76 172 Whites to stop 24 86 89 Wind to expel 7 11 13 54 56 57 62 70 75 107 108 126 128 Womb to cleanse 126 Womb diseases 3 82 Womens delivery 105 Womens obstructions 77 Worms 25 126 151 Wounds of the head 112 Wounds to heal 24 98 116 ROOTS ANgelica Asarabacca Asparagus Avens Birthwort Long Round Bistort Briony White Black Bugloss Burdock Butterbur Greater Celandine China Comfrey Contrayerva Sweet Costus Wild Cucumber Long Cyperus Dandelyon White Dittany Sharp pointed Dock Ground Elder Elecampane Eringo Fennel Hogs Fennel Figwort Filipendula Galingal Garlick Gentian Ginger Grass Five leav'd Grass Restharrow Hellebore White Black Hounds-tongue Jalap Kneeholm White Lilly Water Lilly Liquorice Madder Marsh-mallows Masterwort Mechoacan Onions Orris Florentine Orris Parsly Pellitory of Spain Periwinkle Garden Radish Horse Radish Rubarb Monks-Rubarb Rue Sarsaparilla Scabious Scorzonera Smallage Virginian Snakeweed Soloâ—ons Seal Sorrel Wood Sorrel Succory Sow bread Swallow-wort Turbith Turmerick Valerian Zedoary BARKS Ash Barberry Bullace Tree Roots of Capers Cinnamon Citron Elder Ground Elder Elm Fistichnuts Frankincence Guajacum Lemon Mace Oake Oranges Peruvian Pine Pomegranate Sassafras Tamarisk Winteran WOODS Aloes Box Guajacum Lentiscinum Nephritic Rhodium Sanders White Red Yellow Tamarisk FLOWERS White Arch-Angel Balaustians Betony Borrage Broom Lesser Centaury Cammomile Coltsfooâ— Cowslips Elder St. John's-wort July-flowers Lavender Water Lillies Marigolds Melilote Mullein Oranges Peach Male-Peony Red Poppies Primrose Rosmary Red Roses Saffron Sage â—techas â—ansâ—e Violets Herbs Leaves and Buds Adders-tongue Agrimony Arsmart Asarabacca Avens Balm Basil Bears breech Be et Betony Borrage Bramble Broom Brooklime Bugules Bugloss Burdock Burnet Cabbage Calamint Cammomile Camels hay Carduus Benedictus Greater Celandine Centory Ceterach Chervil Cleavers Colts-foot Costmary Water Cresses Columbine Cypress Dandelion Daisies Dill Dittany of Creet Dwarf Elder Feverfew Fumatory Germander Goats-Rue Golden Rod Ground Pine Groundsei Harts-tongue Hedge Hyssop Hedge Mustard Hemlock Hemp-agrimony Henbane Herb Robert White Horehound Horse-tail Hounds-tongue Houseleek Hypoglossum Hyssop St. John's-wort Ground Ivy Knotgrass Ladies Mantle Ladies Smock Lavender Lillie of the Vallies Lovage Liverwort Lung wort Maidenhair Mallows Marjoram Wild Marjoram Marshmallows Meadowsweet Mercury Millefoil Misleto Monywort Mouse eat Mugwort Mullein Navelwort Nep Nepethe Nettle Oak of Jerusalem Parsly Pellitory Penny Royal Pepperwort Periwinkle Pimpernel Primrose Rosemary Rue Sage Wild Sage Sanicle Savine Savory Saxifrage Scabious Self-heal Scordium Scurvygrass Senna Shepherbs-purse Sopewort Southern-wood Speedwel Spikenard Indian Celtic Strawberries Succory Tamarisk Tansie Tea Thorowwax Tobacco Tormentil Thyme Wild Thyme Valerian Vervein Violets Wormwood Roman Wormwood Wood Sorrel FRVITS Almonds Bitter Sweet Anacardiums Apples Barberries Cardamoms Cassia Winter Cherries Black Cherries Citrons Citruls Cloves Coco nut Coffee Cubebs Cup of Acorns Currants Cypress-nuts Dates Elder berries Figs Fistich nuts Galls Hips Jujubes Juniper berries Ivy berries Kermes berries Lawrel berries Lemons Myrtle berries Myrobolans Nutmegs Oranges Grains of Paradise Pepper White Long Pine nuts Pomgranats White Poppy heads Prunes Quinces Raisins of the Sun Sebestens Tamarinds Red Vetches Wall-nuts SEEDS Anise Angelica Ash Barly Basil Bishops weed Burdock Cardamoms Carraways Carduus Chastree Citrons Columbine Coriander Water Cresses Cummin Dill Dwarf Elder Endive Fennel Sweet Fennel Fenugreek Flax Goards Gromwel Hemp Henbane St John's-wort Lettice Lovage Mallows Marsmallows Melons Mustard Nettles Nigella Parsnip Male Peony Plantain White Poppies Psyllium Purslain Quince Rice Rocket Red Roses Rue Bastard Saffron Scurvygrass Secely Smallage GUMS Ammoniacum Arabic Asa faetida Dragons blood Galbanum Ivy Lac Opopanax Sagapenum Sarcocolla Tragacanth Native Resines Caranna Colophony Frankincense Laricea TacamAhacca Turpentine Cyprian Chios Venice Factitious Resines Aloes Guajacum Got Jalap Pitch Burgundy Ship Liquid Scammony Gummy Resines Bdellium Camphir Mastich Myrrh Storax Calamit Balsams Giliad Copaiha Peruvian Tolu Concreted juices Acacia Elaterium Euphorbium Liquorice Hypocistis Opium SUGARS White Red Crystalline Candied Liquid juices Kermes Lemmons Oranges Oyl Woodsorrel Verjuice Vinegar Wine Those things that grow on Plants Agaric The Cups of Acorns Dodder Galls The Spunge of the Dog Rose Misleto ANIMALS Cantharides Cochinel Bees Earthworms Grashoppers Pidgeons Leches Snails Swallows Toads Vipers Woodlice Parts of Animals their excrements and things taken from them The grease of Ducks Geese Hens Mans Album Graecum Bezoar Oriental Occidental The bone of a Stags heart Butter Cats blood Castor Caul of a Sheep Civet Crabs eyes Cuttlebone Dung of Pidgeons Stone Horse Goose Dogs Peacocks Cows Eggs of Hens White Yelk Shells ANTS Kites Gaul Elks hoof Hartshorn Honey Common Virgins Hare down Isinglass Ivory Liver of a Wolf of a Frog Lungs of a Fox of a Hare Milk of Asses Cows Goats Womans Mummy Musk Swallows neast Pikes jaw Pearls Man's Skull Fasting spittle Suet Beef Sheeps Spermaceti Spiders web Vipers flesh Urine Wax Yellow Soft Whey Sea Simples Ambar greese Ambar Coralline Coral White Red. Spunge Phisical earths Bole Armoniac Chalk Lime Lemnian Earth SALTS Roch Alum Sal Armoniac Common Salt Gemminae Nitre Tartar Vitriol White Roman Phisical Stones Calamaris Hematitis Judaic Osteocolla METALS Gold Silver Lead Iron Minerals Cinnabar of Antimony Factitious Quicksilver Antimony Native Metallic Recrements Misy Sory Factitious Recrement of Gold Litharge of Silver Factitious Recrement of Lead minium Factitious Recrement of Brass Pompholix The five opening roots Smallage Asparagus Fennel Parsly Kneeholm The five emollient herbs Marsh-mallows Mallows Beet Mercury Violets The five capillary herbs Black Maiden hair White Maiden hair Ceterach Hartstongue Black English Maiden hair The four cordial flowers Borrage Bugloss Roses Violets The four greater hot Carminative seeds Anise Carraways Cummin Fennel The four lesser cold seeds Amomum Bishops weed Smallage Daucus The four greater cold seeds Citruls Cucumber Cucurbites Melons The four lesser cold seeds Endive Lettice Purslain Succory Common Simple destilled waters Of the leaves of Agrimony Angelica Balm Bettony Brooklime Carduus Benedictus The lesser Centory Celandine Dragons Endive Fennel Feverfew Figwort Fumatory Goats Rue Grass Hyssop Ground Ivy. Lettice Maries thistle Meadow Sweet Mint Mugwort Night shade Oak buds Parsly Pellitory Penny-royal Plantain Purslain Rosemary Rue Saxifrage Scabious Sorrel Wood Sorrel Succory Tormentil Wormwood Of the flowers of Broom Cammomile Cowslips Elder flowers Water Lillies Lilly of the Valleys Lime flowers Peony Red Poppies Red Roses Damask Roses Of Fruits Fragrant Apples Citrons Elder Berries Black Cherries Oranges Rasberries Strawberries Of parts of Animals and their excrements Cows dung Spawn of Frogs Simple waters that are to be drawn after digestion Agrimony Bettony Celandine Cowslips Elderflowers Fumatory Ground Ivy Meadow sweet Peony flowers Rue Saxifrage THE London Dispensatory Compound Waters Magisterial Water of Alom in latin aqua aluminosa Magistralis TAke of the waters of Plantain and Red Roses each one pound of Roch alum and Sublimat â—ch two drams beat the Alum and Sublimat and oil them together in a glass that has a narrow neck â—ll half is consumed after it is clear by standing ve days strain it and keep it in a glass for use Virtues
an ounce of Florentine orris one ounce of Coton seedâ— an ounce and an half of the greater cold seeds and of anise-seeds each six drams of Saffron one dram of the flowers of Red Roses six pugils of Violets andoâ— Borrage flowers each four pugils infuse them warm three days and then distil them in a glass Limbecâ— in hot water Virtues It is used for Consumptions and othe diseases of the Lungs and to help Expectoration Dose Two ounces may be taken at a time Doctor Stephan's water in Latin aquâ— Doctoris Stephani Take of Cinnamon Ginger Galingal Cloveâ— Nutmegs Grain of Paradice seeds of Anise Fennel Caraways each three drams leaves of Thyme and wild Thyme Mint Sage Pennyroyal Pellitory Rosmary flowers of red Roses Camomil wil Marjoram Lavender each one handful steep theâ— in six quarts of Gascoign wine for the space of a day then distill them in hot water Virtues It is very good for the Stomach and expels wind Dose An ounce or two may be taken at a time Treacle water in Latin aqua Theriacalis Take of the juice of the green shells of walnuts two quarts juice of Rue three pints of Carduus Benedictus Marygolds and Baulm each two pints of the fresh roots of Butterbur a pound and an half of Burdok one pound of Angelica and Masterwort each half a pound of the leaves of Scordium four handfuls of old Venice Treacle and Mithridate each eight ounces of good Canary Wine six quarts of the sharpest vinegar six pints of the clarified juice of Lemons a quart digest them two days in warm water the vessel being well stopt then distill it of what remains may be prepared the extract of Treacle Virtues This water is much used to provoke sweat and to expel malignity Dose An ounce or two ounces may be taken at a time Compound water of walnuts in Latin aqua Juglandium Composita Take of the green shells of Walnuts one pound and an half of the roots of garden Radishes one pound of the green leaves of Asarabacca six ounces of the seeds of Radishes four ounces bruise them and pour upon them three pints of White-wine Vinegar digest them three days and distill them in glass vessels in hot water Virtues Two spoonfuls of this water will vomit Water of worms in Latin Aqua Spiritus Lumbricorum Magistralis Take of worms well cleansed three pints of Snails with the shells well cleansed two gallons bruise them in a Morter and put them into a convenient vessel and add to them of the leaves of stinking nettles with the roots six handfuls of wild Angelica four handfuls of Bears breech seven handfuls of Agrimony and Betony three handfuls of Rue one handful of common Wormwood two handfuls of the flowers of Rosmary six ounces of the roots of sharp pointed Dock ten ounces of wood-sorrel five ounces of Turmerick and the inward bark of the Barberry Tree each four ounces of the seeds of Fenugreek two ounces of cloves poudered three ounces of Harts-horn and Ivory each four ounces of saffron three drams of small Spirit of Wine four gallons and an half infuse them twenty four hours and distil them in glass vessels in hot water the first four pints are called Spirit the rest Magisterial water of Worms Virtues It is good for Consumptions good for the Jaundice and Scurvy Dose Half an ounce of the Spirit may be taken at a time or one ounce of the water Spirit and water of Wormwood Compound in Latin Spiritus Aqua absynthii Composita Take of the leaves of dry Wormwood two pound of Anise-seeds half a pound infuse them in six gallons of small spirit of wine twenty four hours then distill them in hot water and draw four gallons add to each pint of the liquor distilled two ounces of fine Sugar the first quart is Spirits the rest compound water of Wormwood by the same way without Anise-seeds may be drawn the Spirit and water of Angelica Baulm Mint Sage of the flowers of Rosemary July-flowers of the seed of Carraways of Juniper-berries of the barks of Oranges Citrons and Lemons Virtues This is a good Stomach water expels wind and helps concoction and is good in the dropsie Dose A spoonful of the Spirit may be taken at a time and two spoonfuls of the water Tinctures Tincture of Ambar Reduce into animpalpable powder five or six ounces of yellow Ambar put it into a bolt head pour upon it Spirit of wine the height of four fingers stop this bolt head with another to make a double vessel and having exactly luted the junctures with a wet bladder place it in digestion in hot sand and leave it there five or six days or until the Spirit of wine is sufficiently tinged with the Ambar colour decant this Tincture and put more spirit of wine to the matter you must digest it as before then having separated the impregnation mix it with the other filtrate them and distil from them in an alembick with a very little fire about half the Spirit of wine which may serve you as before keep the Tincture that you will find at the bottom of the alembick in a viol well stopt Virtues It is good for the Apoplexy Palsy Epilepsy and for Histerical women Dose You may take from ten drops to a dram in some proper liquor Tincture of Antimony in Latin Tincture Antimonii Take of the best antimony of salt of Tartar each what quantity you please melt them in a Crucible red hot for the space of half an hour then the matter being taken out and freed from its feces whilst it is hot reduce it into a powder whereupon pour the best Spirit of wine so much as may cover it the breadth of three or four fingers digest them together some time till the Tincture is extracted then evapourate the superfluous part of the Spirit of wine Virtue It opens obstructions of the liver and spleen it forces the courses cures the green sickness the jaundice and dropsy Dose Eight or ten drops of it may be taken at a time in Sack Tincture of Castor in Latin Tinctura Castorei Take of Castor powdered half an ounce of spirit of Castor half a pint digest them together in the cold for ten days strain it and keep it for use Virtues It is good for mother fits and diseases of the head and nerves it provokes the courses and is good for deafness Dose Ten drops of it may be taken inwardly at a time in some proper liquor Tincture of Roses in Latin Tinctura Rosarum Take of red roses dryed one ounce of warm water three pints of spirit of Sulphur or Vitriol one dram and an half infuse them six hours to the strained liquor add half a pound of white sugar Virtues It is good for a Rheumatism and the like Dose A draught of it may be taken twice or thrice a day Tinctura Sacra Take of the species of hiera picra one ounce of Canary Sack one pint infuse them in the cold for the
you have gotten all youâ— Salt dry it in the Sun and keep it in a glass Virtues It is commonly used in Pomatums foâ—tettars and inflamations and dissolved in water is gooâ— for disâ—ases of the skin taken inwardly in is reâ— koned good for Quinsies for the fluxes of the Hemorrâ—oids and Courses and for the Bloody Flux Dose It may be given from two grains to four in Knotgrass or Plantain water or mixed with Gargles The general way of making extracts They may be prepared of any thing almost that belongs to the Materia Medica or of any Medicine whether it be simple as Herbs Flowers Seeds and the like or compound as Species Pills and the like which is wont to communicate a Tincture to the Menstruum wherein it is infused wherefore take as much as you please of any thing of the Materia Medica cut it bruise it or otherwise prepare it as is necessary for the infusion pour upon it a sufficient quantity of Spirit of Wine or any distilled Water that is agreeable to the Phyficians intention let them remain in infusion in a Bath or some other gentle heat two days more or less as the density or the tenuity of the matter requires until the liquor has a sufficient Tincture then separate the Tincture by inclination put in more liquor as before and after infusion separate it as before mix the Tinctures and fiâ—ter them through paper and then evaporate the moisture till the matter at the bottom of the vessel be reduced to the consistence of Honey Keep it for use whereunto may be added two scruples or half a dram of some proper Salt to every ounce of the extract to keep it from drying The way of making SALTS The way of making Volatile or Essential SALTS Take a sufficient quantity of any fresh succulent Plant beat it in a wooden or Stone Mortar then pour a large quantity of clear fountain water upon it boil it till half is consumed strain it hard and boil it again to the consistence of Honey put it into a glass vessel or glazed Pot and set it in a cold place for eight days at least and a Crystal Salt will grow together in the manner of Sal Gemma which by pouring out the decoction may be collected it must be washt in its own water and dryed for use This way is made the Salt of Wormwood Carduus Benedictus Mugwort and of other bitter Herbs easily but of others very difficultly The way of making fixed or Elementary Salts The Method of preparing consists in these four things Calcination Solution Filtration and Coagulation first the Medical matter must be reduced into ashes by Calcination but care must be taken that the ashes be not turned into glass by too great a fire then by pouring clear hot water upon the ashes to extract all the Salts make a Lie filtrate and boil it in an earthen vessel over a gentle fire till all the water is evaporated and only Salt remains which must be dissolved filtered and coagulated once and again till it is free from all its impurities and becomes white and so are made Salts from Plants parts of Animals calcined and the like of these the following are best Salts of Wormwood Thyme Rosmary the lesser Centaury Mugwort Carduus Benedictus Masterwort Parsly Rest-harrow Ash Dwarf Elder Gujacum Box Cammomile St. John's-wort Succory Celandine Scurvy-grass Bettony Hemp Agrimony Baulm Ceterach and the like The preparation of some simple Medicines The way of preparing Fat 's Fresh Fat the little veins fibres and skins being taken out must be washed in fair water till it is freed from blood afterwards being well bruised it must be melted in a double vessel then strain it into water and there let it remain till it is cold then drain the water from it and keep it in an earthen pot in some cool place it will keep a year The same way is prepared Marrow taken out of the bones in the Autumn chiefly The burning of Brass Make a lay of small Brass plates in an earthen â—pot and a lay of common Salt or Sulphur powdred which is called Stratum super Stratum burn then sufficiently and dulcify the ashes with hot water by pouring hot water often on them The way of purifying Aloes Take what quantity you please of Aloes finely powdred put it into a glazed pot and pour as much Spirit of Wine on as will rise three fingers breadth above the matter stir it with a Spatula till the purer part of the Aloes is dissolved by the Spirit of Wine then pour it off and pour on more as before and having stirred it about pour it off that the impure parts may be separated reduce it to a Mass by evaporating the moisture and so keep it for use The burning of Alum Take what quantity you please of Alum put it into a new earthen pot and burn it so long till it has done bubling and does no longer emit froth cool it and keep it for use The way of preparing Anacardiums Powder them and infuse them in a moderate quantity of Vinegar and when they have sufficiently imbibed it dry them by gently evaporating the Vinegar The preparation of Bole Armonick Grind the Bole Armonick and moisten it with May dew and dry it in the shade The Lees of Bryony in Latin Feculae Bryoniae Take of the roots of Bryony what quantity you please scrape them with a Knife and straiâ— out the juice in a Press put them in a vessel and do not move it after a few hours it will put off a white Lee like Starch which must be dryed in a glass having first poured out the water In the same manner is made the Lees of Wake-Robin Horse-radish of our Orris and the like May Butter in Latin Butyrum Majale Take fresh Butter unsalted made about the middle or end of May put it into a large glazed por and place it in the Sun Beams that it may be â—ll melted and when the Sun shines hottest strain it without pressing through a thick linnen cloath and expose it to the Sun again and when it is white strain it again and keep it a year The preparation of Lapis Calaminaris Take of Lapis Calaminaris what quantity you please make it red hot twice or thrice and quench it as often in Plantain and Rose water then grind it upon a stone and with the same water make iâ— into balls The Infernal Stone in Latin Lapis Infernalis Take the Lee of black Soap boil it to a Stone in a frying pan yet take care that all the moisture be not evaporated when it is cold cut it into small pieces and keep it in a glass well stopt This is a Caustick and is used to open tumors The way of preparing Coral Pearls Grabâ— eyes and of precious stones Take of these any quantity you please grind them to a very fine powder in a Steel or Porphyry Mortar dropping upon them now and then a little Rose
infant or hath a fever Dose Three or four ounces of it may be taken at a time Epidemick water in Latin aqua Epidemica Take of the Roots of Angelica Masterwort Butterbur Peony each a pound and an half athamantick spignel scorzonera each four ounces of Virginian Snakeweed two ounces of the leaves of Rue Rosmary Balme Carduus benedictus Scordium Marygolds with the flowers Dragons Goats Rue Mint each four handfuls pour upon all duly prepared four gallons of fountain water and two gallons of brandy and after having infused them three days in a gentle heat distill off four gallons wherein hang half an ounce of Saffron tyed up in a rag to each pint of this water add an ounce and an half of white Sugar and strain it Virtues This is peculiarly good for the Plague and other malignant distempers Dose One ounce Gentian water in Latin aqua Gentianae Composita Take of the roots of Gentian sliced a pound and an half of the leaves and flowers of the lesser Centaury four ounces infuse them in six quarts of good white wine for eight days and then distill them in hot water Virtues This is a good stomach water and purifies the Blood it is proper in the dropsie and the jaundice and other diseases which proceed from an ill habit of body Dose Two spoonfuls of it may be taken at a time Aqua lactis alexiteria Take of the leaves of Meadow sweet Carduus Benedictus Goats Rue each six handfuls of Mint and common Wormwood each five handfuls of Rue three handfuls Angelica two handfuls bruise them and add three gallons of new milk and distill them in a cold still Virtues This water is commonly used as a simple water for the making of Cordials and Juleps it is a gentle Alexipharmick and may be conveniently used with other proper things to expell malignity and to prevent infection Dose Four or five ounces may be used of it a time Aqua Mirabilis Take of Cloves Galingal Cubebs Mace Cardamoms Nutmegs Ginger each one dram of the juice of Celendine half a pint Spirit of wine one pint white wine three pints infuse them twenty four hours and draw off a quart Virtues It 's excellent for the Stomach and expels Wind but the Apothecaries use it more for entertainment of their friends then for the sick therefore they ought to be careful not to take too great a dose of it Peony water in Latin Aqua Paeoniae Composita Take of the fresh flowers of Lilly of the Vallies one pound infuse them in four gallons of Spanish wine take of Lime Howâ—â—â— half a pound Peony flowers four ounces infuse them two days and then distill them in hot water until the ingredients are dry in the distilled liquor infuse two ounces and an half of male Peony root gathered in due Season of white Dittany root and of the root of longbirthwort each half an ounce of the Misteto of the Oak of Rue each two handfuls of Castor two scruples of Cubebs and Mace each two drams of Cinamon an ounce and an half Squills prepared three drams of the flowers of Rosemary six pugils of Arabian Stechas of Lavender flowers each four pugils of the flowers of Bettony July flowers and Couslips each eight pugils then adding two quarts of the juice of â—back Cherries distil all in a glass vessel as above Virtues This is a head water and is used for aâ— the diseases of it as Apoplexies Lethargies Head-aches Giddiness and the like it is also good for conâ—ulsions and the palsy Dose An ounce of it may be taken at a time Queen of Hungarys water in Latin aqua Reginae Hungariae Fill a Glass or Earthen Cucurbit half full of Rosmary flowers gathered when they are at best pour upon them a sufficient quantity of Spirit of wine so infuse them set the Cucurbit 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 Cucurbit that which may have been distilled refit your Limbeck and increase the Fire so as to make the liquor distil drop by drop when you have drawn about two thirds of it put out the fire and unlute them and put the water so distilled into a viol well stopped Virtues It is good in â—â—aâ—â—â—e Lethargie Apoplexy and for Hâ—â—â—â—â—ick diseases it is likewise used outwards for burns tumors 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 Dose A dram or two drams may be taken of it in some convenient liquor Horse Radish water In Latin Aqua Raphani Composita Take of the leaves of both the Scurvy-grasses gathered in the Spring and cleansed each six pound bruise them and press out the juice whereunto add of the juice of Watercresses and Brook lime each a pint and an half of white wine four quarts welve Lemons sliced of fresh Briony roots four â—ound of Horse Radish roots two pound of Wakobin root half an ounce of Winteran Baâ—k and â—utmegs each four ounces infuse them three days nd then distill them in hot water Vertues This water is proper for the Scurvy and force Vrine Dose Two ounces of it may be taken at a time Saxony water in Latin aqua Saxoniae Cordialis Take of the juice of Borrage Bugloss Bistort â—aulm Tormentile Scordium Vervain sharp pointd Dock Sorrel Goats Rue Chervil the greater â—d lesser Blew-bottle Roses Marygolds Lemons â—itrons each six ounces Burnet Cinquefoyl each â—ree onnces white wine vinegar a pint of the seeds â— Purslain of the flowersof water Lilly each two â—nces of the flowers of Borrage Bugloss Violets â—d July-flowers each one ounce of the species of â—e three Sanders six drams infuse them all rightly â—epared three days then distill them in glass vesâ—s in hot water add to the distilled liquor three â—ams of Pearls finely powdered mix them well â—d keep them for use Virtues This is a good coolng water fit to be used Feavers Dose You may take two or three ounces at a â—e Scordium water in Latin aqua Scordii Composita Take of the clarified juice of Gâ—ats Rue Sorrel ordium and Citron each a pint of London Treaâ— two ounces infuse them three days and distil them in a glass Limbeck in hot water Virtues This is chiefly designed to expel Malignity and may be well mixed upon such occasions with the Bezoartick water or Epidemick water or thâ— like Dose Is two ounces Snail water in Latin aqua Limacum Magistralis Take of the juice of Ground-ivy Colts-foot Scabious and Spotted Lungwort each a pint and aâ— half of the juice of Plantain Purslain Capadocian oak Speedwell each a pint of fresh hogs blooâ— and of white wine each two quarts of Garden Snails cut two pints of roots of Liquorice poudered two ounces of the roots of Elecampane haâ—
ounces of the roots of Liquorice Polypod of the oak Smalage and Fennel each half an ounâ— of the leaves of white Maidenhair wild Marjoraâ— Hyssop Calaminth Thyme Scabious Savory Coltâ— foot each six drams of Anise-seeds and Quint seeds tâ—ed up in a rag each three drams of Raisins of the Suâ— stoned two ounces of fat figs number ten havinâ— digested them a whole day in four quarts of hoâ— small Mead boil them in a Bath press them oâ—â— hard and to five pints of the clear liquor add â— clarified honey and white Sugar clarified each twâ— pound of the roots of Florentin orris one ouncâ— boil it to a Syrup in a Bath Virtues It is an excellent medicine for diseases â— the Lungs and helps expectoration Dose A spoonful of it may be taken three oâ— four times a day Syrup of Gillyflowers in Latin Syrupus florum Tunices Take of fragrant Gillyflowers the white being cut off one pound pour on them a quart of spring water and let them stand all night then strain the liquor and being gently warmed dissolve therein four pounds of the whitest Sugar and make a Syrup without boiling Virtues It is cephalick and Cordial Dose Half a spoonful of it may be taken at â— time in some proper liquor Syrup of Liquorice in Latin Syrupus Glycyrrhizae Take of Green Liquorice cleansed and bruised two ounces of white Maidenhair one ounce of Hyssop half an ounce pour on them three pints of hot Fountain water let them stand in infusion twenty four hours strain it and clarify it and with the best Honey and fine Sugar each ten ounces make a Syrup Virtues It is used for diseases of the lungs and helps expectoration Dose A spoonful of it may be taken twice or thrice a day Syrup of Maidenhair in Latin Syrupus Capillorum Veneris Take of Maidenhair five ounces of Liquorice two ounces infuse them a natural day in three quarts of warm Fountain water then boil them gently in a Bath press them out to two quarts of the strained liquor add three pound of clarified Sugar Virtues It opens obstructions of the Lungs and is good for pains in the side or in the Kidneys or bladder it gently provokes Vrine and expels stones and gravel Dose An ounce of it may be taken at a time in some proper liquor Syrup of Marsh-mallows in Latin Syrupus dialthaeae Take of the roots of Marsh-mallows two ounces of Meadow grass Asparagus Liquorice Rasins of the Sun red chich pease each half an ounce tops of Marsh-mallows Mallows Pellitory of the wall Burnet Saxifrage Plantain white and black Maiden hair of each one handful of the four lesser and greater cold seeds each three drams wash and cleanse the roots from their dirt pith and stringâ— and slice them and having boiled the grass roots â— quarter of an hour first in eight pints of Fountaiâ— water put into the Decoction the roots of Marsh-mallows and Asparagus and let them boil well for half an hour then add the Rasins cut and the Chich pease whole when they have boiled a little while put in the tops of the Mallows and Marsh-mallows Pellitory and shred and boil them abouâ— a quarter of an hour among the rest after that add the Liquorice sliced and the maidenhair cut and when they begin to boil put in the cold seeds thrust them down into the Docoction and take the whole off the fire and strain them a quarter of an hour after then clarifie the liquor with the white of an Egg add four pound of Sugar and boil it on a moderate fire to the consistence of a Syrup Virtues It eases pain and corrects sharp humors it is chiefly used for diseases of the Bladeâ— and stone in the Kidneys Dose An ounce of it may be taken at a time in some convenient liquor Syrup of Mint in Latin Syrupus Menthae Take of the juice of sweet Quinces and oâ— those that are sowrith of the juice of sweet Pomgranats and of those that are sowrish each a pint and an half of dried Mint half a pound of Red Roses two ounces let them infuse a day then boil them half away in a Bath strain it and with four pound of Sugar make a Syrup Virtues It strengthens the stomach helps concoction and stops vomiting Dose A spoonful of it may be taken at a time Syrup of Mouse-ear in Latin Syrupus de pilosella Take of Mouse-ear three handfuls of the roots of Ladies-mantle an ounce and an half of the greater Comfry Madder White Dittany Tormentile Bistort each one ounce of the Herbs wintergreen Horsetail Ground-ivy Plantain Adders-tongue Strawberries St. John's wort with the flowers Golden rod Agrimony Bettony Burnet Avens of the greater Cinquefoyl red Colworts Balaustines red Roses each one handful boil them in six pints of Plantain water gently till half is consumed then press it out hard when it is clear by standing add of the mucilage of Gum Tragacanth of the seeds of Psyllium Marsh-mallows Quinces extracted a part in three ounces of Strawberry water and as much Bettony water boil it to the consistence of honey with two pound of the whitest Sugar Virtues It is healing and astringent and good for spitting of blood and the like Dose Half an ounce of it may be taken at a time Syrup of Mugwort in Latin Syrupus de Artemisia Take of Mugwort two handfuls of Pennyroyal Calaminth wild Marjoram Balm unspotted Arsmart Dittany of Creet Savin Marjoram Ground pine St. John's-wort Germander Feverfew with the flowers lesser Centaury Rue Bettony Vipers Bugloss each one handful of the roots of Fennel Smalage Parsly Asparagus Kneeholm Sagifrage Elecampane Cyperus Madder Orris Peony each one ounce of Juniper berries the seeds of Lovage Parsly Smalage Anise Nigella Cubebs true Costuâ— woody Cassia Cardamoms sweet smelling Flag of the roots of Asarabacca Pellitory of Spain and Valerian each half an ounce having cleansed cuâ— and beat these things infuse them twenty four hourâ— in six quarts of clear water and draw off eighâ— pints of water put what remains in the still into a press and strain it boil six pounds of white Sugar in a sufficient quantity of the strained liquor clarified with the white of an egg to the consistence of tablets then add the water before distilled and make a Syrup aromatize it with Cinamon and Spiknard each three drams Virtues It opens obstructions forces the child bed purgations and strengthens the nerves Dose A spoonful of it may be taken at a time Syrup of Mirtles in Latin Syrupus Myttinus Take of Myrtle berries two ounces and an half of white and red Sanders Sumach Balaustins barberries red Roses each an ounce and an half oâ— Medlars sliced half a pound beat and boil them iâ— four quarts of clear water to two strain them theâ— add four pound of Sugar and boil it to a Syrup put to it towards the end of the juice of Quinceâ— and acid pomgranats each six ounces Virtues This is an excellent astringent Syrup good for spitting
Cinnamon Cloves bone 〈◊〉 a Stags Heart of the roots of Angelica Avens â—ormentile each a dram and an half of prepared earl six drams of raw silk tosted of both the â—orals each two drams of Hyacinths Emeraulds â—d Saphyrs each half a dram of Saffron one scruâ—e of the leaves of Gold and Silver each ten 〈◊〉 Ambargâ—ease and Musk each half a dram â—ake a powder according to art Virtues It is reckoned good for melancholy and â—revives the Spirits Dose A scruple or half a dram may be taken a time Species of Calaminth in Latin diacalaminthes Simplex Take of Mountain Calaminth Pennyroyal wilâ— Marjorâ—m the seeds of Stone Parsly English and Macedonian of sesely each two drams of the seedâ— of Smalage and of the tops of Thyme each haâ— an ounce of the seeds of Lovage and of whiâ— Pepper each one ounce make a powder according to art Vertues It expels wind forces urine and tâ— courses and strengthens the stomach Dose Half a dram of it may be taken at a timâ— Compound powder of Wake-Robin roots â— Latin Pulvis Radicum Ari Compositâ— Take of the powder of the roots of Wake-Robâ— two ounces of common water flag and of Burnâ— Saxifrage each one ounce Crabs eyes half an ouncâ— of Cinnamon three drams of Salt of Wormwooâ— and Juniper each one dram mingle them anâ— make a powder Virtues It is reckoned an excellent powder for tâ— Scurvy it is said to be good to provoke the courses aâ— to expel Malignity Dose Half a dram of it may be taken at a timâ— Species of Urris roots simple in Latin Speciâ—diaireos Simplex Take of orris roots half an ounce Sugar Candy anâ— the species Diatragacanth frigid each two draâ— make a powder Virtues It is good for â—oughs and colds hâ—aâ—ness and shortness of breath Dâ—se A dram of it may be taken at a time Species of Gum Lac in Latin species dialaccae Take of Gum Lac prepared of the roots of â—haponticum each three drams Schenanth of Spike â—ndian and Nard and of Mastich of the juice â—f wormwood and Agrimony thickned of the â—eeds of Smalage Bishops-weed Fennel Anise â—avin bitter Almonds cleansed Myrrh Zedoary â—he roots of Madder Asarabacca Birth-wort round â—nd long Gentian Saffron Cinnamon dâ—yed Hysâ—op woody Cassia Bdellium each a dram and an â—alf Black Pepper and Ginger each one dram â—ake a powder according to art Virtues It purifies the blood it opens obstructiâ—n of the Liver Spleen and Gall Bladder it is good â—or the Dropsy and Jaundice and expels wind Dose Half a dram of it may be taken at a time The Cordial Magisterial Powder in Latin Pulvis Cardiacus Magistralis Take of Orientale Bezoar stone of the Bone of â— Stags Heart each a dram and an half of white â—nd red Coral prepared of white Ambar of prâ—â—ared Pearls of Hartshorn prepared of Raâ—ped â—vory of oriental Bole of German Samos and Lemnian Earths of Elks hoof Rasped and of the â—oots of Tormentile each one dram of the wood of Aloes and the bark of Citron of the roots of Angelica and Zedoary each two scruples twenâ—y leaves of Gold a scruple of Ambergrease Six grains of Musk mix them and make a powder Virtues It is good for Malignant and Pestilential diseases it stops fluxes is cordial cures melancholly and revives the spirits Dose Half a dram of it may be taken at a time The species Diamargarit frigid in Latin Species Diamargariton frigidae Take of the four greater cold seeds cleansed â— the seeds of Purslain White Poppy Endive Woodâ— Sorrel Citrons of the three Sanders wood of Aloâ— Ginger the Flowers of red Roses the whites being câ— off water Lilly Bugloss Violets Myrtle-berries of the bone of a Stags Heart Ivory the roots o Contrayerva Cinnamon each one dram of both the Corals each half a dram of clear Pearles threâ— drams of Ambergrease and Camphor each siâ— grains of Musk two grains make a powder Note The greater cold seeds and the poppy seedâ— are to be added when this species is to be used and theâ— you are to add a scruple of the seeds to every dram 〈◊〉 the species the like is to be observed in the rest of the species whereof these seeds are ingredients Virtues It is good in Fevers for Coughs and for Pains of the Stomach Dose A scruple or half a dram of it may be takeâ— at a time Species Diambrae Take of Cinnamon roots of Angelica Cloves Mace Nutmegs Indian leaf Galingal of each three drams of Indian Spick the greater and lesser Cardamoms each one dram of Ginger one dram and an half of the wood of Aloes yellow Sanders and long Pepper each two drams of Ambergrease one dram and an half Musk half a dram make a powder Virtues It expels wind strengthens the Stomach and the spirits Dose Half a dram of it may be taken at a time Species Diamoschu dulcis Take of Saffron Galingal Zedoary wood of Aâ—es Mace each two drams of white Pearls of â—w silk dryed and powdered of white Ambar nd red Coral prepared Gallia Moschata of the â—eds of Basil each two drams and an half of Giner Cubebs and long Pepper each one dram and n half of Nutmeg Indian leaf or Cinnamon nd of Cloves each one dram of Musk two scrules make a powder Virtues It strengthens the stomach it is good â—r diseases of the head and revives the spirits Dose A scruple or half a dram of it may be aken at a time Species of Rosmary flowers called species dianthos Take of Rosmary flowers one ounce of red Râ—â—s Violets and Liquorice each fix drams of Cloves ndian Spike Nutmeg Galingal Cinamon Ginger â—edoary Mace wood of Aloes the lesser Cardaâ—oms the seeds of Dill and Anise each four scrules make a Powder Virtues This is good for diseases of the head exels wind and strengthens the stomach Dose A scruple or half a dram may be taken t a time Diarrhodon abbatis Take of White and red Sanders each two drams nd an half of Gum Tragacanth Arabick Ivory each wo scruples of the roots of Asarabacca Mastich Inian Spike Cardamoms juice of Liquorice Saffron â—ood of Aloes Cloves Gallia Moschata the â—eds of Anise Fennel Cinnamon Rhaponticum of the seeds of Basil Barberries Succory Purslaâ—â— of the four greater cold seeds cleansed of whrâ— Poppy each one scruple of Pearls and of the boâ— of a Stags heart each half a scruple of 〈◊〉 Roses the white cut off an ounce and three draâ— of Camphor seven grains of Musk four grains make a powder Virtues It is cooling and good for Coughs aâ— helps expectoration Dose Half a dram of it may be taken at a tiâ— Species Diatragacanthi frigidi Take of Gum Tragacanth two ounces Gum Arabick one ounce and two drams of white Starâ— half an ounce of Liquorice of the seeds of Mâ—lons white Poppies each three drams of Citruâ— Cucumbers Gourds each two drams penidiat Sâ—gar three ounces of flowers of water Lilly oâ— scruple make a powder Virtues It is used in Coughs
Celler the Vesseâ— being well stopt three Months then distil them iâ— an Alembick with a sufficient quantity of simplâ— water after the Oyl is separated keep the water for a new destillation in the same manner is made the Oyl of Ivy-berries bay-berries and the like or you may draw Oyl from the foresaid berries bruised and steept twenty four hours in warm water adding to every pound of berries six pints of water or if the berries are very dry five quarts of water and distil them in an Alembick Virtues It is peculiarly good for the Stone in the Kidneys the Colick and to expel Wind it provokes Sweat and is proper in the Plague and to expel poyson Dose Six or ten drops of it may be taken at a time Oyl of Nutmegs by expression in Latin Oleum Nucis Moschatae per expressionem Take sixteen ounces of good Nutmegs beat them in a Mortar until they are almost in a past and put them upon a boulter cover them with a piece of strong cloath and an earthen pan over that put your cloath over a kettle half filled with water and set the kettle upon the fire that the vapour of the water may gently warm the Nutmegs when you shall find upon touching the pan that it is so hot you cannot endure your hand upon it you must take off the boulter and putting the matter into a linnen cloath take its four corners and tye them quickly together put them into a press between a couple of warm plates set the pan underneath and there will come forth an Oyl which congeals as it grows cold express the matter as strongly as you are able to draw out the Oyl then keep it in a pot well stopt Virtues This Oyl is very Stomachick being taken either inwardly or outwardly applied Dose Six or ten grains may be taken at a time The following medicine is generally used to anoint childrens breasts in colds Take of oyl of nutmegs by expression of Pomatum and the Oyntment of flowers of Oranges each equal parts make an Oyntment Oyl of Bricks in Latin Oleum Lateritium Philosophorum Take of bricks broke to peices to the bigness of Beans of Pigeons eggs heat them red hot and quench them in old Oyl let them ly in it till they are cold then take them out and powder them finely put the powder into a Retort with a convenient receiver and distill them by degrees in an open fire keep the Oyl in a glass well stopt Virtues It softens hard swellings cases the pain of the spleen and reins and is excellent for Sciatica and all cold diseases of the nerves and joints Oyls distilled from Herbs and Flowers Oyl of Wormwood in Latin Oleum Absynthii Take of dryed Wormwood one pound of Fountain water ten quarts infuse them twenty four hours and distil them in a Copper Limbeck separate the Oyl from the water in a tunnel or separating glass keep the water for a new distillation Virtues It strengthens the stomach stops vomiting helps digestion and expels wind Dose Five or ten drops of it may be taken at a time but you must drop it upon Sugar if you intend to mix it with any liquor The same way may be prepared oyl of Hyssop Marjoram Mint Garden Cresses wild Marjoram Penny royal Rosemary Rue Savin Sage Savory Thyme and the like of the flowers of Cammomile and of Lavender and from all other hot herbs and flowers and the same way may be also prepared oyls of the dryed barks of Oranges Citrons and Lemons Oyl of Sulphur by the Bell in Latin Oleum Sulphuris per Campanum Provide a great earthen pan and set in the middle of it a little earthen pan turned upside down and then another such pan on this filled with melted Sulphur cover both these pans with a great glass Tunnel made on purpose with a neck as long as â—hat of a Matrass and the bigness of a thumb fire the Sulphur and do not stop the hole of the Tunnel but let the air come in to increase its burnng for it would otherwise go out when your Sulphur is spent put new in its place and continue o do so until you find under the lower pan as much â—pirit as you need keep it in a viol Virtues So much of it is put into Juleps as to ive them an agreeable acidity to qualify the heat â— continued fevers it is also good to force uâ—ne Oyl of Turpentine in Latin Oleum Terebinthini Take of Venice Turpentine as much as you please common water four times as much put them â—o an Alembick and make a convenient fire under em and a thin white oyl like water will distil and at the bottom will remain the Colophony thâ— clear oyl may be drawn commodiously and freâ— from danger of burning in a glass still with iâ— head in a bath Virtues This Oyl is excellent for cold pains â— cleanse ulcers and to recover the natural heat of â— parts when it is decayed it is also good in gangreaâ— and mortifications and it is excellent for stopping blood in wounds being applied hot Oyl of Wax in Latin Oleum Cerae Take of yellow wax melted two pounds miâ— with it three or four pounds of Potters earth powdred or so much as is requisite to make a paste of â— form it into little pellets and put them into â— earthen retort or glass one coated a third wheâ— of must remain empty place the retort in a reâ—â—beratory Furnace fit to it a receiver and luting â— joints give a small fire at first there will come for flegm then a spirit increase the fire a little aâ— a liquor will distil that congeals in the receiver 〈◊〉 Butter continue the fire till nothing more coâ—forth then unlute the joints separate the spâ— mixed with flegm from the Butter and keep iâ— a viol well stopt Virtues It opens obstructions Dose Is from ten drops to twenty melt the Bâ—ter of Wax in an earthen pan and make a paste it with a sufficient quantity of Potters earth poâ—dred form this past into little pellets put them â— to a glass retort set your retort in a sand heat to it a receiver and luting the joints begin â— distellation with a small fire a great many spâ— will come forth mixed with flegm after which â—ase it a little and a clear yellow oyl will come ving distilled about three ounces of it change e receiver for that which comes at last is as thick Butter it may be rectified with other clay or tters earth and it will change into as transpant oyl as the other separate the Oyl from the Spiâ— and keep it in a viol Virtues It discusses tumors and is good for cold â—ins Oyl of seeds Oyl of the seeds of Dill in Latin Oleum ex semine Anethi Take of the seeds of Dill beaten two pound of ountain water ten quarts infuse them twenty four ours then distil them in an Alembick with its reâ—geratory separate the oyl from the water in a tunâ—l
Mastich of Wormwoâ— and Nard each one ounce of Mastich Miâ— red Roses red Coral Cloves Cinnamon Woâ— of Aloes Scenanth each one dram of Wax a sufficient quantity make an Oyntment Virtues It strengthens the head and nerves and stomach and is astringent The Naples Oyntment in Latin Unguentum Neapolitanum Take of Hogs Lard washed in the juice of Sage one pound of quicksilver strained through â—eather four ounces of Oyl of Bays Camomel â—nd Worms each two ounces of Spike an ounce â—nd an half of Spirit of Wine one ounce of yelâ—ow Wax two ounces of Turpentine washed in â—he juice of Elecampane three ounces of the powâ—er of Ground Pine and Sage each two drams â—oil the Lard over a gentle fire with the juice of â—age till the juice is evaporated then mingle the â—yls of Camomel Wormes and of Spike and the â—ax stir them till the Wax is melted and well â—ixed then taking them from the fire add the â—e Oyl of Bays in the mean while let the Mercury â—e extinguished in a Mortar by rubbing it well â—ith part of the Lard and the Turpentine afterâ—ards mingle them all and stir them about then â—â—d the powders and spirit of Wine and stir them â—out again and so make an Oyntment Virtues It is used for raising of Fluxes Nerve Oyntment in Latin Unguentum Nervinum Take of the leaves of Cowslips with the flowâ—s of Sage Ground pine Rosmary Lavender â—ys with the berries Camomel Rue Smalage Melilot with the flowers and Wormwood each one handful of Mint Bettony Peny-royal Parsly of the lesser Centaury St. John's-wort each half an handful of the oyl of Sheeps feet or Bullocks feet five pints of Sheep or Beef Suet or the Marrow of either two pound of oyl of Spike half an ounce bruise and boil the herbs with the oyl and suet and so make an Oyntment Virtues It is good for the nerves and Palsies Convulsions Bruises and old Aches and for the Colick for the Palsy and the like the neck and back bone must be anointed with it The Pectoral Oyntment in Latin Unguentum pectorale Take of fresh Butter washed in Violet Water six ounces of the Oyls of sweet Almonds four ounces of Camomel and Violets each three ounces of Hens and Ducks grease each two ounces of the roots of Orris two drams of Saffron half a dram of white Wax three ounces the Orris and Saffron being finely powdred and the rest melted make an Oyntment Vertues It is chiefly used for Obstructions of the Breast for Plurisies and the like Oyntment of Poplar buds in Latin Unguentum Populneum Take of the fresh buds of black Poplar a pound and an half of the leaves of Violets Navelworâ— of the Wall each three ounces of fresh Hogs Lard unsalted and freed from the skins and washed two pound to all of them being bruised mixed and infused together all the Month of May add the tender tops of Brambles of the leaves of black Poppies of Mandrakes or of the berries and leaves of Mountain elder of Henbane Night-shade Lettice Houseek the lesser and the greater of the greater Burdock each three ounces bruise them again and having mixed them all and having poured upon them after ten days a pint of Rose water boil them over a gentle fire stirring them continually till all the superfluous moister is consumed strain them in a Press and make an Oyntment Virtues It is very cooling eases pain and is used in fevers to give rest the temples being anointed with it Unguentum Splanchnicum Take of the Oyls of Capers one ounce of white Lillies Camomile new made Butter the juice of Briony and Sow-bread each half an ounce boil them till the juices are consumed then add of Gum Ammoniacum dissolved in Vinegar two drams and an half of Hens-grease Oesypus the marrow of Calves Legs each half an ounce of the powders of the barks of Tamarisk of the roots of Capers of the roots of Fern and Ceterach each one dram of the seeds of Agnus Castus and Broom each one scruple of Wax a sufficient quantity make an Oynment Virtues It is good for Obst uctions and hardness of the Spleen and Liver and for hard Tumors and Rickets in Children the parts being anointed with it Oyntment of Sumach in Latin Unguentum Sumach Take of Sumach unripe Galls Myrtle berries Balaustins Pomgranat peels the bark of Acorns of Cypress nuts of True or German Acacia and of Mastich each ten drams of white Wax five ounces of oyl of Roses washed often in Alum water one pint and ten ounces powder all those things finely that are to be powdred and infuse them four whole days in the juice of Medlars and unripe Services then dry them by a gentle fire and with the Oyl and Wax boil it to an Oyntment Virtues It stops Fluxes hinders Miscarriage the Reins and Belly being anointed with it Cerecloths Cerecloth of Galbanum in Latin Ceratum de Galbano Take of Galbanum prepared an ounce and an half of Turpentine one ounce of Assa fetida half an ounce of Bdellium one dram of red Myrth two drams of Wax two ounces of the seeds of Daucus one scruple of the leaves of Fetherfew Mugwort each half a dram dissolve the Gums in Vinegar except the Assa fetida which is to be dissolved with the Turpentine and make a Cerecloth Virtues Being applied to the Belly it killâ— Worms expels Wind provokes the Courses and iâ— good for Mother-fits and cleanses the Womb after Labour Cerecloth of Sanders in Latin Ceratum Santalinum Take of red Sanders ten drams of white and yellow Sanders six drams of red Roses an ounce and an half of Bole Armonick seven drams of Spodium of Ivory half an ounce of Camphor two drams of yellow Wax one pound of oyl of Roses Omphacin six ounces powder all the Sanders together the Roses the Bole Ivory and Camphor apart then melt the Wax over a gentle fire and when they are a little cold mix the powders and last of all the Camphor dissolved in oyl mix them well together and make a Cerecloth Virtues It is good for inflamations of the Stomach Liver and other parts it is good for pains and weakness of the back and reins Plasters in Latin Emplastra Plaster of Ammoniacum in Latin Emplastrum de Ammoniaco Take of Ammoniacum of Wheaten Bran well sifted each an ounce of the Oyntment of Marsh-mallows of Compound Plaster of Melilot of the powders of the roots of Briony and Orris each half an ounce of the grease of Ducks Geese and Hens each three drams of Bdellium and Galbanum each one dram and an half of the Rosin of the Pine and yellow Wax each five ounces of oyl of Orris and Turpentine each an ounce and an half boil the grease and the oyls with the Muciâ— lage of Linseeds and Fenugreek seeds each threâ— ounces till the Mucilages are consumed strain it and add the Wax Rosin Turpentine Oyntmenâ— of Marsh-mallows with the Plaster of Meliloâ— and when it begins to
water and then form them into Balls The burning of Harts-born Ivory and other bones Take of Hartshorn Ivory or of any Bone whaâ— quantity you please burn them in a Crucible tilâ— they are quite white then powder or grind them very fine and make them into Troches with Rosâ— water The way of making Elaterium Take wild Cucumbers almost ripe cut then and press out the juice gently with your formof fingers strain it through a fine Sive into a clean glazed vessel and let it settle till it has put off its grosser parts pour off by inclination the thin juice that swims on theâ—rop what remains filter dry the sediment in the Sun and keep it for use The thinner part may be reserved if you please for making the Oyntment de Arthanita The preparation of the Bark of Spurge roots Infuse the Barks well cleansed for three days in sharp Vinegar then dry them and keep them for use The same way may be prepared the leaves of Spurge Lawrel Mezereon and the like The preparation of Euphorbium Put Euphorbium cleansed and powdred into a glass vessel and pour upon it so much juice of Lemons clarified as will rise four fingers above the matter then place them in a hot Bath till the Euphorbium is dissolved by the juices then strain it through a clean cloath and evaporate all the moisture of the juice in a Bath and keep the Euphorbium for use The preparation of the roots of black Hellebore Infuse the roots of black Helâ—ebore that we have three days in the juice of Quinces in a moderate heat then day them and keep them for use The preparation of Goaâ—â— Blood Put the blood of a middle aged Goat into an earthen pot and having covered it with a cloath expose it to the Sun that it may coagulate throw away the watry pâ—rt dry the thicker part powder it keep it in a glass for use The preparation of Lac. Take of Lac not cleansed broken a little not reduced to powder boil it in water that it may be cleansed from its impurities dry what is pure and keep it for use Preparation of Lapis Lazuls Grind the Sky coloured Stone wash it with water dry it and keep it for use The preparation of Litbarge Grind the Litharge to a fine powder pour on it clear water and stir it till its thick then pour it off into another vessel and put in fresh water stir it as before then pour off this water to the other continue to do so till the feces sink to the bottom of the Mortar and the thinner part is carried off witâ— the water let it stand without being moved that the pure Litharge may settle to the bottom then pour out the water and gather the Litharge and grinâ— it so 〈◊〉 upon a stone that no roughness of it may be perceived by the tongue Preparation of Earth-worms Slit the Worms in the middle and wash them clean in Wine then dry them and keep them for use The preparation of Millepedes Put Millepedes cleansed into a new earthen pot place them in a warm Oven after the bread is drawn that by the moderate heaâ— they may be dryed and reduced to powder The way of preparing Oesypus Take of wool uncleansed sheared from the neck huckle bone and shoulder pits of tired Sheep pour upon it hot water often and wash it well till all the fat swims upon the water afterwards press out the Wooll and the far and filthy water must be poured high from one vessâ—l to another tilâ— it becomes frothy then you must let it stand till the froth goes off then take off the fat that swims upon the water then pour the water from one vessel to another as before till it froth then take off the fat as before continue to do so till no more sâ—â— not froth appeaâ—s then wash all â—he fâ—ts with the froth in clean wâ—ter stiâ—ring iâ— about with your hand and change the water osten till the filâ—h is washed away and â—ill the 〈◊〉 does not â—ite the toâ—gue keep it in a clean thick earthen Vessel in a cold place Preparation of Opium Dissolve Opium in Spirit of Wine strain it and evaporate it to a due consistence The preparation of the Lungs of a Fox Wash the fresh Lungs of a Fox well in white Wine wherein Hyssop and Scabious have been first boiled but you must take out the wind pipe put them into an earthen pot and dry them in a gentle heat take care they are not burnt keep them in a glass stopt with Wax Preparation of Scammony Put the powder of Scammony into a Quince made hollow covered with past bake it in an Oven or rost â—it under the ashes take out the Scammony and keep it forâ—se This is called Diagrydium Another way of preparing Scammony with Sulphur Take of Scammony powdred as much as you please put it upon a paper hold the paper over live coals whereupon Brimstone is câ—st till the Scammony melts or grows white this is called Scammony Sulphurated but you must be sure to stiâ— it all the time it is over the fire Prâ—paration of Squills Take a large fresh Squill pull off the outward dry tunicks wrap it up in bread past and bake it in an Oven with bread till it is tender which you may know by thrusting a Bodkine into it then take it out of the Oven and pull off one by one the Coats casting away the middle which is hard run a thread through them and hang them in a dry place till they are dry but you must take caâ—e they do not touch one another whilst they are drying and in this business you must use a Woodden or Ivory knife for cutting or piercing them Boiled Turpentine Take of Venice Turpentine one pound pour upon it twelve quarts of water wherein boil it till it is so thick that it will break like Rosin or glass when it is cold Preparation of Tutty Tutty being prepared the same way as Lapis Calaminaris is tie it up in a clean rag which is to be stirred about in a vessel full of clean water that the fine and useful parts may come through into the water the gross and impure remaining in the rag then let it settle and pour off the water continue to do so till all that is good is washed out of the rag Sprinkle this powder with a litte rose water and make it into balls to be kept for use ADDENDA Elixir Propietatis Take of Myrrh Aloes and Saffron each half an ounce of Spirit of Wine rectified ten ounces of Spirit of Sulphur by the Bell half an ounce first draw a Tincture from the Saffron in the Spirit of Wine by digesting of it six or eight days then add the Myrrh and Aloes grosly beaten and the Spirit of Sulphur digest them in a long viol well stopt for the space of a Month shake it often pour off the black Tincture from the feces let it stand quiet a night then pour it out