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A90383	Tractatus de simplicium medicamentorum facultatibus. = A treatise of the nature and qualities of such simples as are most frequently used in medicines, both purging, and others. Methodically handled, for the benefit of those that understand not the Latine tongue. To which is added: many compound medicines for most diseases incident to mankinde: as also two alphabeticall tables, very necessary for the reader. Together with, the explanation of all hard words or termes of art, whereby the vulgar may the better understand it. / By Robert Pemel, practitioner in physick, at Cranebrooke in Kent. Licensed and enterd according to order.	Pemell, Robert.	1652 (1652)	Wing P1135; Thomason E660_8; ESTC R206760	229,009	355

any other convenient liquour Being boiled in Wine and applied it taketh away the black and blew spots that come by bruises or falls or oile wherein Rubarbe hath been boiled taketh away black and blew spots The hurtfull quality with the corrective means Rubarbe is hurtful to those that have very hot and dry bodies as also to such as are hectical or troubled with the Strangury It is corrected with Spicknard Squinanthum or Cynamon especially where you desire more to strengthen then to purge If you give it to purge and open obstructions or stoppings give it in Whey Posset-drink Endive or Succory-water or in White Wine being first infused therein The Dose The Dose in substance is from a dram to two drams in infusion from two drams to half an ounce The compounds made of Rubarbe Extract of Rubarbe Trosses of Rubarbe Pils of Rubarbe Syrup of Succory with Rubarbe Syrupus Augustanus vel de Rhabarbaro Syrupus Diasereos Rhabarbarum conditum Syrupus Magistralis ad Melancholiam Oile of Rubarbe Whether Rubarbe being dried or burnt may be used in the Dysenterie or Bloudy-Flux Although many learned Physicians give counsel to dry or burne Rubarbe and so to give it in the Bloudy-Flux and the greater the Flux is the more to dry or rather to burn it because hereby it bindes the more yet surely Rubarbe being much torrified or burnt hath a sharp and biting qualiity whereby it doth rather increase the Flux then stop it Massaria f. 478. Rondel Meth. cur Morb. f. 457. Amatus lucit cur Med. Cent. 2. f. 176. Schroderus Pharm Med. Chym. lib. 4. f. 235. If you would use Rubarbe to binde chiefly it is best to cast away the first decoction or infusion then to boil it gently and to make a strong expression or straining thereof and so to give it CHAP. 54. De Rubia tinctorum of Madder MAdder hath many long four-square reddish stalkes trailing on the ground rough or hairy and full of joynts at every joynt come forth long and somewhat narrow leaves standing like a star or the rowell of a spur about the stalks rough and hairy towards the tops whereof come forth many small pale yellow flowers the root is very long and red The names It is called also Rubia tinctorum and all from the colour because it dieth Wooll or Cloth into a red colour The temperament Madder-roots are hot in the second degree and dry in the third and have an opening quality and also an astringent property The best The best are the reddest and fairest roots not too old The duration The roots will keep good two or three yeers The inward use Madder bringeth down the courses in women and provoketh urine bringeth away the birth and after-birth cureth the Jaundise openeth the stoppings of the Speen Liver and Gall and diminisheth the Melancholy humour Some have reported that it provokes urine so much that it causeth bloud to come forth with it but this is only the colour of the root which being taken into the body doth cause the urine to look like bloud as Rubarbe doth make it look yellow The same taken in decoction or powder dissolveth congealed bloud in the body and is good for such as have falne or are bruised and is much used in vulnerary or wound-drinks It is good for such as have the Dropsie Palsie Sciatica or Hip-gowt The seeds of Madder taken with Vineger and Honey helpeth the swelling and hardness of the Spleen It is used also to amend or help the ill colour of the face and it helpeth Ulcers of the mouth if to the decoction be added a little Alome and Honey of Roses The juice of the root or decoction thereof is given to such as are hurt with venomous beasts and preserveth the body from putrefaction It is very good for such as have the Itch or Scab The manner of administring it It is given in decoction and in powder A decoction to provoke the Courses Take of Madder-roots bruised two ounces of Licoris bruised an ounce of Mugwort two handfuls of Rue half a handful boil these in three pintes of White Wine till a pinte or more be consumed then strain it and sweeten it with Sugar Give a good draught thereof warm morning and evening A powder against falls or bruises Take of Madder-roots two drams Mumme a dram Rubarbe half an ounce make them into powder and give a dram for a Dose in Wine The outward use Madder-roots bruised especially green and applyed to any part that is discoloured with Freckles Morphew the White-scurfe or such like deformities of the skin cleanseth them throughly and taketh them away especially if Vineger be mixed therewith or the powder of the root mixed with a little juice of Garlick Oile and a little Honey cureth any Itch Scab or foulness of the skin being anointed therewith The juice of the root dropped into the eares mitigates the pain thereof The roots applyed as a Pessary or the powder of the root made up with Oile of Savin and applied brings away the birth and after-birth The leaves of Madder have a speciall property to colour the haire of the head Dyers use it much saith Plinie Nat. Hist lib. 24. c. 11. fol. 192. to colour their Wooll and Woollen-cloth so do Curriers about their skins and Leathers The hurtfull qualities It must not be given to Women with childe nor often to such as have hot and dry bodies The Dose The Dose in powder is from a scruple to two scruples or more in decoction from tvvo drams to half an ounce CHAP. 55. De Sagapeno of Gum Sagapenum THe Gum Sagapenum is the juice of a kinde of Ferula growing in Media The names It is called in Latine Sagapenum and Serapinum The temperament It is hot in the third degree and dry in the second The best kinde The best is that which doth smell like Garlick or between Laser and Galbanum bright and cleer of a yellowish colour without but white within and will soon dissolve in water or Vineger also sharp in taste The duration It will keep good four or five yeers The inward use Sagapenum purgeth thick grosse and tough humours as also watery from the stomach belly wombe reins brain nerves joynts and lungs Therefore it is profitable in the Dropsie old cough shortnesse of breath pain of the head as in the Megrim Falling-Sicknesse Palsie Cramp or Convulsion trembling of the joynts in stoppings and tumours of the Spleen in the quartane Ague Collick in the stopping of the Urine and in suppression of the Courses in Women It is useful in suffocation or rising of the Mother and against the stinging of venomous beasts or poyson taken into the body The manner of administring it It is chiefly given in Pils Pils against the Dropsie Take of Sagapenum moistned or dissolved in the juice of Elecampane two scruples Trosses of Alhandal a scruple Diagredium five grains with syrup of Roses make a masse or lump for two Doses The externall use Being dissolved in Wine

and Oile of Roses it is good for the infirmities of the eares and mixed only with Honey it cleers the dim sight It is a present remedy against burning or scalding if it be boiled with Linseed-oile and the parts anointed with the same or wet clouts therein and lay them on It is commended against the clifts or chaps of the hands if the powder be strewed thereon for it closeth them up and dryeth The Chymicall Oile of Amber is good for cold and moist diseases of the brain if the temples or nape of the neck be anointed with a few drops thereof it discusseth or expelleth winde in the eares and head and strengtheneth the memory It is commended in the curing of Wounds Ulcers and Fistulous tumours being applyed with other ingredients It helps the Cramp being anointed therewith and deafnesse if a few drops be put into the eares with Cotton-Wooll It helpeth the stinking of the breath if it be mixed with Plantain-water or Rose-water and the mouth washed therewith and easeth also the pain of the teeth comming from a cold cause it cleanseth black teeth and maketh them white and helpeth the putrefaction of the gums and teeth It is useful in the relaxation or swelling of the Uvula or palate of the mouth It stayeth the bleeding of the nose if the nostrils be anointed therewith especially if a cloth wet in Plantain-water be applyed to the temples A Plaister against the heat of Vlcers Take of white Amber in powder an ounce of Honey a pound of common Salt in powder two ounces mix them together and apply it This draweth out the heat easeth the paine and healeth it Doring de Ol. Succin virib f. 183. The hurtfull qual●ty It is not to be given in very hot and dry bodies The Dose Amber in powder is given from a scruple to a dram or four scruples The Chymicall Oile from three drops to ten Of such things as are made of Amber Oile of Amber Magister of Amber Tincture of Amber Pils of Amber Balsam of Amber CHAP. 63. De Tamarindis of Tamarinds TAmarinds are the fruit of a tree growing in India Gart. ab Horto aromat histor cum annotatione car clus f. 119. Others say they are strangers in India and grow in Arabia being brought from thence into the Indies Renodaeus de Mat. Med l. 1. sect 1. f. 349. The names They are called in Latine Tamarindi from the Hebrew word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tamar i. e. Palma and Indus In Greek they are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Palmulae acidae in English Tamarinds The temperament They are cold and dry in the second degree or in the beginning of the third The best kinde The best are of a blackish or reddish colour fresh and moist of a sharp taste with many threds as it were among them They are adulterated with Prunes but that is easily known by the colour and taste The duratisn They will keep good being kept close two or three yeers The inward use They purge choler and adust humours therefore are used in acute Feavers in the Frensie madnesse they stay vomiting cool inflammations both of the Liver and stomach as also of the reins and back and help the running of the Reins they also stay Rheumes and Distillations They open obstructions or stoppings both of the Liver and Spleen and are profitable against all eruptions or breakings forth of the skin which arise from the heat of the bloud or from sharp or salt water running between the flesh and the Skin or Scab Itch Leprosie and such like They quench thirst wonderfully and are good against the Jaundise as also most excellent in Erysipelas or Wild-fire bleeding of the nose arising from choler and Womens fluxes The manner of administring them They are given in Boles in Potions and Decoctions A Bole. Take of the pulp of Tamarinds an ounce and a half species Diarrhodon Abbatis two scruples mix them together and make a Bole. A Powder Take of the pulp of Tamarinds half an ounce Manna two ounces Succory-water four ounces dissolve them in water and make a Potion Or Take of Prunes Sebestens of each ten in number Tamarinds an ounce of the foure greater cold-seeds viz. Gourds Cutruls Cucumers and Melons of each a dram of Borrage Buglosse Rosemary and Violet-flowers a dram make a gentle decoction in about a pinte of Endive or Violet-water then strain it and add thereto syrupe of Roses one ounce and a half syrup of Violets half an ounce Oile of Vitriol five drops mix them together and give it This is excellent in burning Feavers arising of choler They may be given in Posset-drink or Whey also in Succory-water or Goats-Whey Against the small Pox boil them with Dates Figs and Jujubes and give them in broth made with Lentiles But note that they must not be much boiled for they will not endure any long boyling They are most convenient in hot and acute Feavers in hot seasons and in hot bodies The externall use They are applied outwardly against all inflammations of the skin as Wheals Pimples and such like The hurtfull quality with the corrective meanes There are two inconveniences in Tamarinds First they offend and hurt a cold stomach therefore to help it give them with Mastich Cynamon Anise-seed Mace or such like Secondly they are very astringent and binding therefore in the beginning of putrid Feavers abstain from them and be very cautious in giving them except it be in a small quantity and with Manna Cassia or the like The Dose The Dose of the pulp is from one ounce to two ounces In decoction or infusion it is given from two ounces to three or four ounces The compound Medicines made of Tamarinds Pulp of Tamarinds Electuary lenitive Electuary Diacatholicon c. CHAP. 64. De Tormentilla of Tormentill TOrmentill is an hearb so like Cinquefoile that many mistake it Cōmon Tormentil hath many slender weak branches rising frō the root leaning as it were upon the ground with many short leaves that stand closer to the stalks then the other Cinquefoiles do with the foot-foot-stalks encompassing the branches at severall places the leaves be small five or most commonly seven growing upon a stem much like the leaves of Cinquefoile or five-leafed grasse but somewhat longer and lesser dented about the edges many of them the flowers be yellow much like Cinquefoile but smaller the root is black without but reddish within and sometimes a little crooked The names It is called in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ex 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 septem et 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 folium that is seven leaves In Latine Tormentilla quia valet adversus tormenta intestinorum In English Tormentill and Set-foile The temperament It is dry in the third degree without any manifest heat binding and of subtile or thin parts The duration The herbe will keep a year and the root two yeares The inward use Tormentill is Diaphoreticall and Alexipharmacall and vulnerary that is it provokes sweat expels