of Citrons one pound Distil it and separate the Oyl from the water rectifie it and reserve it for use Then take of white Sugar Candy three ounces Oyl of Citrons rectified half an ounce Mix them and you have a most odorate Eleosaccharum of Citrons Yet there is another more secret way of preparing an Eleosaccharum of Citrons and Oranges and that is thus from the exterior coat of them being yet recent the oily Juyce is prest and mixt with a sufficient quantity of white Sugar Candy and well incorporate and so you have an Eleosaccharum far more sweet and excellent both in smell and taste which is also easier to be prepared Virtue Use and Dose It helps the imbecillity of the Heart and Ventricle it promotes Concoction and discusseth Flatulencies it is good against Poisons and causeth a sweet breath It being also mixed with Wine doth wonderfully advance it by its most sweet odour and taste The Dose is from half a scruple to a scruple in any convenient Vehicle Annotation This way of Preparation may be observed almost in all Spices Gums Barks Herbs Flowers and Seeds c. to wit in Clove-gilli-flowers Cinamon Cassia lignea Nutmegs Mace Pepper white Amber Mastich Marjoram Sage Rue Lavender flowers of Chamomil and Roses Aniseeds Fenil-seed Angelica Caraway Cummin-seed Dill c. From these and such like may Eleosaccharum be prepared most friendly to humane Nature Magistery of Parsley Take Ashes of Hearts-ease or Salt of Tartar half a pound and with a sufficient quantity of Rain-water make a strong Lixivium clear c. Then take Parsley not dryed in the Sun and cut small what quantity you please Put it into a Glass and pour upon it your Lixivium already made let them stand in digestion in a warm place to extract the Tincture To this being impregnate and the Lixivium yet hot pour upon it warm crude Alum half a pound dissolved in Rain-water mix them well together and the true Tincture of the Parsley will precipitate with the ebullition and be a little green which diligently edulcorate and keep for use Virtue Use and Dose It heats and cuts the Humors it strongly provokes the Terms and Urine it discusseth Wind and expels the Stone The Dose is from six grains to ten or twenty in some appropriate Vehicle Annotation In like manner Magisteries or Tinctures of green dryed Herbs as of Rue Watercresses Water-Mints Rosemary Sage c. are extracted and kept for the use of them in Physick SECT II. Of Liquid Tinctures Tincture of Coral TAKE true Spirit of Honey Philosophically distilled but not that corrosive and poisonous vulgar sort pour it upon the pure red fragments of Coral first Spagyrically and without fire calcined to draw the Tincture until the body remains white and as it were dead All the Extractions being mixed after due ablution and Coagulation draw it off gently in Balneo Mariae and the remaining Essence of the dissolved matter not of the dissolving Menstruum again draw off with rectified Spirit of Wine until you do receive a most red Tincture like blood which you shall make into the form of an Oyl at least of an Alcoole by evaporating the mediety thereof and keep it for your use as the true and genuine Preparation of Corals but by no means make your Tincture with Aqua Mellis as many have hitherto done by hiding of this Secret Virtue Use and Dose Hitherto the Hermetical Artists have kept this noble and precious Essence to themselves for they used it with happy and great success in Phantastical imaginations Epilepsie and Melancholy because it mundifies and renews the blood throughout the whole body It also resists all defects rising in the blood by putrefaction and corruption and it radically throws off all internal diseases It also comforteth the seven principal Members but especially the Heart and vital Spirits which it defends against poison and all other evil and dangerous accidents Also it wonderfully opens all obstructions of the principal Members as the Lungs Liver Spleen and Kidneys and it allays Inflammations It eats up the heat of Feavers and consumes their matter c. It is a divine Medicine in the most vehement suffocation of the Matrix superfluity of the Terms in the Dropsie Scurvy Palsie Pox Leprosie Dysentery Gonorrhoea Convulsions and Blood congealed or stagnant The Dose is from six drops to half a scruple or a whole scruple in Vehicles convenient and proper to the disease Tincture of Mars Take of Sal Armoniack two parts of filing of Steel one part Mix them and in a Retort distil them by degrees first with a gentle after with a more strong fire and the Essence of Mars will remain in the bottom take this and edulcorate it well that it may be free from all the sharpness of the Sal Armoniack then put this matter thus edulcorated into a little Cucurbit and with Spirit of Wine extract a Tincture and when it will tinge no more take away the tinctured Spirit and draw it off to the half in an Alembick that which remains with the Essence extracted filter through a Paper and reserve that for use as the true Tincture of Mars Virtue Use and Dose This Tincture of Mars is by Experiment found to be of singular use in all obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Also in Hypochondriack Melancholy Quartan Agues ill habit of Body Dropsie Green-sickness Scurvy the Terms too much either in flux or retention The Dose is from six drops to half a scruple in Wine Syrups Decoctions or other convenient Liquors that the strength of it may so much the better penetrate which is effectual even to the remote and extreme parts of the body but in the use of this the body ought to be often and gently purged of the peccant humors and a good Diet to be observed Tincture of Antimony TAke Vitriol calcined to a redness what quantity you please pour upon it distilled Vinegar Let them stand in a warm place for two or three days take the Tincture by inclination filter it and the Menstruum is prepared Then take a sufficient quantity of crude Antimony well pulverized and pour upon it of your Menstruum before-mentioned what quantity you please and let them digest according to art until the Menstruum appear yellow which pour off and pour on fresh till all the Tincture is extracted This being done and all the several Tinctures mixed let them be distilled to the thickness of Honey then at last draw it off again with Spirit of Wine to the half and you shall then receive a reddish Tincture which keep for use Virtue Use and Dose It doth wonders in the Epilepsie Melancholy Madness Love potions and poisonous Draughts The Dose is six grains in some convenient Vehicle Tincture of Sulphur EXtract flowers of Sulphur with Spirit of Turpentine in the usual manner which being done let the Spirit evaporate by degrees till the rest is dry then take out the drâ—ed matter and pulverize it and with Spirit of
Vitriol calcined a very red Oyl take the Caput mortuum and from thence extract the extreme Salt free from all the taste of Vitriol then mix three parts of this extracted Salt with two parts of the distilled Oyl put upon a fire till it be dry Repeat this labour so often till the Salt is double the weight it was at first then put this Salt into a glass Cucurbit and pour upon it so much Oyl of Vitriol seal it Hermetically and set it to putrifie and afterwards into warm Sand which within a few days you shall find coagulated and so it is prepared Vertue Use and Dose This Arcanum is not only a stomachical Specifick but also a most powerful Remedy against all kind of Diseases which I happily use in general to conserve the Body in health The Dose from three and five grains to six or eight in some appropriate Vehicle Nitre Vitriolated TAke of Nitre prepared one part Spirit of Vitriol rectified two parts Mix them and distil it in a Retort by degrees first with a gentle then with a more strong fire till the Retort wax very hot and when the Spirit will no more ascend let it cool by degrees and in the bottom of the Retort will remain a white Powder almost void of its sharp corrosive and nitrous quality Upon this Powder pour so much fresh Spirit of Vitriol as is sufficient for its dissolution then filter it through a brown Paper and let it half evaporate away and put it then into a cool place to crystallize Take these Crystals and dry them and keep them for use and so you have the true Nitrum vitriolatum which by certain Chymists is called the Coagulated Spirit of Vitriol Virtue Use and Dose It hath the same virtue and operation that the Spirit of Vitriol hath only it refrigerates more and hath a greater diuretick force in colouring any thing it is also the same only it exceeds the Spirit The operation of it chiefly consists in cutting humors in dissipating mundifying drying contracting and resisting putrefaction and by its tartness it restrains thirst Hence it is a most excellent Medicine in all Feavers whether malignant pestilential putrid Hungarian or Epidemical which from a sulphureous astral and poisonous influence are caused and kindled in mens bodies containing in it a Bezoardick property by which it often moves Sweat and Urine and consumes all internal fervid noxious Vapors it also purgeth and comforteth the Stomach by a natural heat and helps it in Concoction it stirs up the Appetite takes away putrefaction and the cause of a stinking Breath it also kills the Worms which are the effects of Putrefaction and Crudity It is also a most profitable Remedy for all Hepatick diseases and for those who have their Faces painted with red Pustles or are subject to a Diarrhoea It is an useful Medicine in the Quincy pestilential Pleurisie Tumors of the Spleen putrid Gonorrhoea the Whites in Women the Scurvy and the like The Dose is from four or six grains to eight or ten in Conserves Electuaries Syrups Juleps or other convenient Liquors In cold distempers it is given mixt with Wine but in Feavers in Barley-water In Diarrhoea's and imperfections of the Liver as also in a Gonorrhoea and Fluxes in Women it is given mixed with Conserve of red Roses that it may become tart and red like blood But all they who are subject to Contraction and Convulsion of the Nerves and those who have dry Brains or lean spare Bodies also those whose Stomachs are small and weak and have the mouth of their Ventricle small and tender also Women and Virgins who are troubled with the obstruction of the Terms must abstain from the use of this Medicine Flowers of Nitre DIssolve Nitre prepared in Rose-water then put the solution into a new Pot not glazed and set it in a cold place for some days till the flowers of the Nitre pass through the Pot and stick to the outside of it then with a Hares foot let them be diligently wiped off and keep them for your use without any other preparation Virtue Use and Dose It is of excellent use in the Hungarian and other malignant burning Feavers It repels and takes off all Inflammations also the roughness of the Jaws and the heat of the parts adjoyning especially when they begin to wax black It is an admirable Remedy to alter and remove the intemperate heat of the Heart Ventricle Lungs Liver Spleen Kidneys and Bladder It brings away the Stone and expels Urine too long retained The Dose is from half a dram to a dram in some appropriate Medicine Spirit of Salt Coagulated TAke crystalline Salt of Wormwood or the common Salt well rectified add to this so much Spirit of Salt as will Spagyrically coagulate and unite these together yet let it be so done that the Spirit of Salt may abound both in favour and strength This so coagulated and justly consistent keep for your use in a glass Vessel for this is much more profitable than the Spirit of Salt it self both to take keep and carry about as need shall require Virtue Use and Dose This is a most excellent Medicine having a Balsamick property by which it renews the whole man and purifies the Blood it comforts the Head Heart and Stomach opens obstructions of the Liver and Spleen it takes away discusses mundifies and resists putrefaction It is also a most powerful Diuretick and therefore a Specifick in Dropsies powerfully expelling by Urine all the watry and flatulent humors and all the tartarous and snivelly matter by which the Stone in the Reins and Bladder is generated It is a present Remedy in the Iliack and Colick passions in the yellow Jaundice in long burning Feavers Dysenteries Palsies Apoplexies Gout Leprosie Worms Rupture the English Sweat the Plague Poisons c. The Dose from six or seven to ten or fifteen grains in specifick and appropriate Vehicles In the Dropsie it is given other Remedies being given before in Wormwood-water mixed with Spirit of the flowers of Elder of each equal parts and this continued daily till the Dropsie or Tympany is cured which will be in few days Spirit of Vitriol Coagulated IN the same manner is Spirit of Vitriol coagulated with Salt of Sorrel and is without doubt of great force in Physick as is witnessed by Experience the Mistress of all things Virtue Use and Dose It is a great Secret in corroborating a weak stomach whose digestion it also helps it is useful in Feavers of the Stomach in Inflammations and Thirst. We also use it in all diseases of the Head suffocation of the Womb Stone Jaundice Plague Epidemical diseases c. for it doth powerfully resist the Enemy of Nature and preserves from putrefaction The Dose the body being first cleansed is so much as will make any thing sharp or tart yet so that it may not offend the Teeth it is given in Mutton or other warm Broth or in any other proper Vehicle yet cholerick men
two drams leaves of Eyebright Vervain and Rue tops of Rosemary Sage of Pennyroyal Dill and Fenil of each a dram and a half flowers of greater Celandine Betony Lavender red Roses and Rosemary of each a dram Let them be macerated in six pound of Spanish Wine the space of eight days and afterward distilled in Balneo Virtue Use and Dose It is very effectual universal Medicines being premised for the weakness and dulness of sight and to comfort the visive Spirits and to rectifie the Brain and the humors thereof The dose morning and evening is from half an ounce to an ounce and a half Aqua Pectoralis or a Pectoral Water Take bitter Almonds and small Raisons of each half a pound roots of Florentine Flower-de-luce roots of Liquorish Marsh-mallows and Coltsfoot of each an ounce roots of lesser Mallows Comfrey and Elicampane of each half an ounce seeds of Fenil Anise Quinces Carduus benedictus Carduus Mariae Myrtles and Nettles of each three drams Oriental Saffron Cardamoms the less Mace Cinamon of each two drams both sorts of Lungwort Fluellin Horehound Ground-Ivy Maidenhair Scabious Hyssop and Sage of each a draâ— and a half flowers of Chamomil Coltsfoot Violets and Hearts-ease of each a dram Let them be cut and bruised and infused in twelve pound of the best old Hydromel and digested for eight days afterward distilled in Balneo Virtue Use and Dose It operates to a Miracle in all the distempers of the Thorax as straitness of the Breast Asthma and Cough c. It cuts attenuates and deterges thick and viscous flegm gathered in the Lungs and cavity of the Breast and renders it easie to be spit out It also comforts the Stomach and with the help of our Species Diasulphuris it preserves from and cures all Putrefaction and Apostems Moreover it doth effectually help those who are troubled with Phthisicks Pleurisies shortness of Breath destillations of Rheum spitting of Blood and other purulent Matter The dose is from half an ounce to one or two Aqua Antiphthisica or an Anticonsumptive Water Take roots of great Comfry flowers of red Roses of each a pound crums of Wheat-bread four ounces Pine-apples and green Pistick Nuts of each three ounces roots of China two ounces flowers of Liverwort and Rosemary pith of Indian Nuts of each an ounce Mace half an ounce Let them be bruised and broken and put into a large Matrace with water of Calves Lungs two pound Plantane water and Capon water of each a pound water of Cinamon buglossated water of Fluellin and Scabious of each half a pound Let them stand in digestion for eight days often shaking them in the time and afterward add to them exprest juyce of Coltsfoot and Goats milk of each half a pound the blood of one Pig Snails taken from their shells and bruised an ounce and a half Hens Livers three Oriental Saffron a dram Again mix them and distil them by an Alembick in Balneo Mariae Virtue Use and Dose This Water hath a wonderful operation it certinly cures the Phthisick or Consumption it heals Ulcers of the Lungs and cleanseth the Breast from thick humors But in Phthisicks coming of Rheumatisms in the Thorax and in Asthma's Pleurisie c. we usually give it in this Form following with good success Take of Aqua Antiphthisica nineteen ounces white Sugar candy three ounces Lac Sulphuris two drams flower of Sulphur a dram and a half Magistery of Oriental Pearls and red Coral of each a dram Mix them ready for use The dose is morning noon and night from a spoonful to two And by the use of this Liquor only a man will grow fat because it moistens lenifies nourishes comforts restores the radical Moisture and allays the Cough and is the only relief to extenuated consumptive and hectical bodies for it restores them to their pristine health and expels the Disease but before it be made use of it should be diligently moved Aqua Pulmonis Vituli or Water of a Calves Lungs Take the Heart Lungs and Liver of a Calf the fat and veins being cut off and add to it great Comfry roots four ounces French Lungwort Pimpernel Fluellin Hyssop Sage and Agrimony of each half an ounce Pour upon them a sufficient quantity of the same water also and boil them in a new well glazed earthen Pot close covered Take of this Broth with the other things three pound water of Borage Bugloss and Roses of each a pound species Diamargariton frigid roots of Pimpinella Cinamon of each an ounce the foâ— greater cold Seeds of each two drams the Cordial Flowers of each a dram Mix them and distil them in an Alembick Virtue Use and Dose Hectical and consumptive people may be nourished a long time by the use of this Water therefore not without reason was this Description always esteemed among us of great price The dose by it self is from one spoonful to two Aqua Caponis or Capon-water Take a Capon which you must boil in a well glazed new earthen Pot according to Art with small Raisons Pine-nuts and Liquorish of each an ounce Iujubes and Sebestens of each twelve new dryed Figs eight Lungwort Coltsfoot Endive and Lettice of each half an ounce flower of Violets and Betony of each a dram The Decoction being finished let all be bruised in a stone Mortar then take good Canary Wine three pound water of Coltsfoot Horehound and Bugloss of each a pound the crum of white Bread steeped in Goats milk half a pound Conserve of Borage Roses and Maidenhair of each four ounces species of Diamargariton frigid half an ounce Cinamon Mace and Aniseeds of each two drams Mix them and distil it in an Alembick according to Art and the distilled Liquor keep for use Virtue Use and Dose This Capon-water is most famous and effectual in all Pectoral Diseases as the Cough Asthma Phthisick c. and is given by it self The dose is from one spoonful to two or three Aqua Cinamomi Buglossata or Cinamon-water Buglossated Take Bugloss water six pound flowers of Violets and Roses of each two pound Cinamon a pound bark of the roots of Bugloss three ounces flowers of Borage and Balm of each an ounce species Diarrhodon Abbatis half an ounce Mix them and after due digestion distil them in Balneo Virtue Use and Dose It concocts mollifies and resists Poysons it also comforts the Brain Heart Stomach Liver and Spleen It clears the Sight provokes Urine and gives ease in diseases of the Reins and Bladder The dose is from one spoonful to two or three Aqua ex Corde Cervi or Water of a Stags Heart Take a Stags heart cut into small pieces Cinamon half an ounce Cloves Cardamoms the less Galangal the less Mace Oriental Saffron of each two drams wood of Aloes yellow Sanders Citron peels seeds of Basil that smells like Avens of each a dram and a half flowers of Lavender Rosemary Balm and Sage of each a dram Let them be macerated all night in Spanish
seeds of Roses of each two drams dead Nettles with their red flowers a dram and a half Nutmegs Cinamon the lesser Galangal and Cloves of each a dram Sebestens nine Boil these according to Art in three pound of Plantane to the consumption of one third and in the clear strained Liquor dissolve one dram of Camphire and if you please edulcorate it also with Miya of Quinces Virtue Use and Dose It is an experienced Medicine in Dysenteries and other Fluxes of the Belly and it also cures divers Haemorrhages The dose is a good draught in a morning fasting Decoctum Polypodii purgans or a purging Decoction of Polypody Take roots of Polypody of the Oak and Raisons stoned of each two ounces Carthamus seeds and Barley of each an ounce and a half Liquorish half an ounce Hyssop Scabious Coltsfoot and Germander of each a dram Iujubes fifteen fat Figs six and Dates cleansed from their skin four Boil them in so much Whey that there may remain about twenty one ounces and about the end of the Decoction add Leaves of Sena three ounces Troches of Agarick three drams seeds of Fenil and Anise of each a dram and a half Let them stand over the fire a while but not boil much then make a clear Potion according to Art Virtue Use and Dose We happily use it in the Asthma Phthisick Pleurisie and other Pectoral diseases The dose is from four ounces to five and the body being purged let the Patient drink our Pectoral Decoction called Subacidum or Subdulce as occasion serves Decoctum Galli antiqui farcinati or a Decoction of an old Cock stuffed Take Polypody an ounce and a half Carthamus seeds an ounce Cinamon three drams leaves of Sena white Turbith and Orange peel of each two drams white Ginger the lesser Galangal and Mace of each a dram species Diacymini and Dianisi of each half a dram and one Bay-berry The Species being mixed and put in a linen Rag let them be put in when the Cock is almost boiled enough Virtue Use and Dose It is very useful in the Colick when it proceeds from a thick flatulent and flegmatick Cause Decoctum Sanguinem mundificans or a Decoction to cleanse the Blood Take Citrine Myrobalans an ounce flowers of Violets dryed a dram Prunes nineteen Sebestens and Iujubes of each eight Boil them in water of the flowers of Acatia to three ounces in which dissolve of our potable Scammony a scruple Oyl of Cinamon and Aniseeds of each a drop Mix them and make a draught for one dose Virtue and Use. It purgeth Choler of both kinds Flegm and other Humors It also mundifies the Blood and keeps the body laxative in Feavers Decoctum Senae or a Decoction of Sena Take elect Sena three drams acid Tartar a dram Fumitory water warm four ounces Let them infuse all night and in the morning let them boil a little yet so as that the Tartar may be throughly dissolved and in the strained Liquor while it is warm dissolve of the best Manna six drams Again strain it and then add Cinamon water a dram Elaeosaccharum of Citrons ten grains Mix them and make a purging draught for one dose to be given warm Virtue and Use. It is a good Purge for the whole Body for it opens the obstructions of all the Bowels and mundifies the blood But in the first place it purgeth Choler both black and yellow and Flegm also It cleanseth and strengthens the Head Brain Heart Lungs Liver Spleen and all the Senses of the Body and carrieth off all that offends them It retardes Age increaseth Youth Moreover it is an excellent Medicine in all chronical tartarous and melancholy diseases as the Epilepsie Dotage Deliria's Heach-ach Gout Elephantiasis Scabs Pustles Itch and all other vices of the Skin It is also profitably given to Women with Child and to Children and Men of all ages for it purgeth modestly without any molestation But for Children and young Patients half or a third part of it is sufficient Decoctum Senae cum Rhabarbaro or a Decoction of Sena with Rhubarb Take elect Sena two drams the best Rhubarb and acid Tartar of each a dram of Fumitory water warm four ounces Let them infuse all night and in the morning let them boil a little enough to dissolve the Tartar afterward the expression being made and in the strained Liquor while warm dissolve of the best Manna six drams Again strain it and then add Cinamon water a dram Elaeosaccharum of Aniseeds ten grains Mix them and make a purging draught for one dose which is to be taken warm Virtue Use and Dose It purgeth Flegm and both kinds of Choler chiefly from the Stomach Liver and Spleen c. It mundifies the Blood opens all Obstructions and cures all Affects thence proceeding as Jaundice Dropsie Tumor of the Spleen putrid and continual Feavers pains of the Hypochonders c. Let no man wonder at the small dose of Sena in this Prescript for four drams of Sena infused in four ounces of Fumitory water do not purge more than two drams macerated in the like quantity because the water doth extract as much as it can and leaves the rest therefore two drams of Sena are sufficient to quicken other things in four ounces of Water Decoctum Rhabarbari or a Decoction of Rhubarb Take of the best Rhubarb a dram and a half red Roses dryed half a dram roots of Liquorish sliced and flowers of Marsh-mallows of each a scruple Let them be cut and bruised and infused all night in three ounces of Plantane water warm in the morning strain it in the strained Liquor dissolve of the best Manna half an ounce Elaeosaccharum of Nutmegs ten grains Spirit of Vitriol four drops Mix them for one dose and give it warm in the morning for a draught Virtue and Use. It is very effectual in all Fluxes of the Belly it gives one or two motions and by those it expels the cause of the bloody Flux Annotation Many use Rhubarb torrefied which is an evil practice because it consumes the virtue of it and the terrene part only remains and so makes it more stiptick Decoctum Violatum purgans or a purging Decoction of Violets Take leaves of Sena two ounces Fenil seeds and acid Tartar of each half an ounce dryed Violet flowers and the best Rhubarb of each a dram and a half white Ginger and Cinamon of each a dram Galangal the less and Cloves of each half a dram Let them infuse all night in Fumitory water warm in the morning boil them a little and afterward strain it and take of the clear strained Liquor ten ounces Syrup of Succory with Rhubarb and Syrup of the juyce of Violets Syrup of the juyce of Sorrel and Oxysaccharum simple of each an ounce Mix them and make a Potion which divide into four equal parts for four doses Virtue and Use. It is good in Tertian and Quotidian Feavers c. and gently purgeth all humors that offend
exceed all other Preparations yea the very Rosin of Scammony it self For it dissipates its tough viscous and poisonous malignity and doth correct it and doth certainly purge which doth not always follow from the taking of the Rosin only Magistery of Scammony THE true and Spagyrick Preparation and Correction of Scammony which is used as a Secret by Physicians is this Take a sufficient quantity of select Scammony which dissolve in Philosophical Spirit of Wine after due filtration draw it off again in an Alembick at least to half then pour upon it Rose-water as much as shall seem necessary for precipitation and the pure Rosin of Scammony will be precipitated void of all its poisonous quality and freed from its nauseous smell and taste which when the humidity is separated from it reserve for use Virtue Use and Dose It purgeth the body of both sorts of Choler and divers other diseases without any offence to the body neither can there be a more mild sweet and noble Cathartick found in the whole bosom of Nature The Dose is from half a scruple to a whole scruple in Conserves or other appropriate Vehicles Magistery of Gum Guttemaw or Gambogia BY the forementioned Method may a Magistery or Flowers be prepared of this Peruvian Gum which is an incomparable Cathartick to purge serous and thick humors let it be prepared carefully and reserved for use The Dose is from ten twelve or fifteen grains to a scruple especially in robust bodies Gum of Peru Rosated Take Gum of Peru or Guttemaw well pulverized an ounce Chicory-water half an ounce Spirit of Vitriol rectified a dram These being well mixed put it into a Glass or a well glazed Vessel and in a warm place but if it be too hot it will grow black and be spoiled let it evaporate and grow dry till it looks of an earthy colour Afterward pulverize this and add to it powder of red Roses an ounce of red Sanders two drams and pour upon it a sufficient quantity of Spirit of Wine and let it circulate for twenty four hours and when it is grown cold again filter it through a Paper and by degrees let it evaporate till it is dry and so you have a red Extract of valid and excellent efficacy and in aspect fair and lovely though the Gum by it self or the Magistery of it is of an unpleasant yellow colour and doth easily nauseate Hitherto it is revealed and communicated to none but to the ingenious and worthy for which end it was found Virtue Use and Dose It purgeth serous humors without danger and difficulty from all parts of the body for which reason it is used with excellent success in all ill habits of body Dropsie Gouts of all sorts and such kind of diseases also in the Scurvy and Greensickness it is found excellent by Experience The Dose is from fifteen grains to twenty one especially in robust strong bodies Amber Muskified Take of the best pure Amber an ounce of the most odorate Musk a dram Elaeosaccharum of Citrons half a dram Mix them and bring the mass into a most subtile Powder which moisten with Spirit of Roses hot and let it dry again and this labour repeat certain times and afterward let it be again finely powdered and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It heats and drys It comforts the Brain it roborates and succours it in all its affects it helps the continual pain of the Head it cleanseth the Eyes of white specks and consumes the moist defluxions thereof It wonderfully gives help to old people and to those who are naturally cold it hastens drunkenness being infused in Wine The Dose is from four to six and eight grains at the most in Sack or other proper Vehicle Regal Diacinamon Take of the best Cinamon four ounces three Nutmegs of our Syrup of Cinamon as much as will suffice Make it into an Electuary to which add Confectio Alkermes an ounce Oyl of Cinamon half an ounce Amber Muskified Troches of Pearls of each a dram Leaves of Hungarian Gold thirty one Mix them and so make a Royal magnificent Medicine which reserve for use Virtue Use and Dose It is of a hot quality It comforts the Brain and Heart above measure it discusseth the vitious humors of the Stomach and helps Concoction it helps the Syncope and Palpitation of the Heart it resists the inflation and swelling of the Stomach and dissipates wind It allays the Colick-pains proceeding from a cold Cause and it sweetens the Breath It resists all putrefaction It is very agreeable to old people who are cold and debilitated and in whom the native Balsam and natural heat are lessened and impaired It doth wonderfully recover strength increase Seed and promotes the strength of Procreation it excites to Venery and much sweetens the pleasure thereof and safely increaseth the motion thereunto The Dose in the morning fasting and in the evening at going to bed is the quantity of a Hazel-nut more or less according to the Complexion and Sex of the Patient Pearls Trochiscated TAke white Salt of the Oriental Pearls and free from all its acetosity what quantity you please dissolve it in water made of May-dew gathered from the standing Wheat or in some Cordial liquor to this solution add by drops of Spirit of Vitriol rectified as much as shall seem requisite for precipitation and a white Powder will precipitate to the bottom which the flegm being removed edulcorate and dry it according to art and you have the true Magistery of Pearls Then take of this Magistery an ounce the true Oyl of Roses and Oyl of Cinamon of each a scruple Mix them and with Tragacanth dissolved in equal parts of Rose-water and Cinamon-water let little Troches be made according to art which lay by for use and reserve it like a Treasure Virtue Use and Dose It is a most excellent Comfortative in all affects of the Heart as Pain Sorrow Trembling Pulsation Palpitation defects of the Mind c. Also in pains of the Head Vertigo Epilepsie Apoplexy Palsie Contractures resolution of the Nerves Convulsion Phrensie Melancholy Madness Gout and Gouty pains in the Joynts Consumption Blasting the numbness and decay by Age Stone Dropsie Scurvy French Pox and Feavers c. It purifies the Blood it comforts all the Senses Brain Memory and Heart and preserves the whole body sound It fortifies Nature within also the Child in the Womb it roborates the Spirits repairs the strength and increaseth the humane Seed it amends Milk in Women takes away the spots of the Eyes and consumes Catarrhs c. And these Troches of Pearls thus made by our ordination have been highly approved by many Great and Noble men and by them esteemed as a great Secret and equal in effect to the Aurum Potabile The Dose according to the nature of the infirm and the Judgment of the Physician is from six grains to eight in appropriate Vehicles Elaeosaccharum of Citrons Take of Rose-water sixteen pound the exterior bark
St. Iohns-wort strained and depurated two pound of Pimpernel with purple flowers strained and depurated one pound blood of an Ass taken from the veins behind his ears half a pound flowers of Bugloss red Roses and Rosemary of each six drams Confectio Alkermes and Cassia lignea of each half an ounce of Saffron one dram Let them infuse all night and then distil them in B. M. cohobate the Liquor and repeat the work the second time Take of this water two pound Essence of the flowers of St. Iohns-wort made with Spirit of Wine half an ounce Let them stand all night in a warm place in the morning filter it so often till you have a most red Tincture which edulcorate with white Sugar Candy and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose This Water is a great Secret in Melancholy Madness Witchcraft Inchantments yea in the Imagination impaired or abolished and as much as lyeth in art it amendeth the weakness dulness and stupidity of the Mind and the slowness of the Understanding it happily takes away all the affects of the Imagination It also provokes Urine and the Terms it helps Tertians and Quartans and is useful for all diseases of the Reins and Bladder The Dose is from three spoonfuls to four twice in the day in the morning before Sun-rising and at night going to bed Tinctura Vitae Take simple Spirit of Wine six pound of the best Rose-water four pound Orange peels Citron peels red Roses dryed water-Mints Balm white Sanders Cinamon of each eight ounces wood of Aloes Mace of each two drams seeds of Angelica Coriander Anise and Fenil of each a dram and a half Spicknard Galangal the less Oriental Saffron Cardamoms the less Cloves of each half a dram Ambergriese and Alexandrian Musk of each half a scruple Let them stand in digestion for eight days and then distil them in an Alembick Then take of this Spirit drawn off seven pound Cassia lignea two ounces Confectio Alkermes half an ounce Oriental Saffron a scruple Let them digest until the liquor is perfectly tinctured afterward let the tinged Spirit be edulcorated with a sufficient quantity of white Sugar Candy dissolved in its proper liquor and reserved for use Virtue Use and Dose By the pleasantness of its smell it refresheth the Heart and Spirits it exhilarates and prolongs life and comforts the Stomach and Brain it increaseth the heat of the Ventricle confirms its strength dissipates wind and encourageth digestion it helps the Gripings of the Guts and keeps them sound yea it is very profitable in the cold distempers of the Thorax Liver and Spleen The Dose is from one spoonful to two Tincture of Guajacum Take raspings of Guajacum four ounces of the best Mastich an ounce resinous wood of Aloes a dram Clove-gilliflowers half a dram These being mixed pour upon them a sufficient quantity of Spirit of Wine to extract the Tincture which afterward filter and reserve for use Virtue and Use. Let the Mouth and aking Teeth be washed often with this Tincture for the pain often proceeds from the defluxions of the Head it drys Catarrhs takes away the stink and rottenness of the mouth and renders the breath sweet at the same time let there be warm Plasters applied to the Temples made of Mastich or Gum Elemi and after spitting let the mouth be diligently washed with a Decoction of Aniseeds Tincture of Sassafras Take Fountain-water well boiled and while it is yet hot eight pound Sassafras cut into small thin chips two ounces Let them stand in infusion all night in a new well glazed Pot close covered until it cools of it self in the morning filter it and the straining being clear let it be a little aromatized with a Tincture of Cassia lignea and keep it for your daily use Virtue Use and Dose It is a Nectar in Catarrhs and Arthritick pains because of its vast driness and moderate heat it is an excellent remedy in Defluxions of every kind which it doth radically consume and also expels the Stone It discusseth Wind prepares the Womb for Conception provokes the Terms helps Digestion corrects Vomiting and moves the Belly downwards but to those who are weak and extenuated it is useless The Dose is not strictly observed but the Patient may drink his fill of it and continue it for some weeks A Tincture for the Toothach Take Guajacum two ounces Sassafras and Sarsa parilla of each an ounce roots of wild Pellitory crude Alum Nitre prepared of each half an ounce seeds of Staveacre and Henbane of each two drams Opium Spagyrically prepared Cloves of each a dram and a half wild Time Origanum and Saffron of each a dram Mix them and make a Powder which put into a Glass and pour upon it simple Spirit of Wine and Wine-Vinegar a pound and a half and of these make a Tincture Virtue Use and Dose A little of this Tincture held warm in the Mouth on the place where the Teeth ake after a while spit it out and take in fresh if need be doth powerfully allay and take away all pains of the Teeth by hindring the sharp flux of Humors nay it wonderfully takes away those humors that are already fallen on the part and although at first it seems to increase the pain yet it is suddenly mitigated and doth vanish Tinctura Uterina Take the berries of Elder and dwarff Elder of each four ounces roots of Bryony an ounce of the herb Marjoram a dram Mix them and pour thereon a sufficient quantity of Aqua Hyster Lit. A. add also a few drops of Spirit of Vitriol and make a digestion in B. M. for certain days till you shall receive a most red Tincture which keep for use Virtue Use and Dose It hath a manifest Hysterical and Cephalick force against all suffocations and torsions of the Womb and other dangerous affects yea it takes away all dolors and compressions of the Diaphragma The Dose is from half a spoonful to a whole spoonful by it self or in some Hysterical liquor A Diaphoretick Tincture Take Spirit of Wine left in making our Solar Bezoar and flowers of Elder rectified of each four ounces Tartar often rectified three ounces of the best Vitriol an ounce Confectio Alkermes six drams Digest them for certain days shaking them often till the liquor be perfectly tinged Virtue Use and Dose It is a singular Medicine in the Plague putrid Humors diseases of the Head Palsie rectifying the Blood trembling of the Heart ill habit of Body Dropsie Jaundice Asthma Pleurisie Quinsie prickings of the Sides Pox Leprosie Worms Contractures Courses retained Feavers c. for it comforts the principal Members consumes superfluities corrects and expels noxious humors and by its Diaphoretick force penetrates the Nerves Muscles and Marrow and reduces all into its natural and pristine state The Dose is from half a spoonful to a whole one in water of Carduus Elder or Hearts-ease Tinctura Stiptica or the Stiptick Tincture Take the yolks of twenty one Eggs
Centaury the less Tansie and Nettles or Archangel Also in Oxymel of Squills Honey clarified Syrup of Citrons Sorrel Hydromel or any other way which Children best like Species Diajovis or the Compound Powder of Jupiter Take Faecula Bryoniae half an ounce Salt of English Tin Mother of Pearl red Coral of each three drams roots of white Dictamnus and Peony of each two drams white Amber prepared Oriental Saffron Misleto of the Oak Antophyllorum of each a dram true Castor a scruple Mix them and make of all a fine Powder Virtue Use and Dose It is a blessed Medicine in the most vehement and desperate suffocation and strangulation of the Womb and as it were sent from Heaven of God to Women For which Divine help let the Name of the Lord be blessed The Dose is from a scruple to half a dram three or four mornings together or in time of necessity in our Hysterical water or any other appropriate Liquor Species Diaveneris or a Compound Powder of Venus Take Sulphur of Vitriol of Venus sublimate and Spagyrically prepared half an ounce Venetian Borax two drams seeds of Ashen-keys of Rocket of each two drams of Parsneps Nettles and Leeks of each a dram and a half roots of Pellitory of Spain Boletus cervinus of each four scruples Galangal the less white Ginger Cinamon of each a dram Sea-Skinck prepared Magistery of Pearls Oriental Saffron of each half a dram Cantharides with the wings cut off Ambergriese each a scruple Musk Oyl of Mace of each ten grains Mix them and make of all a fine Powder with which mix an ounce of white Sugar Candy and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It is by Experience the most effectual and indeed the last and most powerful remedy of all against the defect in the act of Venus And he that is willing to please his Consort and would to the utmost prove his virile force let him take after Supper if he desires the effect presently at his going to bed or if he would continue that work every morning from one scruple to two or a dram in warm Milk Sack c. It may also be prepared without Cantharides Species Diasaturni or the Compound Powder of Saturn Take Magistery of Saturn an ounce juyce of Liquorish depurated Lac Sulphuris compound roots of elect China of each three drams Salt of Oriental Pearls salt of red Coral salt of Wheat bread of each two drams red Bole prepared Benjamin sublimate Olibanum of each a dram Oriental Saffron Cassia lignea of each half a dram Mix them and make of all a fine Powder to which add of white Sugar Candy three ounces and being well mixed with the Powder keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose I know not with what words to extol this incomparable Medicine For a Consumption that cannot otherwise be cured by humane skill is oftentimes by this Medicine The Dose morning and evening is from half a dram to a dram in our Specifick water against Consumptions or in any other appropriate Vehicle Species Diasulphuris or a Compound Powder of Sulphur Take Lac and compound flowers of Sulphur of each an ounce and a half juyce of Liquorish cleansed Cardamoms the less sealed Earth of each six drams seeds of Roman Nettles seeds of Quinces Cinamon Ginger Nutmegs Saffron long Pepper Mace of each three drams Tragacanth roots of Flower-de-luce flowers of wild Poppy Mastich cream of Tartar of each a dram and a half Mix them and of all make a Powder to which add Oyls of Hysop Fenil Sage Aniseeds and Chamomil of each a scruple and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It helps continual Coughs difficulty of Breathing chronical Asthma's It doth cut and attenuate divers thick and gross humors in the Breast it preserves and cures without any other Medicine the Consumption Wasting Pleurisie and all Putrefactions and Imposthumes and is wonderfully effectual in all affects of the Throat and doth quickly restore the loss of the Voice It also drys up the Rheum from the Head and the evil humors in the Body from which are used to proceed Gouts pains in the Joynts and such like dolors It is a good Medicine in the Epilepsie Apoplexy Leprosie Pox Convulsion of the Nerves Colick and Dropsie c. The Dose is from a scruple to a dram morning and evening in some convenient Vehicle but in the Dropsie it is given with the like quantity of Magistery of Crocus Martis the body being first cleansed and it never fails In the affects of the Throat we use it in the form of a Tragaea by adding white Sugar Candy or mixed with Pectoral Syrups in the form of an Electuary or Lambitive Pulvis Refectivus or a Refective Powder Take white Sugar Candy concrete in Syrup of Violets an ounce Lac Sulphuris half an ounce compound flowers of Sulphur Confectio Alkermes of each two drams Magistery of Pearls red Coral and Saturn of each a dram Mix them and make of all a fine Powder Virtue Use and Dose It repairs strength comforts the Heart and Nature it self it nourishes and fattens it drys up the Rheum in the Head roborates the Brain allays the Cough cures the Asthma Consumption and wasting The Dose is a scruple in water of Calves Lungs or Aqua Caponis or any other Specifick or so much of the Powder is mixed with any thing as will tinge the Vehiculum white and of this mixt Liquor the Dose is morning and evening one or two spoonfuls Pulvis excellens contra Tussim Infantum or an excellent Powder against the Cough in Children Take of Sugar Penids three ounces species of Diatragacanth frigid Diaireos simple of each half an ounce roots of Peony two drams juyce of Liquorish a dram Lac Sulphuris Saffron of each two scruples Mans skull calcined without fire seeds of white Poppy of each a scruple Mix them and make of all a most fine Powder Species Diavitrioli or a Compound Powder of Vitriol Take Galangal the less an ounce Magistery of Vitriol roots of water Acorus of each half an ounce long Pepper Cummin seeds Zedoary of each two drams Cinamon Calamus aromaticus Mace of each a dram and a half Cardamoms the less white Ginger Cloves Saffron Indian Spicknard wood of Aloes of each half a dram Musk and Ambergriese of each half a scruple Make them into a fine Powder for use Virtue Use and Dose It is a profitable Medicine against frigid humors of the Ventricle and putrefaction in the parts thereof and it digests flegm It helps digestion and concoction nauseating and vomiting and preserves the natural heat and warms the members of nutrition It dissipates flatulent humors it restrains four belchings and is useful in all diseases of the Liver It is profitable for those who are upon recovery after a long disease it helps the stink of the Nose and Mouth which ariseth from the consent of the Stomach The dose is from half a scruple to half a dram or by adding Sugar may be
compound flowers of Sulphur half an ounce wild Boars teeth and the Iaw-bone of a Pike of each two drams Poppy flowers a dram Mix them and make a fine Powder which keep for use Virtue Use and Dose It cures not without amazement to the Beholders the Pleurisie all putrefactions Imposthumes c. Dose from half a dram to a dram in Chamomil flower and Poppy water of each a sufficient quantity There is not a Remedy more effectual to be given and certainly this only draught edulcorated with a little white Sugar Candy and given often is a most admirable help which I have very often used and always by the blessing of God restored the sick to their former health Species Febrifugae Take the long shells of Shell-fish prepared Elks claws calcined without fire of each an ounce salts of the lesser Centaury of Carduus benedictus and Wormwood of each half an ounce Tartar vitriolated Magistery of Vitriol of each three drams Calamus Aromaticus Nutmegs of each a dram and a half seeds of St. Iohns-wort Cloves long Pepper Camphire of each a dram roots of Tormentil round Birthwort Zedoary and Laserpitium of each half a dram Mix them and make a fine Powder Virtue Use and Dose It drives away all Feavers especially Quotidian Tertian and sometimes the Quartan is by it cured also It is given in the Fit or a little before in water of Carduus or a little Centaury or in a draught of warm Beer or Ale The Patient being in his Bed let him compose himself to sweat The dose is from a scruple to a dram the age and strength of the Patient considered Pulvis Febrilis probatus or an approved Feaver-powder Take Calamus Aromaticus an ounce roots of Gentian round Birthwort white Ginger of each half an ounce salt of the lesser Centaury Carduus Wormwood of each three drams Harts-horn calcined without fire seeds of Marigold Camphire of each a dram white Sugar Candy an ounce and a half Mix them and make a fine Powder The dose is from half a dram to a dram in specifick and appropriate Vehicles Species Nephriticae or a Powder for distempered Kidneys Take Crystals of Tartar an ounce Magistery of Pearch stones and Crabs eyes of each half an ounce salt of white Amber a dram Oyl of Aniseeds a scruple white Sugar Candy four ounces Mix all into a fine Powder Virtue Use and Dose It gives ease to those who are pained in the Kidneys it breaks the Stone and tartarous matter in the Reins and Bladder and other members and brings it away It is a present help for the Ischury Dysury and Strangury without any great trouble it is indeed a Secret and so it ought to be esteemed against Stones of all kinds The dose for preservation is one scruple at the Quarters of the Moon in our Nephritick water but in curing the dose is from half a dram to a dram in the before-said water or in the water of Restharrow Parsley or Ground-lvy Species Cholagogae or a Choler-purging Powder Take Magistery of Scammony an ounce species Diarrhodon Abbatis half an ounce acid Tartar two drams red Roses vitriolated flowers of the lesser Centaury of each a dram Mix them and make of all a fine Powder Virtue Use and Dose It carries off yellow Choler without trouble and opens obstructions it relieves the Stomach Heart Liver Lungs Joynts and Bowels and conserves and increaseth their strength it cures the Heart-passion Consumptions yellow Jaundice c. It is taken with good success by ancient and weak people in burning and Tertian Feavers Dose from half a dram to two scruples Pulvis Carminativus or a Carminative Powder Take Cummin seed prepared with Vinegar seeds of Car away and Anise of each three ounces white Ginger six drams Mace three drams Oriental Saffron a dram Of these make a Powder Virtue Use and Dose It discusseth that wind that distends the Guts and by its acrimony causeth pains It may be taken constantly or in time of necessity by continuing of it certain days and for the first month in some Broth or with water of Fenil or Anise or our Carminative water The dose is from a dram to a dram and a half Farina Virginea Nobilis Take River-flints calcined and pulverized six ounces Pumice-stone prepared an ounce roots of Flower-de-luce half an ounce Gallia moschata a dram Oyl of Roses a scruple Mix all and make a Powder like Meal which keep for use Virtue Use and Dose There is not a more excellent Medicine to cleanse the Teeth and take off the corrosive Tartar if they be daily and diligently rubbed with a woollen Cloth and this powder than this is and therefore I do commend this sweet and pleasant powder of Flints to the use of all Pulvis Haemorrhoidalis or a Powder for the Piles Take fine Flour an ounce Crocus Martis half an ounce red Oriental Bole prepared roots of Mullein of each two drams white Hermodactyls infused all night in spirit of Wine and again dryed flowers of wild Poppy white Sugar Candy Dragons blood Olibanum of each a dram and a half Mix them and of all make a fine powder Virtue and Use. It presently stops the bleeding of the Haemorrhoids and wonderfully allays their vehement pains And when it is used make a Cataplasm either of the White of an Egg spread upon a Pledget of Tow or of stale Butter upon Lint on which sprinkle a little of this powder and so apply it to the bleeding Piles or Haemorrhoids Pulvis de Verbasco or a Powder of Mullein Take of the green herb Mullein what quantity you please put it into a Crucible and stuff in as much as you can cover it with another Crucible and lute it well then set it on the fire that it may wax black but not burn to ashes and when it seems to be enough let the Crucible cool and take out that black matter and reduce it into a fine powder then Take of this black powder an ounce elect Rhubarb two drams Mix them and make of all a fine powder Virtue and Use. This powder is a certain Experiment against the Condylomata and blind Piles the use of which is thus Let such person take a piece of Linen that is much worn and wet a little of it with his own Spittle and upon that sprinkle some of this powder and so apply it to the part repeating it so often till the Piles are dissolved and discussed which will be in a short time Pulvis probatus or an approved Powder to dry consolidate and heal the small Pox. Take meal of Lentils Beans and Orobus or Fitches of each half an ounce of Litharge of Ceruss washed Tutty prepared Pompholix of each two drams shells of Sea-shell-fish prepared roots of Reeds Crocus Metallorum of each a dram Mix them and make a fine powder Virtue Use and Dose After the seventh day when the small Pox are ripe open them with a golden or silver Needle wipe off the matter lest it
all other hot Cholerick distempers proceeding from mixt and complicated causes and is used by Kings and Princes It purgeth both kinds of Choler without trouble or any offence to the Stomach and kindly draws out the other offending humors even from the Joynts and Limbs and carries off the tartarous humors that oppress the Reins and Bladder It refrigerates the Heart mundifies the Blood and addeth strength to all the principal Members The dose is from a dram to four scruples Annotation For the ordinary and common sort of people you may instead of Confectio Alkermes substitute Conserve of Violets vitriolated and the Composition will be equally efficacious Catharticum Rosatum or a Purge compounded with Roses Take Conserve of red Roses vitriolated seven ounce Scammony rosated ten drams species Diarrhodon Abbatis moistned with Spirit of Vitriol an ounce Nitre prepared a dram and a half Oyl of Cinamon a scruple With a little Syrup of Roses solutive vitriolated mix them into the form of a Bole. Virtue Use and Dose It expels yellow Choler without trouble and purgeth a hot Liver It is a worthy Remedy for all distempers of the Joynts proceeding from a hot Cause and for Tertian Feavers and is also of a good and grateful taste and therefore pleasant to the Stomach and Bowels It is an appropriate and suitable Purge for tender Virgins Children and Old people that are oppressed with Choler and cholerick Nauseating The dose is from two drams to three given with great profit and no trouble nor disturbance to the sick Catharticum Violatum or a Purge compounded of Violets Take new Conserve of Violets vitriolated four drams true Hermodactyls cleansed from their busks three ounces Magistery of Scammony ten drams Tartar vitriolated six drams Cinamon Cloves white Ginger of each a dram Oyl of Cummin seeds a scruple With Syrup of the Juyce of Violets vitriolated mix all into the form of a Bole. Virtue Use and Dose This Confection of Hermodactyls is of admirable virtue and forde in the Gout Sciatica and such like pains of the Joynts for it safely purges all gouty humors we have also seen many Patients languishing with that tormenting pain and rouling in their beds to have been so restored by the use of this Medicine twice thrice or more and the help of external Unctions that they have soon returned to their former business And they would do wisely not to use it only under the impending pain but for their preservation to use it twice every year that is Spring and Fall The dose is from two drams to three Catharticum Caryophyllatum or a Purge of Clovegilly-flowers Take Conserve of Clovegilly-flowers vitriolated seven ounces white and gummy Turbith two ounces Scammony rosated ten drams of the best Cloves an ounce Cream of Tartar six drams Cinamon and Mace of each a dram and a half Oyl of Oranges a scruple And with Syrup of Citron peels muskified mix all into the form of a Bole. Virtue Use and Dose It doth pleasantly and plentifully purge all cold Humors but chiefly Flegm from the Head Breast Stomach Joynts Guts and other principal Members and also from those deputed for nutrition It is good for complicated and continual Feavers and is very useful in the Colick coming of a cold Cause and for all other Diseases that proceed from frigid humors It is a good Remedy for those who are troubled with sour Belchings they being constantly troubled with Loathings and do generally abound with Spittle The dose is from a dram and a half to three drams especially in strong bodies more or less according to the age strength and season Zingiber Purgans or Purging Ginger Take Conserve of Rosemary flowers four ounces condited Ginger of Bengal three ounces Scammony rosated ten drams species Diarrhodon Abbatis half an ounce the lesser Galangal and Mace of each a dram Cardamoms the less Cloves of each two scruples yellow Orange peels and Citron peels of each half a dram Gallia Moschata a scruple And with Syrup of the before-mentioned candied Ginger make all into the form of a Bole. Virtue Use and Dose It safely purgeth the whole body of Flegm and all other vicious Humors It draws away Choler of both kinds from the Stomach gives a sweet Breath comforts the Intestines being too cold and removes all Frigidity It dissolves thick flatulent Humors and clarifies the Blood neither hath it any ungrateful smell or taste It is very profitable in all kind of Feavers and in all other Diseases proceeding from a cold Cause also in the Colick Wind and pain of the Stomach Heart Liver Spleen Reins and Back The dose is from two drams to three in the morning early Cinamomum Laxativum or Laxative Cinamon Take white Sugar dissolved in Cinamon water four ounces Scammony rosated six drams species of Diacinamon half an ounce Oyl of Cinamon a scruple Mix all into the form of a Bole. Virtue Use and Dose It purgeth Choler Flegm and Melancholy from the Head Thorax Stomach Liver and Joynts c. and that without any trouble And this Composition may be also made into a solid form The dose is from two drams to three Catharticum Cholagogum or a Choler-purging Medicine Take juyce of red Roses exprest white Sugar of each eight ounces species of Diarrhodon vitriolated nine drams Magistery of Scammony an ounce Spodium a dram and a half Gallia Moschata a scruple Let the Sugar be boiled to a consistence with the Juyce of Roses and then let the Species being pulverized be added so make all into an Electuary of the Juyce of Roses Virtue Use and Dose I happily use it to purge hot and cholerick Humors in all hot and cholerick Diseases and Affects The dose is from two drams to three Catharticum Vitae or the Purge of Life Take Venice Treacle three ounces our species of Diaesula an ounce and a half Mercurius vitae a dram Mix them and with our Pectoral Syrup make an Electuary Virtue Use and Dose It is an excellent Medicine in Feavers Plague diseases of the Head Pox Leprosie ill habit of Body Dropsie fetid Ulcers c. and is a Secret in Quartan Agues for it leaves no impurity behind it in the body The dose is from a dram to two But let it not be given before meat but after it and so the sick do vomit sooner and easier Diaturbith Minerale Take Mithridate of Damocratis four ounces true Turbith Mineral species Diarrhodon Abbatis of each half an ounce our species of Diavitrioli and our Carminative Oyl of each a scruple Mix them and with Syrup of Jujubes bring them into the form of a thick Electuary Virtue Use and Dose It is an excellent Purge in all desperate Diseases as the Dropsie Pox Gout and Jaundice and by its expulsive force nothing is more excellent and noble in Fistula's malignant Ulcers Plague and most kind of Feavers c. The dose is from a dram to a dram and a half drinking after it a little white Wine Confectio Passulata or a
each two drams Mix them and boil it to the consumption of the half and towards the end of its boiling aromatize it with a dram and a half of Cinamon let it cool by degrees and strain it through Hippocrates sleeve and make a clear Potion of it which edulcorate with Syrup of Violets four ounces Virtue Use and Dose The use of this Decoction doth not only give ease in the Catarrh Asthma and Pectoral diseases but also rectifies the whole Body and hath a singular force in curing Ulcers of the Lungs But it ought to be considered whether the Patient hath a Feaver or not for if he hath a Feaver he must abstain from the use of this Decoction It is given twice in the day for sweating but in the Cure it is used to be made of the Diaphoretick wood and for his ordinary drink at dinner and supper he may use the following Decoction of Raisons Decoctum Passulatum or a Decoction of Raisons Take small Raisons four ounces Barley husked three ounces roots of the best China Liquorish and Scorzonera of each half an ounce Cinamon two drams flowers of Violets dryed a scruple Boil them in six pound of Fountain-water to the consumption of the third part then let it be strained and clarified with the Whites of two Eggs and make a clear Potion of it Virtue Use and Dose Let the sick use this Decoction at Meals for his ordinary drink for it hath a certain singular faculty in curing the distempers of the Thorax and Liver for by lenifying and deterging it gives great ease in the vices of the Lungs The dose is a good draught at a time Decoctum Citri or a Decoction of Citrons Take Citrons rind and pulp cut into thin round pieces three or five white Sugar four ounces Fountain-water six pound Boil it to the consumption of the third part then strain it and the Decoction being clear like Wine keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose We do usually appoint this for a common drink to those who are sick of the Plague Epidemical diseases burning Feavers Cholerick diseases Inflammations small Pox and Meazles Stone immoderate Thirst Cholera c. because it curiously cools and moistens the Heart Stomach Liver Spleen Reins and also comforts the other Bowels that are hot and impaired and preserves them from putrefaction The dose is a good draught at a time but for delicate Palates it is prepared without the rind of Citrons and so prepared it is more palatable And a little Wine being mixed with it may prove an honest excuse to prevent drunkenness Decoctum Hepaticum or a Decoction for the Liver Take the stalks of Spanish Lettice preserved three ounces roots of Succory and Scorzonera preserved of each an ounce and a half seeds of Melons bruised and Currans of each an ounce the Liver of a Wolf half an ounce flower of white Epatice Violets Succory and water-Lilies of each a dram species Diarrhodon Abbatis Triasantalon of each tyed up in a Nodulus half a dram Let all be boiled in six pound of Barley-water to the consumption of the half and being strained clarifie it with the Whites of Eggs afterward add the juyce of acid Pomegranates and Citrons of each six ounces Syrup of blue Violets vitriolated four ounces Cinamon water half an ounce Mix them and make a clear Decoction Virtue Use and Dose It is of great power and use in contemperating the heat of the Heart and Liver for it cools and comforts and is good to lenifie the Breast and Lungs and to humect the Praecordia's The dose is from three ounces to four or a good draught Decoctum Spleneticum or a Decoction for the Spleen Take leaves of Sena and Sea Coleworts of each an ounce roots of Cappars Fenil Grass Flower-de-luce and dwarff Elder of each three drams Rhubarb Dodder species Diarrhodon Abbatis of each two drams and a half Maidenhair Hyssop Harts tongue and Betony flowers of the lesser Centaury Hops and white Liverwort of each a dram Let them be cut and bruised and then infused 24 hours in water of Scurvy-grass Fumitory Sorrel and Pauls Betony of each eight ounces Afterward boil it according to Art and make a clear Decoction in which dissolve Cream of Tartar six drams that being dissolved add these Syrups following i. e. Syrup of Scurvy-grass of Succory simple of Fumitory and Agrimony of each an ounce Spirit of Salt corrected half a dram Mix all Virtue Use and Dose This Decoction is excellent in the Obstruction Tumor and Scirrhus of the Spleen also in the Scurvy rectification of the Blood ill disposition or inclining to a Dropsie The dose is every day from two ounces to three Decoctum Antictericum or a Decoction for the Iaundice Take Southernwood half an ounce Goose dung collected in the Spring and tyed up in a Nodulus three drams roots of Celandine Turmerick Rhubarb and Zedoary of each a dram and a half Nutmegs and Bay-berries â—uâ—ked of each a dram seeds of Cummin and Anise of each half a dram Oriental Saffron and white Lilies of each ten grains the best white Wine four pound Boil all to the consumption of the third part and make a clear Potion Virtue Use and Dose Let him that is sick with the Jaundice drink a draught of this Decoction warm every morning for six days together and it perfectly cures the yellow Jaundice But the poorer sort may instead of Wine use good clear Beer or Ale and be as effectual Decoctum Ficuum or a Decoction of Figs. Take fifteen fat Figs Raisons two ounces Harts-horn and pulp of Tamarinds of each an ounce roots of Liquorish and Mock-chervil of each half an ounce Barberries two drams seeds of Carduus and Fenil of each a dram and a half Make a Decoction in Barley water and being strained clarifie it with the White of an Egg then take of this Liquor a pound and a half Syrup of the juyce of Citrons four ounces Mix them for use Virtue Use and Dose It safely and without any danger expels and drives forth the small Pox and Meazles and curbs the malignity of them The dose is often in the day from one spoonful to two but if the Belly were too loose add Gum Tragacanth in the place of Pulp of Tamarinds Decoctum contra Mictionem Sanguinis or a Decoction against Pissing of Blood Take roots of Liquorish an ounce seeds of white Poppy and Myrtle-berries of each half an ounce Acorns and Acatia of each two drams Pauls Betony Maidenhair Ceterach Sage and Burnet of each a dram and a half flowers of red Roses a dram and of wild Poppy a scruple Boil them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water so that two pound may remain which edulcorate with Syrup of the Juyce of Violets for use Virtue Use and Dose It is a very good Medicine for those who piss blood for it doth quickly and without any trouble take away the affect and cure it really The dose is morning and evening from two
173 217 273 345 348 363 Diaphragma 56 Defluxions and Destillations See Catarrhs Dropsie 16 17 21 22 23 24 27 31 41 44 47 48 50 57 59 62 64 65 94 123 125 127 142 157 158 160 165 171 175 179 182 189 190 192 208 212 236 237 251 263 264 273 285 291 294 237 364 Diarrhoea 29 57 178 Dysentery 31 33 47 52 57 84 91 98 104 167 178 197 198 203 205 251 260 291 313 326 326 327 365 Dislocations 366 Dropsical swellings 375 E. EYes 90 115 116 122 129 144 145 181 225 226 226 227 228 231 248 250 257 302 351 English sweat 31 59 Epilepsie or Falling sickness 7 12 16 17 20 27 43 46 62 69 84 89 90 94 96 101 102 105 115 117 122 130 138 144 149 151 156 169 171 198 204 209 211 213 221 241 249 250 251 251 261 268 293 302 313 318 335 346 362 Elephantiasis 7 64 115 123 273 291 293 317 339 Erysipelas 35 59 88 114 175 179 256 370 377 Epidemical diseases 14 20 31 35 39 61 107 252 284 346 F. FAce to beautifie 247 256 257 280 Feavers 15 16 26 27 29 31 31 33 35 44 47 50 57 59 62 65 69 89 102 106 109 110 115 116 117 118 122 123 125 127 130 140 148 161 161 164 165 174 179 180 183 183 186 186 188 189 190 197 203 209 212 223 232 235 248 248 249 253 260 260 263 264 284 294 336 340 346 Flux of the Womb 198 305 Flux of blood in Women 84 311 Flux of the Liver 198 Fluxes of the Belly 27 39 52 57 68 98 103 126 155 167 178 183 197 205 206 260 291 294 313 324 324 324 325 359 Flegm to cut 140 166 201 228 282 Fat to make 166 Feet swelled 365 375 Fundament chaps c. 331 G. GAll 182 Giddiness see Vertigo Green-sickness 24 41 48 Gout 7 16 20 22 31 44 50 59 62 65 69 94 97 100 106 107 116 117 122 127 171 187 190 191 192 193 196 253 256 264 268 280 293 295 349 369 370 373 377 Gonorrhoea 24 27 29 39 41 47 91 100 168 171 194 198 240 260 338 347 Gripings 52 54 160 171 203 234 See Bowels Gravel See Stone H. HAir to cleanse 303 Hair to fall off 356 Hands to whiten 114 350 Hands Ulcers there 356 Head-diseases 23 56 96 102 102 103 115 116 117 122 129 130 138 142 144 145 156 157 167 169 170 189 200 213 249 250 353 258 268 273 275 276 293 335 336 368 Haemorrhoids 91 111 205 Haemorrhage 198 291 See flux of Blood Heat of Urine 148 Hearing 17 115 116 215 216 333 334 337 339 Heart pains or distempers 69 89 101 103 105 130 135 140 142 143 163 164 171 188 203 210 233 250 258 Heart strengthens 47 52 54 94 107 110 129 131 133 134 144 146 164 171 173 174 186 198 198 202 202 214 231 232 232 249 250 268 293 Hypochonders easeth 67 106 117 141 201 201 237 239 264 294 335 336 339 367 367 Hypochondriack Melancholy 47 115 335 Hungarian Feaver 18 19 29 29 30 35 59 See Feavers Hemicrania 51 62 127 200 249 Hiccup 69 107 163 171 202 217 239 377 Humors cold and flegmatick 95 97 102 108 116 117 117 119 122 166 187 188 189 191 193 214 234 292 292 293 294 315 316 366 Humors Cholerick 39 40 97 106 110 116 117 122 122 162 174 183 186 186 188 189 190 191 193 203 206 224 264 284 315 326 348 365 Hysterical Passions 128 See Suffocation of the Womb. Hectick see Feavers Hoarsne's 140 195 195 197 I. JAundice black 115 123 125 127 130 142 158 175 179 182 190 192 237 252 264 266 285 294 306 Jaundice yellow 7 16 17 22 24 31 31 50 57 59 65 84 110 125 127 130 142 158 175 179 182 190 192 252 264 285 294 306 Ill habit of Body 24 41 47 57 59 189 208 263 Inflammations of the Throat 19 47 148 Inchantments 7 53 Intermitting Feavers 23 See Feavers Imposthumes 49 59 94 100 102 108 228 296 346 347 Iliack Passions 59 66 171 321 Inflammations 30 31 52 130 134 257 296 320 369 370 373 Joynts distempered 7 44 65 69 106 107 110 116 117 118 125 186 186 187 191 191 254 268 308 339 366 Itch 7 50 123 179 263 289 293 K. KIngs-evil swellings 366 Kidneys 47 50 53 110 118 157 167 171 172 174 178 181 188 191 193 198 214 218 279 335 336 355 359 364 367 L. LEprosie 23 31 47 50 57 59 64 94 97 123 171 179 189 193 250 291 Lientery 57 198 326 348 365 Life prolongs 14 33 54 Liver 31 52 54 59 62 65 105 110 115 116 122 124 125 126 128 133 134 135 142 144 158 165 166 172 174 182 183 186 188 198 214 231 236 237 250 262 263 273 278 278 282 283 291 293 336 339 367 367 Love-potions 17 Lungs 52 110 132 157 163 195 201 201 210 228 229 239 266 283 283 293 339 Lunacy 89 169 Lethargy 89 156 162 221 262 274 313 318 Loosness See Flux Lice 361 Lipothymies 156 See Syncope Loins 167 243 354 M. MAtrix see Womb. Madness 7 13 17 43 53 69 123 145 224 249 275 309 316 317 Malignant Feavers 30 84 See Feavers Mange 64 123 179 Marrow 57 252 Melancholy 7 13 16 17 20 24 43 46 51 53 59 62 65 69 103 105 122 123 130 145 189 191 193 202 210 224 236 251 251 275 293 309 315 317 Menses to stop 91 104 See Terms Mind dulness amends 53 115 144 146 See Spirits and Memory Muscles 57 252 358 358 Morphew 7 Milk increaseth 98 132 198 Members or parts c. 103 115 117 185 254 358 Memory 12 44 105 129 148 198 222 222 232 232 233 249 262 270 302 339 341 Measles 284 286 Mouth sore c. 297 298 299 314 N. NAture restores 43 See Spirits restores Nerves strengthens 52 57 94 116 117 127 138 157 204 222 252 302 335 336 339 345 350 354 368 Nephritick pains 69 Noli me tangere 7 347 369 Numbness of the Limbs 338 O. OBstructions opens 16 24 31 33 47 50 53 59 65 168 168 191 201 201 212 235 237 252 266 282 293 294 Obstructions of the Liver 47 See Liver Obstructions of the Spleen See Spleen P. PAleness of the Face 142 Pains in the Back 107 188 194 337 340 354 Pains in the Sides 193 196 259 262 367 Palpitation of the Heart 42 43 See Trembling Palsie of the Tongue 374 Palsie 31 43 47 50 51 56 62 130 138 151 151 162 198 200 204 211 213 219 222 251 252 262 304 320 320 337 339 343 350 Pain in the Guts 84 See Bowels Pains in the Head 16 17 20 42 65 See Head Plague 13 15 16 20 22 29 31 31 49 52 56 59 61 107 117 137 175 179 180 184 189 190 220 246 248 252 270 272 273 284 346 Pestilential Feavers 29 See Feavers Pimples in the