes and is convenient for all Running-sores and Fistula's which come of Humours and Rheums 33. To cure the Redness or Inflammation of the Eyes Lay a Linnen-cloth or Tow of Flax which is wet in the white of Eggs and well beaten with Rose or Lambs-tongue-water or take a sower rotten-Apple mingled with womans-Milk and anoint therewith the Eye-lids Or make a Garland of Damask-Roses or the Preserve of Roses and other things drawing together lay these upon the Temples of the Head and they will hinder the humour which occasions the redness Or soak in Womans-Milk little slices of Veal or of the neck of an Ox newly kill'd lay them upon the Eyes and Tow upon them Or take the Urine of a young Child take it in a Copper Vessel or Metal let it stand covered with a fine cloath twenty four hours of this gather together the Rust and mingle it with Rose-water put it into a glass with a narrow neck stop it well and drop some of it into the Eyes in the morning and at night or prepared Tutty But against the inveterate redness of the Eyes take white Copperas to the bigness of a small Nut bruised there are several sorts of Flowers so called white Allum of each the twenty fourth part of an ounce Fountain-water one pint mingle these together to an Eye-water or boil them together until the water be clear drop three or four drops of this into the Eyes or make a Plaister of Leaven or of the remainder of Flax-seed Oyl Gum of Arabia-Dragant Mastick and Camâ—her 34. To cure the Inflammation of the Eyes Take the Lungs of a Weather newly â—ill'd or of an Ewe lay it upon the Eyes or take the pap of a sweet roasted-apple mix it with Barley-meal Womans-milk Rose-water and white of Eggs. Or water of Marygolds the Eye of a Wolf or the little stones which are found in the bellies of Swallows being hung about the neck have the same virtue Or take a piece of Frankincense upon the point of a stick set it on fire with a wax-candle extinguish it in four ounces of rose-Rose-water continue the lighting and extinguishing thereof thirty times then strain it through a clean cloth to an Eye-water drop some of it into the corners of the Eyes at night when you go to bed and if you please mingle with the water some womans Milk 35. To take red Spots out of the Eyes Make a Plaister of green-wormwood pounded in a womans Milk and Rose-water Or drop into the Eyes the blood of the wing of a Pigeon or Turtle-dove this last is good when the Eye is hurt with a blow 36. To cleanse the Eyes of Matter Wipe them and stroak them gently with a Saphire wet in cold water 37. To take Spots and Webs out of the Eyes Take the new-laid Eggs of a black Hen roast them hard in hot ashes cut them in four equal parts take out the yolks fill them with white-sugar-candy â—ruised then strain them through a clean â—innen-cloth very hard this water or Oyl â—s good to drop into Eyes at any time of the day or night Or you may make a water of white-Coperas Sugar-candy Rose-water and the white of Eggs hard-boyled strain these through a linnen-cloth drop this inâ—o the Eyes at noon after dinner and at light when you go to bed Also the â—owder of white-beans onely put into the Eyes is very good Or take prepared Tutty scrap'd small â—ne ounce Broad-sword half an ounce soak his in Rose-water and white-wine of â—ach about one pint let it stand six weeks together in the Sun in a
Flowers of wild Pomgranats Cinnamon and Cloves All these you shall reduce into fine Powder each apart to joyn them together as necessity requireth Also Oyl and water of Copperas make the Teeth white But some allow not of this because of their burning heat and because they imagine they will loose the Teeth Indeed the water may better be used than the Oyl and with less danger especially when you mingle it with common water and rub the Teeth and Gums with it a Month together Of the afore-said and other like Ingredients a Powder may be made and used very useful for the Teeth with which you may rub them in the morning fasting A Powder for the Teeth Take the Powder of clean Crystal one eighth part and one sixteenth part of an ounce red and white Coral of common Salt of each the eighth part of an ounce Pumice-stone Sea-scum of each the two and thirtieth part of an ounce Alabaster-stone white Marble-stone Rock-Allum Root of Flower-de-luce of Florence Crimson-berries Cinnamon of each the sixteenth part of an ounce prepared Pearls the twenty fourth part of an ounce make all these into a fine Powder mingled together Preserves for the Teeth Of such Powders you may make Preserves if you put honey thereto with which you may rub your Teeth and Gums in the morning Another Preserve may be made to make the Teeth white and fast and the Gums hard and strong which will also cure a stinking breath proceeding from the Teeth and 't is thus prepared Take of a wheaten-loaf three ounces red and white Coral Harts-horn of each half an ounce Allum one sixteenth part of an ounce Pellitory of the wall Venus-hair of each one handful Egg-shells four or five put these together in an earthen-pot set it in the Oven when the Bread is taken out till they be turned into ashes then take of these ashes four ounces of Cinnamon the 4th part of an ounce of Cloves or Gilliflowers Bread-sword of each the eighth part of an 〈◊〉 Spica-Nardi Calamus of each the sâ—â—â—â—enth part of an ounce well cleansed Oyl of Roses as much as will be necessary mingle the aforesaid Ingredients being reduced to a Powder and add thereto vineger of Sea-onion one ounce work this into a Preserve when you have rubb'd the Teeth with these Preserves then rinse them with wine With the aforesaid Ingredients you may make very useful waters to rinse the Teeth in the morning fasting As take wild Mulberries when they are green one pound leaves of the Mastick-tree half a pound Agrimony one handful Roots of Flower-de-luce Dragon-blood of each three ounces distil these through a glass to a Tooth-water and keep it in a glass for your use The following water is much commended for keeping the Teeth white Take Rose-water and common-water of each four ounces burnt Allum powdered one quarter of an ounce whole Cinnamon the eighth part of an ounce put all these together upon a soft fire and let it boil until a third part thereof be consumed take it off then and when the water is cold strain it through a cloth put it into a glass and keep it for your use A Water to make Black Teeth White This following water cleanseth the Teeth how filthy and slimy soever and makes Black Teeth White Take Live-brimstone and Allum of each one pound Wine-vineger four ounces some take instead of vineger the Spirit of Copperas draw water out of these through a Colb-glass with a slow fire that the water may not smell of the Brimstone For to make the Teeth White For to make the Teeth White it is good also to rub the Teeth with Pellitory of the Wall Roots of Beets crust of barley-bread Goats-horn burned to ashes you may put all these things into an earthen pot and put it into the Oven with several Batches of Bread till they become ashes or rub your Teeth with honey and ashes of Vine-leaves which have not born any Grapes To preserve the Teeth from filthiness For to keep the Teeth clean and to preserve them from all filthiness wash the Mouth every morning and evening with Fountain-water one pint Rose-water six ounces Allum Cinnamon of each a quarter of an ounce boil this in a leaded earthen-pot until one third or fourth part is consumed Or wash the Teeth with Sage Rosemary Marjoram prepared with white-wine and the same boil'd until two third parts are wasted 57. How to fasten the Teeth when loose It is good to wash the same with Rose-water and Allum mixt together or the Roots of five-finger-grass and Allum 58. For to prevent hollowness of the Teeth Hold in the morning under your tongue a course large corn of Bay-salt let it melt and rub your Teeth therewith After that you have used all Remedies it will be good for the preservation of the Teeth to rub them oftentimes with Roots of Marsh-Mallo's by which means they will be smooth and bright these Roots are especially useful for they make the gums fast and leave a good smell behind When you prepare them you shall cut the Roots off four or five fingers long if they are gross and thick then you shall cut them through again in the length for to make thereof pieces that are of the thickness of a little finger next you shall let them boil six hours in clean water with Salt Allum and root of Flower-de-luce at last you shall dry them which must be done quickly and not slowly lest they rot therefore you shall put them in a hot Oven if it be in winter-time when you cannot have the benefit of the Sun 59. A Remedy against Tooth-ach The Tooth-ach proceeds from divers as well cold as hot causes in case it is occasioned by cold then use these following means You shall rinse the Teeth with strong vinegar in which Wormwood is boyl'd Strawberries or red-wine in which are boyl'd leaves of Strawberries with Lavender Sage and Marjoram or White-Wine wherein the leaves and Nots of the Cypress-tree Juniper-berries and Roses Mirtle-leaves are boiled or the Flowers of Lavender Cinamon Fenickle Roots of Sparagus boiled in Wine oyl of Juniper-tree is good being put in the Teeth if they are hollow but this following is better Oyl of Pepper Cloves Sage Bame Oyl of Spike and Aqua-fortis being gently put into the hollow Tooth with Cotton takes away the pain and breaketh it if it is corrupted If the Tooth-ach proceeds from an hot cause then you shall put to the painful Teeth Oyl of Poppeys Mandragora Henbane-seed together or alone or in want of oyls the Mandragora and Henbane mixt with Wine or Henbane Roots mixt with Rose-water and Wine-vineger or you shall hold in the Mouth Wine-vineger wherein Campher has been boiled from what cause soever the Tooth-ach proceedeth you shall appease the pain with Oyl of Henbane-seed which is made after this manner sprinkle the seed of Henbane with Brandy then put it into a glass which you shall cover very close put it in a kittle full
adding thereto one ounce of Syrup of Venus-hair and that he shall take in the morning The Voice is also made clear by little Cakes made of Diairis-powder and taken in the morning and at night Also Syrup of Jujuben as also the decoction of Elicampane made with Vinegar and with Honey in which Liquoris has been boyl'd performs the same An excellent Remedy against this evil â—s to take this at night when you go â—o bed for it makes the almost-lost â—peech to be restored again Brandy-Syrup Put one ounce of fine Sugar that is â—oudered in a little flat dish pour thereupon of the best Brandy as much as is â—ecessary for to cover the Sugar sufficiâ—ntly put the dish upon a coal-Coal-fire and â—t the Brandy afire with a burning-paper â—â—newing the same as often as the flame â—oes out Stir the Sugar without ceasing â—â—ll it cease burning All the remaining â—â—quor which shall be left on the bottom â—f the little porenger not being above â—ne spoonful and a half the Patient shall â—ake while it is hot Then you shall perâ—â—me his Night-cap with Frankincense â—arnish or Gum of Juniper-tree Mastick â—orax Benzoin nay you shall take Tow 〈◊〉 Flax which perfume and lay it upon â—he head Dyet But whatsoever is the cause of the â—oarsness it is necessary to abstain from sowre and salt Victuals from raw Fruits Fish and slimy things also from Beans Pease Chesnuts and other windy things as well as from heavy bread from drinking Wine between Meals from sleeping in day-time from going in the cold wind or in the Sun but above all from straining his Voice by loud speaking or haâ—â— going silence and quiet being one parâ— of the Cure 64. Of Shortness of Breath Against shortness of the breath or diâ—ficulty in breathing otherwise callâ—â— short-winded besides the means whiâ—â— are good against the Cough this followinâ— Liquor is good and very useful beiâ—â— made of these following like unto a Coâ—serve Take large Raisons without stones oâ— ounce two great Figs one Date dâ— Hysop Venus-hair Liquoris well wasâ— Fox-lungs distilled water of Scabiosa â— each the eighth part of an ounce Penâ—dice two ounces Syrup of Liquoris â— each enough to the third parts of â— Conserve of which Syrup you shall uâ— with a little stick of Liquorish a whâ—â—â— after Dinner before or after that you haâ— used a Decoction of the following Take Venus hair Marubium of each one handful Ani-seed Licorish Dates Dry-figs Seed of Fenickle Ladies-mark boiled in a pint of water so long till one third part is consumed use this every morning two hours before breakfast and presently after it or a little before it eat a little cake of Diairis or Diahysopum anoint the Breast with a Salve which is made of this following Take Oyl of Sweet Almonds two ounces fresh May-Butter one ounce a little Saffron New wax as much as is enough melted and mingled to a chafing Salve For as much as the short-windedness is worse than the Hoarseness or Cough you must take greater care in your Diet when troubled with the short-windedness than if you have a Cough Therefore you must abstain from the aforesaid and all other windy Meats and contrariwise you shall feed upon peeled Barley boiled in sweet Almonds-milk with Sugar the juice of red Cabbage or you shall eat of old Cock with Hysop and Saffron you shall eat Hens Pigeons and the like roasted Figs Raisons Dates sugared kernels Pine-Apples Almonds moderate motion is good but above all it is very bad to bestir himself much before dinner and the perturbation and distraction of the mind is far worse 65. A Remedy for a Cough Take Hysop Colts foot of each one handful Figs large Raisons Liquorish of each one ounce boil this in water till two third parts are wasted and drink thereof twice a day two hours before dinner and one hour before supper Or let the Patient drink twice a day of Red cole-worts with a handful of Colts-foot and one or two small stalks of Hysop and these things must boil a little time 66. Against the pain in the side Against the pain in the side Pleurisis drink immediately Syrop of Violets or others that are proper for the Breast with two half ounces of Nettle-seed or Ashen-tree-seed or water of Carduus Benedictus our Ladies-Thistle or of Bryer or in a spoonful of white-wine the powder of hasel-nut-shells the eighth part of an ounce eighteen grains of Red-Coral these things being well mingled together add thereto the Seed of Melions Gourds and Cowcombers being very useful for this purpose this you shall take luke-warm â—s soon as it is possible after you perceive the Distemper Or roast in the hot ashes â— sweet Apple when it is roasted enough then mingle it with the juice of Lickorish Starch and white Sugar give the Paâ—ient this twice a day two hours before â—inner or supper or take the eighth â—art of an ounce of the powder of a â—oars Tooth with juice of sweet-Almonds and Sugar-candy or with the â—uice of Red-coleworts barley-water or â—â—e like things that are specifical for the â—reast or make ashes of the pisle of an Ox and give the Patient thereof to â—rink the eighth part of an ounce with white-wine or with Carduus Benedictus â—r Barley-water if this be used before â—â—e third day it is a special Remedy How to make Ashes of the Pisle of an Ox. Their Ashes are made in this manner They cut the Pisle in pieces laying it upâ—n an even hearth covered with a new â—ot and round about the same fiery burnâ—â—g coals or hot ashes renewing the same â— many times till it is turned into ashes for which almost a whole day is required but if this pain continues let him use â— Decoction of Roses Poppies or onâ— eighth part of an ounce of the powdeâ— thereof with the water of Scabiosa and Pimpernel and Syrrup of Hysop otherwise with Syrrup of Violets but if therâ— is not any hope to be cured by this theâ— take one of the best sweet Apples takâ— out the kernels and fill it again witâ— fine white Frankincense wrap it up â—â— Tow or Flax and let it roast slowlâ— in the ashes and give him this to eaâ—â— who is troubled with the pain in the sidâ— 67. Against vomiting of Blood Against the Vomiting of Blood driâ—â— stilled water of the first budding or puttinâ—â— out of Oak-leaves or the Decoction Wall-wort Lambs-tongue Thousand-buâ—ton or of Horse-tail or let him swalloâ— down a little piece of Mastick buâ— Harts-horn Goats-horn Bolus Armeniâ—â— Terra sigillata red Corals or Amber the powder of the innermost little shels Chestnuts or Cork or Hogs-dung roaâ—â— with unsalted Butter this you shall giâ—â— him to eat 68. A Cure for the Consumption For the comfort and ease of those who are in a Consumption these means are useful The Patient shall drink every morning four hours before meat a little draught of Milk of a she-Ass or of a Bitch fresh
to it into another glass without spilling any of the brimstone then stop it fast and when you use it dip therein lint of a clean cloth or cotton or black-wooll and lay it on the Wound Boyl or swelling every day till it be healed you may put Oyl upon the same Brimstone out of which Oyl hath been once poured 138. Of Wounds by a Bullet If the Bullet sticks in the Wound and you would get it out make a tent of a Quince-Apple or of Marmalade anointed with Oyl and Eggs and put it into the Wound 139. Against strained Sinews Take ripe berries of Elder fill therewith a round flask half full with the oyl of Olives stop the Glass well and let it stand twenty four hours in a skillet of boyling-water then put it ten days in a dunghil Or oyl of Elder thus fill a glased pot half full with the juyce of Elder-leaves and fill it with the oyl of Olives stop it close with dough put it into an Oven after the bread is drawn and let it stand there untill the juyce be wholly consumed But this is more expedient lay upon the Sinew the dung of an Ox or Cow fryed in a pan with strong vineger or oyl of Acorns or Gum of a wild Pear-tree mingled with Capons-grease or oyl of Siccamore-Tree or Jasmin 140. Against stung Sinews Take Snails with the shells pound them small and put thereto dust-meal which is on the walls of Mills put this upon the Sinews or anoint them with the oyl of Earth-worms 141. For Sinews that are cut through Take unwashed Earth-worms pound them small and lay them on the wounded Sinews or lay Alder-flowers to soak or steep in the Sun in oyl of Nuts or in Balsom or oyl and dress the Sinew with it 142. For inward Wounds If they may not be tented drink the decoction of Eringo-Thistle and wash the outward Wound therewith Also take of Bramble-berries stinging-Nettles Marygoulds Sanickle Mouse-ear Pimpernel green-Sene Canker-flowers Lambs-tongue little tops of Hemp Female-Ferne Ox-tongue Gentiana Vervine Ash-keys Pennyroyal Scordium Nip Ruperts-herb five-finger-herb Venus-hair of all kinds Roots of Madder Sage the whole Wallwort St. Johns-herb Daisies Betony Agrimony Brunella of each an handful flowers that strengthen the heart four ounces of St. Johns-herb Carduus Benedictus seed long Raisons stoned Liquoris of each an ounce all these being well washed must be very well pounded and strained with one pint of white-wine to a Potion Let the wounded person drink hereof before dinner and supper if this drink be unpleasant to him then instead of pounding boyl the above-mentioned Ingredients in common-water and add thereto white-Wine honey of Roses Syrrup of dry-Roses as much as shall be necessary Cleanse the Wound with luke-warm white-Wine and lay thereupon fresh red and warm'd leaves of Coleworts forbear salt-meats Spices strong-Wine great labour and women 143. Against the biting of a Mad-Dog Eat sweet brier-wort and wash the hurt with a young Childs Piss or with a decoction of Rhue Figs red-Coleworts and Salt mingled with honey and butter 144. To Cure the Biting of a Serpent Take immediately a draught of the juyce of an Ash-tree with white-Wine and lay upon the bed of the party bitten the leaves out of which the juyce was pressed or the milky juyce of the Fig-tree or juyce of Figs or Mustard-seed bruised with vineger Or take the leaves of Wool-herb Caryophilate red-Currans of each an handful boil them in vineger and Mares-piss of each a like quantity until the half be consumed to a Potion Drink of this at once a small drinking-glass bath the Wound with the remainder of the pecoction 145. A Cure for Kibe-heels Take the burnt-ashes of old shoo-soles mingle them with oyl of Roses and anoint therewith the Kibes or lay thereupon Granate-shells boyled in Wine 146. A Cure for stinking Feet Put in your shooes the scales of Iron if you will preserve your health keep your body clean and purge out seasonably superfluous humours therefore use gentle Purges viz. Clysters Pills or small Potions to prevent thereby great sicknesses As take a Clyster every Month to keep the body in good order take purging Pills by the Advice of your Physician Pills of Aloe Myrrha wet with Wine or the Syrrup of Venus-hair which is good against fleam and being taken once a week 't is good for the stomach sight and hearing When your stomach is stopped you may loosen it by taking the eighth part of an ounce of the Powder of the leaves of Damask-Roses with broth made of flesh a little before dinner or with Cassia alone In the Spring you may cleanse and â—urge humours with the decoction of pale-Roses drink eight or nine mornings together one spoonful in a morning or without respect to the season of the year you may purge with these Flesh-broths Take a young Hen or a quarter thereof or boyl Weather-Mutton that is not very fat add thereto good Herbs as Bernagy Sorrel Lettice tame and wild Cicory of each a little quantity viz. an handful when it is boyled strain it through a cloth into a well-glazed-pot and adde thereto Sena-leaves Cinnamon and Anniseed of each a little then stop the pot very close that the vapours may not fly out put it on a fire and let it boyl up one boyling onely then take it from the fire and let it stand a whole night upon hot ashes the next morning strain it through a clean cloth and add to it Syrrup of Roses one ounce and an half boyl it to a potion take a little of this made warm about five hours before dinner in Spring and Harvest they are the best times because then Herbs are best in their season but better in the Spring than in the Harvest The Apozemata or herb-Potions purge fundamentally yet gently because of the divers vertue of Herbs of which they are made Add to this Potion Rhabarbar leaves of Sene Agarins also little Cakes of Cinnamon Sugar and other things according to the condition and complexion of the Patients body Another Purging Remedy Take Virgin-honey one pound Powder of Agarius of Folia-Sene of one of three or of all three four ounces mingle this Powder with honey let it stand sixty days in a cool-place in a pot well covered stirring it every day and take off the Scum FINIS
bitter Almonds Pompion or Melon-seed Radish-seed Meal of Rice Beans Fig-beans a kind of Pulse of an harsh and bitter tast Turkish-beans white-Cicory of each as much as you shall think fit or convenient dissolve these in Rose-water and mix them to a Salve There is another Salve made with Oyl of Almonds and Brimstone with Asses grease juyce of Reed-Roots and Honey Roots of a white-Vine boil'd in the Oyl of Olives the powder of a Crab-fish burnt the Ashes of Wine-stone and of Myrrha spread this Salve upon the face being made wet with the steam or smoak of water It is very useful to heal the scars and black-spots of the pox 13. To take away Scabs and Scurff which eat into the skin Take the juice of Purslain Lambs-tongue Night-shade and Lemons if this be not sufficient then add thereto red Wine-stone apply this mixture to the place eaten in by the Scabs Or lay the Root of the Herb Patient a soaking for one day in strong wine-vinegar cut it in slices and with one of the slices chafe the fore place three or four times a day Or take of Aloes half a quarter of an ounce Sublimate ten grains water of Lambs-tongue-leaves Night-shade as much as you shall judge sufficient of each a like quantity boil all these together to the consumption of the half and work them to an Oyntment Or take Gum of the black-cherry-tree a little Brimstone and twice as much Salt put these to soak in strong wine-Vineger rub therewith the sore place or chafe it in with fasting spittle or with the gum which runs out of the Vine but first mix them with Salt-peter and pounded Tobacco viz. the juice and herb pounded together 14. To take away white Scabs and Sores Wash the Patients head with Oxepipe until it bleed and then spread thereupon the Powder of the dung of a white hen dryed in an Oven Or Soot of the Chimney bruised and mixed with strong Vineger 15. How to prevent the falling of Hair and to make Hair grow Rub the bare place with Red-cloth until it bleed then rub it with a Salve made of Honey Flax-seed-Oyl Powder of Gnats roast these upon a Tile Or rub it with a Mouse-turd and Honey or with burnt Nut-shells which are mixed with Wine and Oyl 16. To make white or gray Hairs black Take bruised Gall-nuts fry them in an Iron-pan till they be very black drop thereon by little and little the Oyl of Olives stirring it constantly till it be well incorporated hold them over the fire till it be dry then bruise them to powder adding thereto Red-Copper Rosemary Chrystal Salt Sal Gemmae dryed clay or Pot-earth and Cloves pounded small this being done take Allum shells of Nuts and of Pomgranats of each a like quantity boil these in wine until they be as black as Ink then strain them and put the aforesaid Powder therein but first before you apply it to the Head moisten the Head with a very good Lye Then wash it with this Wine and keep it covered five or six hours then rinse it with wine and water then dry it and the hair will continue black for five or six Months 17. How to kill Nits Make a Decoction of the Lye of Wormwood Acorns and Nuts in strong wine-Vineger 18. How to kill Lice Chafe the place with the juice of brine mix'd with the Oyl of Anis or of Juniper or with a Decoction of Lice-herb Staphisagria Or boil Bacon in a Leaded-pot and white Frankincense of each a like quantity to the stifness of a Salve strain it and keep it for your use 19. How to cure the stinging of venemous Beasts If a Mouse Spider Fly Wasp Horse-leech or any venemous beast by stinging or biting have caused the flesh to swell then you shall stroke gently the place which is hurt with the juice of Southern-wood and the pain shall immediately cease and the swelling also will diminish Or lay thereupon the dung of an Ox or Cow hot or smear it with fasting spittle 20. A cure for the Head-ach If it be occasioned by heat you shall lay thereupon little slices of Gourd or a fine cloath dipt in Rose-water juice of Lambs-tongue Night-shade Lettice or Purslain put into white-Wine Or beat the white of two Eggs with Rose-water wet Tow in it and lay it to the fore-head Or wash your head with luke-warm water wherein wine and Sage-leaves have been boiled or Roses and Prune-flowers with this Decoction wash the Legs and Feet If the pains be so great that the understanding be prejudiced then lay upon the top of the Head fore-head and Temples a Poultis of the white of an Egg Bolus Armenius sowre Apples boiled or in Betony-water and Wine-vineger but if the pain proceedeth from Drunkenness then make a small cushion of Venus Hair and Roses and bind it about the fore-head or you shall receive the vapour of boil'd Coleworts or as soon as the Head begins to ake eat one or two bitter Almonds or drink grated Harts-horn in River or Fountain-water or mix it with the hair of the dog that bit you But if the Head-ach be occasioned by cold then lay upon the Head little bags filled with Barley and roasted-salt Sage Marjoram Thyme Annis and bay-berries Juniper-berries as hot as you can endure it 21. How to cure inveterate Head-ach and Vlcers of the Skull Roast in the ashes a little piece of the uttermost rind of an Onion wet and sprinkled with the Oyl of Roses or Laurel-berries put it into the Ear on that side the pain is it is also necessary to keep a good Diet without which all Remedies are in vain Therefore in all kind of Head-achs drink but little Wine and eat but a little let your Victuals be good and such as will feed little as the flesh of young Hens Stewed Lettice Purslain and Sorrel Milk of Sweet-Almonds with peeled Barley eat no windy Herbs nor sodden-meat nor Milk alone which is very bad in this Distemper and for all sorts of Agues let the Patient discharge himself of all disturbances of Mind neither let him read nor write much but with quietness expect by Gods Blessing the operation of these means 22. A Remedy against Madness For the cure of Madness occasioned by hot sicknesses bind on the Head the Lungs or whole Pluck of a Weather newly killed or a Chicken or Pigeon split on the midst of the back put it on the Patients Head or anoint the fore-head especially the Temples with Oyl of Roses Vineger and Poplar-salve or with the juice of Nightshade Oyl of Roses and Wine-Vineger 23. A Cure for the Lethargy Make a little cushion filled with Coleworts boiled in Vinegar and bind it on the fore-head Or let the fume of strong-Vinegar ascend into the Patients nostrils Or the sent of Rhue and the seed of Nigella Partridge-feathers old shoopatches Ass-claws or mans hair burnt Or bind on the fore-head a Plaister of Mithridate and on the right Arm the Head of a Bat.