and the Stone Some report that these were the Thorns our Blessed Saviour was crown'd with in Contempt by the Unbelieving Jews just before his Crucifiction Mastick Thyme in Latin Marum It grows in many Places in Spain By reason of its curious Smell it is kept in Gardens in England France and Germany One Dram of the Bark of it is a present Remedy for desperate Obstructions of the Courses being taken in Rough Wine every Morning Turbith It purgeth Flegm and clammy Humours that fall on the Joints 'T is good in the Dropsie for it purges Watery Humours 'T is brought to us from Guzaratta Turmerick in Latin Curcuma The Dutch boyl it with Fish for it gives it a good Taste and colours it yellow 'T is besides an excellent Remedy for Obstructions of the Bowels viz. of the Lungs Liver and Spleen and also of the Mesaraick Veins and for Nephritick Pains 'T is also very good for the Stone in the Kidnies and Bladder It also opens Women's Obstructions and hastens Delivery But it is peculiarly good for curing of the Jaundice In short This Root is reckon'd the best of all Medicines for opening Obstructions The People of China use it in Sneezing-powders like the Roots of White Hellebore And they make an Ointment with this Root and the Powder of Sanders and some sweet Flowers wherewith the Men and Women anoint their Bodies all over And tho' this may seem very odd to those that are unaccustom'd to it by reason of the yellow Colour yet it secures them very well from the Heat of the Sun and Feverish Heats and from the vexatious Biting of Flies and Gnats Take of the Roots of Turmerick and Madder each one Ounce of the Greater Celandine-Root and Herb of the Tops of the Lesser Centory each one Handful boyl them in equal Parts of Rhenish-wine and Fountain-water to a Quart in the strain'd Liquor dissolve two Ounces of the Syrup of the five Opening Roots give half a Pint Morning and Evening hot till the Patient recovers of the Jaundice but Vomiting or Purging must be first used V. VIne in Latin Vitis It does not deserve the Name of a Tree because it cannot stand by it self There is as great Variety of them as of Pears and Apples Currents that are called Corinthian do not grow now about Corinth for the Inhabitants are not encourag'd to plant or to take care of them there being now no Sale for them the Turks having shut up the Passage and not suffering any great Ships to go thither they come now from Zant and many other Places The Raisins of the Sun are very large Grapes and in form like a Spanish Olive They dry them after this manner They cut cross-ways to the Middle the Branches they design for this use and so they intercept a good part of the Nutritious Juice that should come to the Grapes they let the Branches hang half cut upon the Vine till they are dried by degrees partly by the Heat of the Sun and partly for want of Nourishment Vines grow best in an hot Country and the hotter the Country is if it be not too hot the sooner the Grapes are ripe There are great quantities of excellent Wine in Spain Italy Sicily and some Parts of France They usually climb up on Trees as upon the Elm and the Poplar In Lombardy they plant them in the Corn-Fields so near Trees that they may climb up on them and so they have Corn Wine and Wood in the same Fields The Leaves and Tendrels of the Vine bruis'd and applied ease the Pain of the Head and take off Inflammations and Heat off the Stomach The Tear of the Vine which is like a Gum but it does not grow on our Vines taken in Wine is good for the Stone The Ashes of the Tendrels mix'd with Vinegar cure a Condyloma and is good for the Biting of Vipers and Inflammations of the Spleen 'T is to little purpose to mention the Virtues of Wine for there is scarce any one that is ignorant of them The Wine called Setinum was most esteem'd by the Ancients The Wines that are most esteem'd amongst us are the Claret-Wine Burgundy-Wine common White-Wine Frontiniack Hermitage and Champaign These come from France The following from Spain Canary-Sack Malaga-Sack Sherry-Sack Alicant-Wine and Port-o-Port From the Island of Crete is brought Red Muscadine From Germany Rhenish Wine Wine is wholsomer than Beer Mead or Cyder and indeed than any other Liquor Now-a-days Rough Wines tho' they are not so pleasing to the Palate are counted better for the Stomach and to help Concoction as Claret and Florentine-Wine Baccius wrote an excellent Book in the Year 1596. of the several sorts of Wines it was printed at Rome and is indeed worth perusing wherein is contain'd all that has been wrote of the Grape by Ancient and Modern Writers together with Observations of his own about Greek Italian Spanish French and Rhenish-Wines with the Ways of making them their Diseases and Remedies Omphaciun is the unripe Juice of the Grape strain'd and kept in a Vessel close stop'd It cools and dries It is not only used in Physick but also with Food in Sauces It takes off Nauseousness excites Appetite stops the Flux of the Belly and mitigates the Heat of the Stomach and Bowels being taken inwardly And outwardly applied it clears the Sight as also does Wild Apples and cleanses them from Filth 'T is better for all hot Diseases than Vinegar Sapa is New Wine boyl'd to the Consumption of a third part Defrutum is New Wine boyl'd to the Consumption of half Distillation of Wine into Brandy is made in the following manner Fill with Wine half a large Copper Body cover it with its Moor's-head border'd with its Refrigeratory and fit to it a Receiver lute well the Junctures with a wet Bladder and distil with a gentle Fire about a quarter of the Liquor or else until the Liquor which distils does not burn when the Fire is put to it that which is in the Receiver is called Brandy Brandy may be drawn from all sorts of Wines but more of it may be drawn in some Countries than in others For Example The Wines that are made about Orleans and Paris do yield more Brandy than many others which seem to be stronger and the Reason is because those Wines that appear stronger are loaded with a great deal of Tartar which fixes their Spirits whereas the other containing but a convenient Portion of this Tartar do leave their Spirits at greater liberty When Wine has been drunk there is made a Separation of Spirits in the Body much resembling that which is made by Distillation for the Heat of the Bowels warming it causes the Spirituous Parts to spread on all Sides through the Pores and some part of them to mix with the Blood and rarefie it from whence it comes to rejoyce the Heart and increase the Vigour of the whole Body but because these Spirits do always tend upwards the greatest part flies
them all according to Art and then add to each Pound of this Confection two Ounces of Venice-Treacle and Mithridate This is the Orvictan so much cried up by some G. GAlangal in Latin Galanga major The Root of it is good in all Cases wherein Ginger is used and it is wont to be candied like Ginger It provokes Appetite as Capers and Olives do The fresh Root of either of them cut into Slices is boyl'd with Flesh and Fish for the same purpose 'T is also eaten raw with Oyl Salt and Vinegar with Fish and Flesh to help Concoction 'T is used in the cold Diseases of Men and Beasts 'T is Cephalick Cardiack and Stomachick It strengthens the Stomach and takes off Sowr Belching Being chew'd in the Mouth it discusses Wind and cures a Stinking Breath It does good in the Cholick heats the Reins and provokes Venery Candied with Sugar it is good for cold Diseases of the Head and Nerves It cures the Head-ach and eases the Pain of the Limbs 'T is good for the Palpitation of the Heart used with the Juice of Plantane The Powder of it taken in good Wine or Balm-water or in the Juice of Borrage cures Fainting proceeding from a cold Cause The Germans use to give it to those that are about to be Let Blood to chew it in their Mouths to prevent Fainting It grows spontaneously in Malabar and Java Galbanum 'T is a fat Juice but cannot be dissolv'd with Oyl in Water it may 'T is of a middle Nature betwixt a Gum and a Resin for it will burn like Resin and dissolve in Water like a Gum. 'T is of a yellow Colour and of a soft Substance like Wax It tastes bitterish and acrid and smells very strong The chief use of it is to mollifie and digest 'T is used inwardly to provoke the Courses to hasten Delivery to expel the Secundine and a dead Child 'T is also outwardly used in Child-bearing for the Courses for Mother-fits and for Giddiness The Fume of it is good in the Falling-sickness for Mother-fits and for Fainting and the like 'T is said by some of the Ancients that he that washes his Hands with a Solution of it may safely handle Serpents But the Truth of it may be well doubted Take of Galbanum and choice Myrrh each one Dram and an half of Castor sixteen Grains with a sufficient quantity of the Balsam of Peru Make twelve Pills of each Dram Give three at Bed-time drinking upon them three or four Spoonfuls of Compound-Briony-water Continue the use of these Pills thirty Days These Pills are very proper in Hysterick Diseases Take of Galbanum dissolv'd in Tincture of Castor and strain'd three Drams Tacamahaca two Drams mingle them make a Plaster to be applied to the Navel This Plaster is very proper in Hysterick Diseases 'T is an Ingredient of several Plasters of the London-Dispensatory as of the Plaster of Ammoniacum Barbarum Magnum of the Plaster of Cinnabar and of the Compound Diachylon of the Plaster of Mucilages of the Divine Plaster and some others The way to purifie it is to dissolve it in Vinegar then passing it through a Cloth all the Moisture is to be evaporated away over the Fire By this means it is cleans'd indeed from Straws and some other Impurities that are contain'd in it But then part of its Volatile Spirits is evaporated at the same time and in them consists its greatest Virtue while some others are fix'd by the Acid which always hinders the Motion of Volatiles Wherefore I would never advise this Purification I had rather after chusing it as clean as may be only powder it in a Mortar to mix it with what may be thought fit for tho' there should be some little Straws in it they would never be able to alter the nature of the Remedy or diminish its Virtue so much as does the Destruction of its Volatile Salts by the Vinegar But because it is too moist to be powder'd you must first cut it into little Slices and dry it in the Sun 'T is a Tear of the Herb called Faerula Common Great Gentian in Latin Gentiana major The Root of it which is chiefly used is Alexipharmick 'T is used in the Plague and other Contagious Diseases for Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and the like 'T is good for a Dropsie Mother-fits Weakness of the Stomach the Worms Agues and for the Biting of a Mad Dog 'T is frequently used outwardly to dilate Ulcers and to make Issues run The Compound-water of Gentian of the London-Dispensatory is made in the following manner Take of the Roots of Gentian cut one Pound and an half of the Leaves and Flowers of the Lesser Centory each four Ounces infuse them for the space of eight Days in six Quarts of White-wine and then distil them in B. M. This Water is a good Preservative against Ill Air and and Contagious Diseases It opens Obstructions of the Liver strengthens the Stomach creates an Appetite and helps Digestion 'T is good for the Jaundice and opens Women's Obstructions The Extract of Gentian is also much in use The Root powder'd and made into an Electuary with Conserve of Orange-peels and Conserve of Hips strengthens the Stomach creates an Appetite and expels Wind and helps Concoction Ginger in Latin Zinziber It grows in all the Provinces of India 'T is candied green in India and is good for Old People and such as are cold and flegmatick and for such whose Stomachs do not concoct well especially when it is fresh candied 'T is also good for Viscid Flegm of the Lungs The Indians use the Leaves of Ginger in Broths and for the Kitchin They also use the Roots of it green with Oyl and Salt mix'd with other Herbs Fresh Ginger is reckon'd by them an excellent Remedy for Cholical Pains and for the Caeliack and Lientaerick Passions 'T is also good for long Diarrhaea's proceeding from Cold and also for Wind and the Gripes and the like But it is to be noted that they who are of a hot Constitution ought not to use it whether they are sick or well for it inflames the Blood and opens the Orifices of the Veins But Ginger and Pepper are more used in the Kitchin than in Physick 'T is mix'd with purging Medicines that are strong to correct them It cleanses the Lungs and Stomach strengthens the Brain and clears the Sight when it is dulled by moisture It strengthens the Stomach and is mix'd with Antidotes 'T is an Ingredient in the Cardiack Syrup of the Cardiack Julep of the London-Dispensatory Goards in Latin Curcurbitae It quenches Thirst provokes Urine lessens Seed and extinguishes Venery 'T is used in Meats prepar'd in the following manner They boyl the inner and white Substance with the unripe and soft Seeds afterwards they cut them small with Onions and boyl them with Salt and Butter and then they are much like Headed Cabbage cut and boyl'd They are very good for lean People The Italians cut
two Handfuls of the Leaves of Agrimony and both the Speed-wells each one Handful of Raisins stoned six Ounces of the Seeds of Sweet Fennel and Coriander each six Drams of Spanish Liquorish two Ounces strain the Liquor and aromatize it with a little Cinnamon and keep it for use The Patient commonly takes a Quart or more of this Drink in a Day Take of the Leaves of Sena four Ounces of Gummy Turbith and Hermodactyls each two Ounces of Black Hellebore and the Pulp of Colloquintida each six Drams of Guaicum and Saxifrage rasp'd each one Ounce of the Bark of Guaiacum and the fresh Berries of Juniper and the outward Bark of Citrons each half an Ounce of Cinnamon and Cloves each two Drams infuse them in equal Parts of the Waters of Balm Meadow-sweet and Carduus Benedictus for the space of forty eight Hours then boyl them gently and strain out the Liquor dissolve in it of Aloes-Rosat two Ounces Diagridium one Ounce bring it to the Consistence of an Extract and keep it for use The Dose is from half a Dram to one Dram. This is a proper Purge in the French Disease Or Take of the Extract above describ'd two Drams of the Gum of Guaiacum half a Scruple of Mercurius dulcis one Scruple make Pills with the Syrup of Buck-thorn These Pills are also used for the same Disease Distillation of Guaiacum is perform'd in the following manner Take the Shavings of Guaiacum fill a large Retort with them three quarters full place it in a Rever-beratory Furnace and joyn to it a great capacious Receiver begin the Distillation with a Fire of the First Degree to warm the Retort gently and to distil the Water which is called Flegm continue it in this condition until there come no more Drops which is a Sign that all the Flegm is come throw away that which you find in the Receiver and fitting it again to the Neck of the Retort lute well the Junctures you must afterwards increase the Fire by degrees and the Spirits and Oyl will come forth in white Clouds continue the Fire until there comes no more let the Vessels cool and unlute them pour that which is in the Receiver into a Tunnel lined with Brown Paper and set upon a Bottle or some other Vessel the Spirit will pass through and leave the black thick and very fettid Oyl in the Tunnel pour it into a Viol and keep it for use 'T is an excellent Remedy for Rottenness of the Bones for the Tooth-ach and to cleanse old Ulcers It may be rectified and may be used inwardly for the Falling-sickness and Palsie and to drive forth the After-birth The Dose is from two Drops to six in some convenient Liquor The Spirit of Guaicum may be rectified in a Limbeck to separate the Impurity that passes with it It works by Perspiration and by Urine The Dose is from half a Dram to a Dram and an half 'T is likewise used mix'd with Water of Hony to cleanse Inveterate Ulcers You will find in the Retort the Coals of Guaiacum which you may turn into Ashes by putting Fire to them Calcine these Ashes some Hours in a Potter's Furnace then make a Lee of them with Water filtrate it and evaporate it in a Glass or Earthen Vessel in Sand there will remain the Salt of Guaiacum which you may make white by calcining it in a Crucible in a strong Fire This Salt is Aperitive and Sudorifick it may serve as all other Alkalies to draw the Tinctures of Vegetables The Dose is from ten Grains to half a Dram in some convenient Liquor During the Distillation you must not make the Fire too strong for the Spirits coming forth with a great deal of Violence will be apt to break either the Retort or the Receiver Tho' Guaiacum be a very dry Body yet abundance of Liquor is drawn from it for if you put into the Retort four Pounds of this Wood sixteen Ounces to the Pound you will draw thirty nine Ounces of Spirit and Flegm and five Ounces and an half of Oyl there will remain in the Retort nineteen Ounces of Coals from which you may draw half an Ounce or six Drams of an Alkali-Salt The Oyl of Guaiacum is Acrimonious by reason of the Salts it has carried along with it and it is the Gravity of the Salts that does precipitate it to the bottom of the Water This Oyl does good for the Tooth-ach because it stops the Nerves with its Ramous Parts hindring thereby the Air from entring Moreover by means of the Acrimonious Salts which they contain they do dissipate a Flegm which uses to get within the Gum and causes Pain Take of Guaiacum cut into small pieces eight Ounces of Sarsaparilla six Ounces of the Bark of Walnut-tree of the Roots of Fig-wort and of Saxifrage each two Ounces Herb Robert three Handfuls of Raisins of the Sun stoned and of Live Millepedes each one Pound make a Bag for four Gallons of New Beer This is a Diet-drink for the King 's Evil. Guaiacum grows in Hispaniola Jamaica and some other Places Gum-Ammoniacum Chuse that which is without Sand that is pure yellow without and clear within which burns clear when it is fired and softens and sticks to the Hands when handled and flies into many shining pieces when it is knock'd with an Hammer It will dissolve in Water it smells stronger than Galbanum and hath a bitterish Taste It attenuates and resolves and draws violently and moves the Belly 'T is chiefly used for Pains of the Gout to resolve the viscid and thick Mucilage of the Lungs and Mesentery and for obstinate Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Womb and for the Stone 'T is used outwardly for a Scirrhus for the King's-Evil and to dissolve other hard Swellings Gum-Ammoniack is distill'd in the following manner Put a Pound of Gum-Ammoniack into an Earthen Retort or a Glass one luted big enough for two thirds to remain empty place this Retort in a Reverberatory Furnace and fitting to it a Receiver begin the Distillation with a very little Fire to warm gently the Retort and drive forth Drop by Drop a little Flegmatick Water when the Vapours begin to appear throw out that which is in the Receiver and re-fitting it and luting close the Joints increase the Fire by degrees and continue it until all is come forth then let the Vessels cool and unlute them pour out that which is in the Receiver into a Tunnel lined with Brown Paper the Spirit will pass through and leave the thick black Oyl in the Filter Keep it in a Viol. 'T is good for the Palsie and Hysterical Diseases the diseas'd Parts are rub'd with it And it is given Women to smell to Put the Spirit into a Glass-Limbeck and rectifie it by distilling it in Sand 'T is a good Remedy against the Plague and all sorts of Malignant Diseases 'T is used in the Scurvy and all manner of Obstructions The Dose is from eight to
from another neither of the two will prove at all sweet The Oyl alone is insipid upon the Tongue because it makes little or no Impression upon the Nerve that serves for Tasting but when the Acid is entirely mix'd with it the Edges of this Acid do serve for a Vehicle to the Oyl to make it penetrate and tickle superficially the Nerve whereby the Sense of Tasting is produced The Acid therefore being alone does become incisive and pricks the Tongue by its Edges but when they are dull'd and blunted by the Ramous Parts of the Oyl then they have another sort of Determination and can no longer pierce the Nerve of Tasting but with a great deal of Tenderness and Gentleness Cask-Sugar is sweeter than finer Sugar because it contains more viscous or fat Parts which remain the longer upon the Nerve of the Tongue And this makes us sometimes prefer the first as to Use before the other Sugar-Candy is better for Coughs than common Sugar because being harder it requires a longer time to melt in the Mouth and besides it keeps the Breast moister than the common Sugar Spirit of Sugar is made in the following manner Powder and mix eight Ounces of White Sugar-Candy with four Ounces of Sal-Armoniack put this Mixture into a Glass or Earthen Body whose third part only is thereby fill'd fit an Head to the Body and place it in a Sand-Furnace joyn a Receiver to it and lute well the Junctures with a wet Bladder give it a small Fire for an Hour only to heat the Vessel then increase it to the second Degree there will distil a Liquor Drop by Drop and towards the End there will rise white Vapours into the Head increase your Fire still more until nothing more comes forth let the Vessels cool and unlute them you will find in the Receiver seven Ounces of a brown Liquor that smells ill and also a little black Oyl that sticks to the Sides pour it all together into a Glass-Body and having fitted to it an Head and Receiver and luted the Joints distil in Sand six Ounces of a very Acid Spirit that is clear and agreeable to the Taste and without any Smell 'T is good against Gravel and the Dropsie and for a Loosness and the Bloody-Flux The Dose is eight or ten Drops in Tincture of Roses or the like That which remains in the Body after Rectification is a Fetid Oyl which may be outwardly used to cleanse old Ulcers Melassoes or the Hony of Sugar are used to make Aqua-vitae and they yield a strong Spirit It has been reported that some Brewers make Ale in a great measure with Melassoes but if they do it is an abominable Cheat for they are not near so wholesom as Malt. Take of Brown or Red Sugar four Spoonfuls of common Salt as much as will lie on a Three-pence of Cow's-Milk one Pint let the Milk just boyl up dissolve the Sugar and the Salt in it strain it This is a Clyster and generally speaking serves as well as the best to empty the Bowels Swallow-wort in Latin Asclepias It grows in Germany Italy and France The Root of it is very Alexipharmick and Sudorinick 'T is chiefly used for the Plague and other Contagious Diseases for Obstructions of the Courses for the Palpitation of the Heart a Fainting and a Dropsie 'T is also commended for the Stone 'T is used outwardly The Flowers the Roots and the Seeds cleanse Sordid Ulcers 'T is good for the Biting of Venomous Creatures for Ulcers of the Paps of the Breasts and the like T. TAmarinds in Latin Tamarindi They grow in Arabia Foelix and in the East and West-Indies They correct the Acrimony of the Humours purge Choler and restrain the Heat of they Blood they cure Fevers and the Jaundice and take off the Heat of the Stomach and Liver and stop Vomiting The Turks and Arabians when they go long Journies in the Summer-time carry Tamarinds with them to quench their Thirst In Pestilential and Putrid Fevers Water wherein Tamarinds have been infus'd sweeten'd with Sugar is a proper Liquor to drink for it extinguishes Thirst and cools much Take of Tamarinds half an Ounce of Sena two Drams of Rubarb one Dram and an half boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water to three Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add of Manna and Syrup of Roses Solutive each one Ounce Make a Purging Potion This is a good Cooling Purge and works well Take of Tamarinds half an Ounce of Sena two Drams of Rubarb one Dram and an half boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water to three Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add of Manna and Syrup of Roses Solutive each one Ounce of Syrup of Buck-thorn half an Ounce of the Electuary of the Juice of Roses two Drams mingle them make a Potion But this must be given only to strong People I have found by Experience that this purges when nothing else will 'T is good for a Dropsie and the Running of the Reins Tea or Thee This Shrub grows in Japan and China The Price varies according to the Largeness of the Leaves and so great a difference is there in the Price that one Pound of the best Tea is sold for more than an hundred Pounds of another Sort. The Goodness of it is known by the fragrant Smell of the Leaves It smells somewhat like Hay mix'd with a little Aromatick Smell 'T is of a green Colour and tastes sweet with a little bitter It purifies the Blood prevents troublesom Dreams expels Malignant Vapours from the Brain takes off Giddiness and the Head-ach especially when it proceeds from Over-eating 'T is good in a Dropsie for it provokes Urine very much It dries up Rhumes of the Head corrects the Acrimony of the Humours opens Obstructions of the Bowels and strengthens the Sight for the People of Japan use it as the only Remedy for Weakness of the Sight and Diseases of the Eyes whereunto they are much subject It corrects Adust Humours cools an hot Liver and softens an hard Spleen It keeps People wakeful especially those that are not used to drink it It renders the Body brisk chears the Heart drives away Fear and takes off the Gripes and suppresses Wind. It strengthens the Bowels quickens the Memory and sharpens the Wit It prevents the Stone And a Person that travell'd in Japan and made it his Business to enquire about the Stone there could not find one Person that had the least Symptom of it either in the Bladder or Kidnies And it is moreover a Provocative to Venery it strengthens the Stomach and is very good for Gouty People Christ-thorn in Latin Palivrus The Root and Leaves are Astringent they stop the Flux of the Belly and digest and cure a Phyma The Fruit is so inciding that it is said to lessen the Stone of the Bladder and to remove Excretions of the Breast and Lungs The Seeds bruised are commended for a Cough and the Mont peliar-Physicians use them for Gravel
into the Brain where it quickens its Motion and produces a certain Gaiety of Mind But now tho' Wine moderately taken is so profitable for the Functions of the Body yet it causes many Mischiefs when it is used to Excess for the Spirits rising in great Abundance do circulate in the Brain with so much Celerity that they soon confound the whole Oeconomy And indeed every one knows that a Continuations of Debauches does at last render a Man dull and stupid that Apoplexies Palsies Gout Dropsie and a long Train of many other Diseases are the usual Consequences of Intemperance Spirit of Wine is made in the following manner Fill a large Bolt-head with a long Neck half full with Brandy and fitting an Head and Receiver lute close the Junctures set your Bold-head upon a Pot fill'd half with Water to distil in a Vaporous Bath the Spirit which separates from the Flegm and rises pure continue this Degree af Fire until nothing more distils Thus you will have a Deflegmated Spirit of Wine at the first Distillation It serves for a Menstruum to a great many Things in Chymistry Half a Spoonful of it is given to Apoplectical and Lethargical Persons to make them come to themselves Likewise their Wrists Breast and Face are rub'd with it 'T is a good Remedy for Burns if applied so soon as they happen And it is good for Cold Pains for the Palsie Contusions and other Maladies wherein it is requisite to discuss and open the Pores Spirit of Wine Tartariz'd in made in the following manner Put a Pound of Salt of Tartar into a long Glass-Body pour upon it four Pints of Spirit of Wine prepar'd as above place your Vessel in Sand and cover it with an Head to which fit a Receiver lute well the Junctures with a â—et Bladder and give it a gradual Fire which continue until three parts of the Spirit of Wine are risen then remove the Fire and keep this Spirit in a Viol well stop'd It has the same Virtues as the other but is more subtile The Liquor that remains in the Body may be evaporated and a Salt of Tartar got as good as before The Queen of Hungary's Water is made in the following manner Fill a Glass or Earthen Cucurbite half full with Rosemary-flowers gather'd when they are at best pour upon them a sufficient quantity of Spirit of Wine to infuse them set the Cucurbite in a Bath and joyning its Head and Receiver lute close the Junctures and give it a digesting Fire for three Days after which unlute them and pour into the Cucurbite that which may have been distill'd re-fit your Limbeck and increase the Fire so as to make the Liquor to distil Drop by Drop when you have drawn about two Thirds of it put out the Fire let the Vessels cool and unlute them and put the Water so distill'd into a Vial well stop'd 'T is good in a Palsie Lethargy Apoplexy and for Hysterical Diseases The Dose is from one Dram to two 'T is likewise used outwardly for Burns Tumours Cold Pains Contusions Palsie and in all other Cases wherein it is requisite to revive the Spirits Ladies use to mix half an Ounce of it with six Ounces of Lilly-water or Bean-flower-water and wash their Faces with it Wine like all other Liquors that use to ferment grows sowr by the Dissolution of its Tartar in a second Fermentation This Dissolution is commonly made when upon the Wine 's going to decay some of the more subtile Spirits are lost for the Tartar taking their Place fixes the rest of the Spirits which remain in the Wine so that they can act no longe Vinegar is made by setting Wine in some hot place or by keeping it too long or by exposing it to the Sun Vinegar is frequently used in Physick and Food Pickle and Sauces are made of it It excites Appetite and promotes Concoction 'T is used in Physick to allay Feverish Heats and to prevent Putrifaction to cut Flegm and Glutinous Humours that they may be render'd thereby fitter to be expectorated Outwardly used it cures the Itch an Herpes and the like but it is injurious to the Nerves and Nervous Parts It also makes the Body lean There is a memorable Story of a General in the Belgick Wars who about the Middle of his Age grew so very fat that he was forc'd to have Bandage for his Belly and finding himself grow more and more unwieldy every Day and unfit for his Business he left off drinking Wine and drank Vinegar the rest of his Days by which Means his Belly asswaged and he was lessen'd in weight Eighty seven Pounds Christopher A Vega says he saw three People that were hang'd or suffocated so much that Froth came out of their Mouths restor'd to Life by Vinegar and the Powder of Pepper and Penny-royal For Crusty Stinking Ulcers of the Head which Children are commonly troubled withal and sometimes grown People Take of Ginger three Ounces boyl it in sharp Vinegar and Butter of each half a Pound till the Vinegar is consum'd then beat it into an Ointment with Butter and anoint the Sores with it Morning and Evening and it will cure them in four or five Days In the London-Dispensatory are the following Sorts of Vinegar Rosemary-Vinegar Clove-Vinegar Rose-Vinegar Elder-flower-Vinegar Vinegar of Squils and Treacle-Vinegar The Vapour of Vinegar is very proper in the Plague Vinegar is distill'd in the following manner Put six Quarts of strong Vinegar into an Earthen Pan evaporate in a Bath about a Quart and pour that which remains into a Glass or Earthen Cucurbite and distil it in a strong Sand-heat until there remain at bottom nothing but a Substance like Hony keep this Vinegar well stop'd Many call it Spirit of Vinegar It s principal Use is to dissolve or precipitate Bodies 'T is sometimes mix'd in Cordial-Potions to resist Putrifaction The Dose is half a Spoonful 't is mix'd with Water And this Oxyorate is used to stop Hemorrhagies taken inwardly and to asswage Inflammations applied outwardly Tartar is that which is found sticking to Casks of Wine like a very hard Stone sometimes white sometimes red according to the Colour of the Wine it comes from White Tartar is to be preferr'd before Red because it is purer and contains less Earth Both one and the other are had in great Abundance in Languedoc and Provence but the best White Tartar of all is brought out of Germany Crystals of Tartar are made in the following manner Boyl in a great deal of Water what quantity of White Tartar you please until it be all dissolv'd pass the Liquor hot through Hippocrates's Sleeve into an Earthen Vessel and evaporate about half of it set the Vessel in a cool place two or three Days and you will find little Crystals on the Sides which you are to separate evaporate again half the Liquor that remains and remit the Vessel to the Cellar as before there will shoot out new Crystals Continue doing thus until
you have got all the Tartar Dry the Crystals in the Sun and keep them for use The Crystal of Tartar is Purgative and Aperitive 'T is good for Hydropical and Asthmatical Persons and for Tertian and Quartan-Agues The Dose is from half a Dram to three Drams in Broth or some other proper Liquor Salt of Tartar is made in the following manner Take four Pounds of good White-wine-Tartar beat it fine make it up in Half-pounds in several Sheets of Brown Paper dip them in Water place them in the midst of a Charcoal-Fire cover them over therewith let the Fire burn out you will find at the Bottom Tartar calcin'd in black Lumps take the Tartar thus calcin'd beat it grosly put it into a Pipkin or Iron Pot full of Water set it over the Fire and let the Water boyl till half is consum'd then take it off and let it settle decant it as clear as you can pour on a little more Water upon the Faeces and let it boyl then decant it as before taste the Water whether it be salt and proceed as before Do so as long as you find the Water tastes salt afterwards filter all the Liquor pour'd off through Paper and boyl it up to a Salt Tartar Vitriolated is made in the following manner Put into a Glass-Body what quantity you please of Oyl of Tartar made per Deliquium which is nothing but the exposing Salt of Tartar for some Days in a Cellar in a wide Glass-Vessel till it turns to a Liquor Pour upon this Dissolution of Tartar by little and little Rectified Spirit of Vitriol there will be a great Effervescency Continue to drop more in till there is no farther Ebullition then place your Cucurbite in Sand and evaporate the Spirit with a little Fire there will remain a very white Salt keep it in a Vial well stop'd 'T is a good Aperitive and is also a little purgative 'T is given in Hypochondriacal Cases in Quartan-Agues King's-Evil and in all other Diseases wherein it is necessary to open Obstructions and to force Urine The Dose is from ten to thirty Grains in some proper Liquor W. WInteran-bark in Latin Cortex Winteranus It turns up in Pipes like Cinnamon but is larger and thicker of a light yellow Colour and of a very hot biting Taste It comes from Nevis Antego Montferrat and other Places 'T is Cephalick and Stomachick but the chief Use of it is for the Scurvy Take of the Conserve of Scurvy-grass Roman-Wormwood and Fumatory each two Ounces of the Powder of the Winteran-Bark and of the Roots of Angelica and Wake Robin each two Drams of the Species of the three Sanders one Dram and an half of the Powder of Crab's-eyes one Dram of Salt of Wormwood two Drams with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of the Bark of Citron make an Electuary This is good for the Scurvy Indian Woad or Indico in Latin Glastum Indicum The Root is given in Decoction for the Stone and against Poysons 'T is supposed that Indico is proper for the Jaundice Z. ZEdoary in Latin Zedoaria 'T is an hot and dry Root it discusses Wind is good for the Biting of Venomous Creatures It stops a Loosness suppresses Vomiting and is good in a Windy Cholick 'T is used now-a-days by Physicians against the Contagion of a Pestilential Air and for Hysterick Fits Take of the Roots of Zedoary of the Seeds of Daucus of the Roots of Lovage each two Ounces of Red Myrrh and Castor each half an Ounce of the Roots of Peony four Ounces of Misleto of the Oak gather'd when the Moon is past the Full three Ounces pour upon them two Quarts of Feverfew-water and half a Pint of Spirit of Wine digest them three Days and afterwards distil them The Dose is one Spoonful either by it self or with some proper Water This is used for Hysterick Fits THE English INDEX A. Pag. ABele-tree See Poplar Acacia 195 Alcali 198 Adder's-tongue 1 Adder's-wort See Bistort Agarick 196 Agnus Castus 197 Agrimony 2 Ague-tree See Sassafras Alcost See Costmary 52 Aldertree 3 Black Alder ibid. Ale-hoof See Ground-Ivy Alaxander's-foot See Pellitory of Spain Alexanders 4 Alleluya See Wood-Sorrel All-good See English Mercury Almond-tree 198 Aloes 200 Amee See Bishop's-weed Amomum 207 Anacardium Occidentale ib. Anacardiums 208 Angelica 4 Animae Gummi 208 Annise ibid. Apple-tree 5 Apricock-tree 8 White Arch-Angel 8 Stinking Arrach 9 Arsmart 10 Artichoke 11 Asa-Foetida 210 Asarabacca 11 Ash-tree 12 Avens ibid. B. BAlsam-tree 211 Peruvian Balsam 212 Balsam Copaiba 213 Balsam of Tolu ibid. Balam of Chili 215 Balaustians ibid. Barbery-tree 13 Barly ibid. Gardan-Basil 14 Wild Basil ibid. Baulm 15 Bay-tree ibid. Bdellium 215 Beans 16 Bear's-breech 216 Bear's-foot 17 Beech-tree ibid. White-Beet ibid. Sea-Beet ibid. Benjamin 217 Ben-Nut 218 Wood-Betony 18 Bil-berries ibid. Birch-tree 19 Birth-wort 219 Bishop's-weed ibid. The Greater Bistort 20 Bitter-sweet See Woody Night-shade Bitter-Vetch 221 Black-berries See Bramble Black-wort See Comfrey Vpright Blite 21 May-Blossoms See Lilly of the Valley Blue-Bottles 22 Borrage ibid. Box-tree 23 Brake See Fern. Bramble 23 Brazile-wood 221 White Briony 24 Common Brook-lime 25 Broom 26 Broom-Rape 27 Butcher's-Broom ibid. Buck-bean See Marsh-Trefoil Buckram See Cuckoe-pintle Butter-flowers See Crow-foot Buck-thorn 28 Bugle 29 Bugloss 30 Bur-dock 31 Burnet 32 Butter-bur 33 Butter-wort 34 C. CAbbage 34 Sea-Cabbage 35 Field-Calamint ibid. Calf's-snout 36 Camel's-Hay 222 Cammock See Rest-Harrow Camomile 37 Camphir 222 Cancamum See Gum Animae Canela See Cinnamon Capers 225 Caraways 38 Cardamoms 226 Wild Carrots 39 Carthamus 226 Cassia 227 Cassidony See Staechas Cassummuniar 230 Catmint See Nep. Celandine 39 The Lesser Celandine 40 The Lesser Centory 41 Chaste-tree See Agnus Castus Common Wild Chervil 42 Cherries 44 Cheese-Renning See Lady's Bad-straw Chesnuts 45 Chick-weed 47 Chiches 233 China 232 Cinnamon 234 Cinquefoil 236 Citrons 237 Cloud-berry 48 Cloves 240 Coccus Baphica See Kermes Cockle 242 Coco-nut-tree ibid. Coculus Indus ibid. Coffee 243 Colly-flower 49 Coloquintida 245 Colt's-foot 49 Columbine 50 Comfrey 51 Contrayerva 246 Coral ibid. Coral-tree 249 Sea-Coralline 52 Cork-tree 249 Cornel 52 Costmary ibid. Costus 249 Cotton ibid. Coubage 250 Cowslips 53 Indian-Cress 250 Garden-Cress 53 Water-Cress 54 Cross-wort 55 Creeping Crow-foot ibid. Round-headed Crow-foot 56 Water-Crow-foot 57 Crown-Imperial 250 Cubebs 251 Cuckow-pintle 57 Cucumbers 58 Wild cucumbers 59 Cudweed ibid. Cummin 250 Currant-bush 60 Sweet Cyperus 251 Cypress-tree 60 D. ENglish Daffadil 61 The Greater White Daisies ibid. The Lesser Daisies 62 Dandalyon ibid. Danewort 63 Darnel 64 Date-tree 252 Dill 64 Dittander 65 Dittany of Crete 252 Sharp-pointed Dock with curl'd Leaves 66 Sharp-pointed Dock ibid. The Dock called Monk's Rubarb 67 Dodder ibid. Common Dove's-foot 69 Dragons ibid. Dragon's-blood 253 Common Drop-wort 68 Duck's-meat 70 E. EArth-nut 70 Ebony 254 Egglentine 71 Eildber See Jack by the Hedge Elder 72 Dwarf-Elder See Dane-wort Elecampane 72 Ellebore 255 Black Ellebore 256 Elm 74 Endive ibid. Eringo ibid. Euphorbium 257 Eye-bright 75 F.