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A25287	The sick-mans rare jewel wherein is discovered a speedy way how every man may recover lost health, and prolong life, how he may know what disease he hath, and how he himself may apply proper remedies to every disease, with the description, definition, signs and syptoms [sic] of those diseases. (Viz.) The scurvy, leues venerea, gonorrhea, dropsies, catarrhs, chollick, gouts, madness, frensies of all sorts, fever, jaundise, consumptions, ptisick, swoundings, histerick passions, pleurisies, cachexia's, worms, vapours, hypochondriack melancholly, stone, strangury, with the whole troop of diseases most afflicting the bodies of men, women and children; with a supply of suitable medicines; ... a piece profitable for every person and family, and all that travel by sea or land. By B.A.	A. B.	1674 (1674)	Wing A2B; ESTC R222542	90,076	270

Red Coral one Scruple Let these be subtilly powdered and divided into three parts and one part given with Red Wine and the other with a Decoction of the Seeds of Plantain twice in a day For a Dyarrhea TAke Mastick two Ounces dissolve it in Oyl of Roses and Wax half an Ounce Let them be well mixed into the form of a Liniment let this be spread upon a Linnen Cloth and applyed to the Belly Take Rhubarb one Dram Citrin Mirabalans half a Dram Yellow Sanders half a Scruple Let them be put into Plantain Water and when it hath stood one night let it be strained put to it of Rhubarb Elect half a Dram Syrup of Roses one Ounce mix it and let the Sick take it twice a day For the Celiack and Lienteria or Flux from the Spleen TAke two Spoonfulls of the Syrup of Quinces thrice in a day For the Asthma ●●ke the Spirit of Aniseeds two parts Mel Scilliticum one part Cinamon Water half a part mix it and of this take half a Spoonful at a time Or take Roots of Liquorish four Ounces the Roots of Flower-de-luce two Ounces Enulacompain one Ounce of Angelica half an Ounce a prepared Squil one Ounce the Seeds of Fennel Anis of each one Ounce Nettle S●●ds Angelica Seeds of each one Dram Seeds of Water-Cresses one Dram Spirits of Aniseed half an Ounce Hony half a Poun●● Sug●r one Pound Cinamon six Dr●ms good generous White-wine a Gallon Let 〈◊〉 ●e put into a convenient Vessel or Runlet to be preserved for use the Asthmatick may drink a draught of it every day twice For the Joynt-Gout TAke Cariocostinum two Drams Syrup of purging Thorn two Drams Elder Water two Ounces mix these and take it in the Morning and keep your Chamber and drink some Posset between your Stools Take the Oyl of Whelps Oyl of Lint-seeds Oyl of Bays the Marrow of a Hart of each half an Ounce mix it together and it will become a Liniment with which anoint the pained side every Morning and Evening For the Quinsie TAke the Leaves of Plantain Daises of each one handful Red Roses let these be boyled in three pound of common Water to which add one pound of Plantain Water three Ounces of Scabious Water Lint-seeds Fenegreek-seeds and the Seeds of Mallows of each one Dram boyl these altogether to the consumption of the third part and then being strained add to it the Syrup of Mulberries and Hony of Roses of each two Ounces and with this let the Sick Gargle often Take Oyl of sweet Almonds one Ounce Capon-grease new Butter washed in Violet Water of each half an Ounce the Musalig of Lint-seed and Fenegreek-seed Seeds of Mallows Marsh-mallows Extracted with Camomil Water of each two Drams a a little Yellow Wax let a piece of Lauud moistened in it be applyed to the pained place For the Palpitation or beating of the Heart TAke the Heart of a Hart or a Goat the Heart of a tame or wild Hog wash them in Malligo Wine then cut them into little pieces then add the Leaves of Balm and Marjoram of each one handfull Bugloss Burrage Bugloss Violet Red Roses Eazil-seeds one Dram Citrin-seeds half a Dram Cloves two Drams Cinamon six Drams Mace Yellow Sanders and Wood of Alloes of each one Dram the things to be cut let them be Cut and the things to be beaten let them be beaten add to this two Pound of Malligo Wine the Juice of Lemon one Ounce and let these be distilled in Balneo until the Water sends forth no more odour and of this let the Sick take three or four Spoonfulls when they please For the Worms T●ke Worm-seed Corallina Hartshorn of eacb equal parts 〈◊〉 being finely powdered let the Child take as much as will lie upon a Groat For the Rickets TAke the Leaves of Osmond Royal Harts-tongue Liver-wort Ceterach the Flowers of Tamarise of each one handful Raisons two Ounces White Sanders and Red Sassafras of each two Drams Coriander Seeds one Dram Mace one Scruple the tops of Sage half a handful boyl it in a sufficient quantity of Water to three pounds and let it be sweetened with honey for its common drink THe Medicines which follow are those with which we have performed great and stupendious Cures upon Diseases of long standing occasioned from great and intricate Obstructions in plethorick Bodies weakened and infeebled in Body and Mind and out of all hope in themselves and after they have passed long and various courses in Physick and these not one or two as by chance but upon very ●any and failing none where Gods decree did not prohibit and indeed such En●●miums were due to one only Medici●e of Paracelsus and that which no doubt was far short of other of his Arcana's as indeed we are able to affirm the like having Experience of the very same and this Encomium given by a person who set himself to throw as much dirt as he could upon his Master yet his desert extorted this Commendation from him that his little Pills he administred as a Divine Medicine he scrupled not to affirm that by that Medicine he could put life into those that were as good as dead and that while this Servant was with him he made good in some Experiments What then if this be so may be said not only of the same but many far more excellent than that and which have not only a power to revive but also to enter into the inmost parts of Mans Body and there in a friendly ●anner appease the inraged Archeus or innate Spirit of a tenuate incide Cut dissolves all tarterous and Coagulated Filths opens stubborn and long Obstructions cleanses and purifies the Blood the Chariot of Life and Vital Spirits seperates between good and bad summons them from all quarters to appear at the general Randisvous and when fitted by preparing these alienated Humours or Torterous Filths call them what you please to cast them out by the appointed passage as forreign Guests not Homogenies to our Nature and consequently not fit to inmate themselves there by which means Obstructions are opened Nature unburned the Faculties set at liberty to perforn their respective Offices the Blood Circulated Nature revived strength restored the whole Body returned to its pristine vigour and in some Disease Cured so the Man repreved from the approaching Execution for a time from that more certain Sentence it is appointed for all men once to die and after death the Judgmenr and though you have before Medicines proper to these Diseases yet for the publick good we propound what we before promised Of those Medicines which performs the things mentioned mowing down the most stubborn and truculent Disease rooting out their Seeds that by good Diet and the due use of res non naturales before mentioned for that end that new and better fruit may grow in the room The first is our Pillulae Solares or our Solar Pills which are so called because they are of the