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A45501	The family dictionary, or, Houshold [sic] companion wherein are alphabetically laid down exact rules and choice physical receipts for the preservation of health ... directions for making oils, ointments, salves, ... chymical preparations, physical-wines, ales and other liquors and descriptions of the virtues of herbs, fruits, flowers ... and parts of living creatures used in medicinal potions, ... likewise directions for cookery, ... also the way of making all sorts of perfumes ... together with the art of making all sorts of English wines, ... the mystery of pickling and keeping all sorts of pickles ... : to which is added as an appendix the explanation of physical terms, bills of fare ... : with the art of carving and many other useful matters / by J.H.	Salmon, William, 1644-1713.; J. H.	1695 (1695)	Wing H66; ESTC R30331	305,220	380

Take a quart of Water that is ready to boil put into it half a handful of Scabious and half as much Sage let it boil pretty well and drink it in the nature of Tea with Sugar and the Juice of a Lemon squeezed into it Gravel to Remove Take a quart of White or Rhenish-Wine boil it well to the consumption of a third part then put in an ounce of the Juice of White Lily roots Juice of Housleek and Syrup of Citron mix them well together over a gentle fire and let the Party drink a quarter of a pint at a time blood-warm and so doing four or five times it will force the Gravel before it and cause it to void through the neck of the Bladder Gravel to Expell Kill a black Hen or Cock if it be to be had if not one of another Colour may serve take out the thick Membrane or Skin that lines the Gizard wipe it clean and dry it cautiously so as it may be beat to Powder with this Powder mix an equal part or half so much red Coral calcined and take thirty or forty grains of it at a time in White-wine or some other such kind of acid Wine Gravel another to Expell Take two large Red Onions and a White Lily-root bruise them in a Mortar squeeze the Juice of them into White-wine and drink it in the Morning fasting sweetned with a little Honey This gives Ease presently and continuing it it removes the Cause Green Ointment Take new Butter toiled and purified four Pound Burgundy-Pitch and Rosin of each a pound Yellow Bees-wax four ounces melt them and make an Ointment of them over a gentle fire adding an ounce of Verdigriese in Powder to make it of a deep green Colour and so keep it stirring till the Ointment be cold This is a wonderful Cleanser and Healer of all sorts of Wounds and Ulcers it gives Ease to Pains and allays Burnings and Heats in the Wounds or any Inflammations It 's greatly in request for Burns and Scalds especially if mixed with Oil of Roses and Snow-water and applied on a linnen Cloth to the place grieved Green-Sauce Take the Blades of Green Wheat Sorrel Parsley and Spinage stamp them in a wooden Mortar or Bowl with some Vinegar and fine White Sugar and serve it up in Saucers somewhat thinnish with a Leg of Veal boiled or a Calf's Head Green or Winter-Green This mainly conduces to the healing of green Wounds the green Leaves bruised or the Juice applied A Salve of the green Herb stamped or the Juice boiled with Bees-wax Hogs-lard Sallad-oil and Turpentine is highly preferred for the Cure of all manner of Wounds or Sores The Herb boiled in Wine or Water and given to such as are troubled with any inward Ulcers of the Kidneys or Neck of the Bladder mainly relieves them It stays the Fluxes It is good in Inflammations rising upon Pains of the Heart also in Cankers or Fistula's And the distilled Water may be carried along with you or kept by you for the above-said uses Gripes in Children Take the Oils of Nutmeg and of Wormwood of each a dram mingle them well with two drams of Camomel and anoint therewith the Party's Navel and Pit of the Stomach and by often so doing the Pain will cease Grounsil This indeed is very common which renders its Virtues less esteem'd though they are very rare for the Seeds cleanse the Reins help much to break and expel the Stone and provoke Urine two drams of it taken in a glass of White-wine in Powder three three or four times a day some say facilitate the Birth if it be taken by the travailing Woman in a little Breast-Milk Ground-Pine This is excellent to strengthen the Nerves and to open the Parts it also provokes the Courses expells the dead Child in the VVomb and the After-birth but not safe to be taken by VVomen during their going with Child because it works so powerfully that it endangers Miscarriage If it be boiled in White-wine or powder'd and made into small Pills with Hermodactyls and Venice-Turpentine it is given in Dropsies and outwardly applied it cures Ulcers by cleansing and filling them with good Flesh Take of this and VVormwood of each two handfuls Scurvygrass five times as much Sage of the Mountain six handfuls sliced Oranges six make a Paste of Barley-meal and Rye an equal quantity make it into the fashion of a Pye and equal these in it small shred then take them out and shred them with the Crust over again and so put all into a Bag hanging it in about five gallons of Ale not too strong nor too small about six days and then drink it twice or thrice a day about half a pint at a time This has been proved for the Scurvy and afflicting Pains of the Gout Guajacum This for its singular Virtues is called Holy-wood The Decoction of it well managed and taken in time is a certain Remedy for the French Disease It is good in Dropsies for Asthma's Falling-Sickness and Diseases of the Bladder and Reins Pains in the Joints proceeding from cold Tumours and Wind. It grows in the West-Indies and there the Spaniards learned the Use of it from the Natives The way to prepare the Decoction of this Wood is in this manner Take twelve ounces of the Wood cut small of the Bark of it beaten two ounces infuse it in six pints of Water in a large earthen Pot the space of twenty four Hours keeping the Pot close stopped and boil it with a gentle Fire to the Consumption of two quarts and when it is cold strain it then put to the same Wood a gallon of fresh Water boil it to a quart and keep these two Waters apart for use Gums Apostemated Take a handful of red Sage boil it in Whitewine add an ounce of the Powder of Burnt-Alom and wash your Mouth frequently with this Water It is also good against the Scurvy It likewise fastens the Teeth and keeps them from rotting it gives them a Whiteness and eases the Tooth-ach Gum of Cedar its Virtues An Oil extracted from this Gum is hot in the fourth degree wherefore it doth without pain rot soft and delicate Flesh but in hard Bodies it operateth with more time and difficulty It dryeth dead Bodies and preserveth them from Putrefaction by consuming the superfluous Humour without touching the sound Parts but in living Bodies the Heat in them augment the force of the Oil which causes it to burn the tender Flesh It is excellent to kill Nits Lice or any Insect crept into the Ear and good in cold Distempers to anoint the Joints and Limbs withal being much available in the Pains of the Gout if mollified with Oil of Camomil or such-like supling Oils Gum Plaister of Diachylon Take Bdellium Sagapenum Amoniacum of each two ounces dissolve 'em in Wine and strain 'em boil them to the consistence of Honey and Great Diachylon This being applied dissolves digests and ripens hard Swellings and is for those

with Oil of Roses and then apply it and use this Purgation viz. Take Turbith a quarter of an ounce Ginger one dram white Sugar three drams temper them well together and let the Party take it every fourth Day in Wormwood-wine or Water and the other Mornings between them Water of Baum Bettony and Wormwood of each an ounce and half Vinegar of Squills an ounce mix them together and drink them fasting Rupture through Wind In this Case the Party must during the Cure eschew all such Meats and Drinks as cause Windiness in the Body as Milk sweet Wine moist Fruits Pease Beans Turnips c. then take Sulphur-Vine two ounces finely beaten Grains half an ounce grosly beaten Cammomil-flowers a quarter of an ounce seeth these in a pint of Spring-water till a third part is consumed then dip a Sponge in it and apply it to the Place as hot as may be renewing it five or six times a Day Rupture-Wort This is mostly found on dry sandy and rockey Places It is Excellent in the Curing of Ruptures not only in Children but also in those of Years if the Distemper be not too inveterate by taking a dram of the Powder of the dried Herb in a glass of Wine for a considerable time or the distilled Water or Juice of the green Herb taken in like manner It helpeth likewise all other Fluxes in Men or Women Vomitings and the Gonorrhoea and Running of the Reins by being taken either of the ways mention'd It helpeth those that have the Strangury and Stoppage in Urine Stone or Gravel in the Reins or Bladder helps Stitches in the Side or griping Pains in the Stomach and Belly Obstructions of the Liver Worms Yellow-Jaundice Defluctions and foul Ulcers Rushes These some hold so inconsiderable that it is of no value but for making Candle-Wicks But learned Physicians who have searched more curiously into the abstruse Retirements of Nature are not of their Opinion Dioscorides Galen and Pliny agree being powdered and drank in Wine it stayeth the Lask in Women's Courses provokes Sleep but must be taken with caution lest they cause Pains in the Head The Root boiled in Water to the consumption of a third part doth mainly help the Cough Rye This grain boiled in Water or Wine to a strength and drank viz. the Decoction kills Worms in the Belly and brings them away especially if Coriander-seeds be boiled with it SAdness to Expel Take the Herb called Cranesbill Rue and Pulegium of each as much as may be held conveniently between the Thumb and Fore-finger dry them in an Oven and beat them into Powder and being mixed with a little Sugar and Powder of Licorice make them up into little Balls or Lozenges with Cinnamon-water or Rose-water and eat them as you find occasion Saffron The best Saffron is that which tinctures your Hands upon a gentle touch and smelleth somewhat sharp and is not very brittle In property it is good for the weakness of the Stomach and faintness of Heart and being taken in a small quantity of Wine it preserveth from Drunkenness and healeth the Bitings of Serpents and Stinging of Spiders It is restrative The too much Smell thereof is bad for the Brain and the taking too much of it is troublesome to the Spirits Sage This is a singular Remedy against all cold and phlegmatick Diseases in the Head and against all Pains of the Joints either being taken in Drink or applied in Fomentation wherefore it is very good for those that have the Falling-sickness or subject to Lethargies or have at certain times their Members benumb'd or senseless It availeth much against the Defluxions of Flegm and Maladies incident to the Breast and is very advantageous for Women with Child to eat it often especially if they are subject to travail before their time for it keepeth the Child in the Womb and doth quicken it If a Person subject to spit Blood takes three or four spoonfuls of Honey with the Juice of Sage double the quantity in a Morning fasting the Blood will be stay'd in twice or thrice so doing The use of Sage in Pottage and otherwise serves to sharpen the Appetite and cleanse the Stomach that 's oppressed with ill Humours In fine when there is any occasion for heating drying or binding use this Herb as a very good Medicine Saland-Grand To make this of minced Meats Mince Capon Veal dried Neats-tongue in slices Lettuce shred small Olives and Capers Mushrooms pickled Samphire Broom-buds Lemons or Oranges Raisins Almonds Potato's Caparoons or Crucifix-Peas Currans pickl'd Oisters and Tarragon To dish this up Take a little Tarragon and Lettuce mince them small and put the several Things by themselves and garnish the Dish with Oranges and Lemons sliced or in quarters Salmon Fry'd Take the Rand Chine or Jowl of Salmon and fry it cut in thin slices in sweet Butter and when you perceive it begins to grow crisp prepare your Sauce with Claret sweet Butter grated Nutmeg the Juice of Oranges and the Liquor of pickled Oisters heat them over a gentle Fire with continual beating and pour them on the Fish and for garnish lay Sage-Leaves and Parsly fried in Butter but not too crisp Salmon-Pie Take a convenient piece of fresh Salmon two quarts of Shrimps or Prawns and the like quantity of opened Oisters a quarter of an ounce of whole Mace the like of beaten Ginger and four Anchoveys mix what can be conveniently so order'd spread the bottom of the Pie with Butter lay in the Fish and scatter the seasoning all over it and uppermost another laying of Butter Salt-Diuretick Take the Urin of a healthful Man and put it into as much Hungarian Vitriol powdered as it 's capable to dissolve make the Dissolution in a large Vessel that there may be room for Ebullition which being ceased put the Liquor into a glass Cucurbit covered with its Head and distill off the Flegm and Spirit in a Sand-Bath first with a slow Fire then with a gradual Fire encreased and sublimate the volatil Salt at last Salmon to Roast Take a Jowl of Salmon or a Rand and divide it into four pieces season it with Salt and grated Nutmeg stick in it whole Cloves and put it on a convenient Spit laying on it likewise a few Bay-leaves and Sprigs of Rosemary then bast it with Butter and save the Dripping to mingle with other Butter to be served up in Sauce mixed with Verjuice the Juice of Oranges and garnished with the slices of Oranges This Salt composed of the volatil Salt of Urin and several acid Particles of the Vitriol vigorously expels serous Humours by Urin the Passages whereof it opens It is to be taken in White-wine Diuretick-Waters or Decoctions from a scruple to a dram It is very available in Dropsies dissolved in opening Decoctions for which purpose you may mix the Spirit with your usual ordinary Drink The Flegm applied to the Gout asswages the Pain thereof It is also good to allay the Inflammations of the

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Wines to Back The best time to do it is when the Wind sits full North the Weather clear and temperate in the encrease of the Moon and when she is under the Earth and not in the full heighth Wine Roping To alter this Take a course Linnen-cloath and place it before your Bore when you have set it abroach then put in your Linnen and rock it in a dry Cask then put in five or six ounces of powdered Alom and jumble them well together and so upon settling it will be fined down and become a very clear and pleasant Wine Wine to Scent well Take two ounces of Brimstone and half an ounce of Calamus mix them well together in a pint and a half of Borrage-water melt the Brimstone in a Pan and add the rest to it and dip in so many Linnen-cloaths as will soak it up and put them into the Hogshead then take out your Ashes and rack your Wine and so put into it a pint of Rosewater and rowl it well half an hour it being stopt down close after which let it lye still two Days and by this means this or any other Gascoin or red Wine will have a very pleasant Scent Wine of Squils Take the Roots of white Mountain-squills seasonably gathered slice them and lay them a drying for a Month and put a pound of them into a glass and poor on them four quarts of good old Whitewine infuse them for the space of forty Days and then take out the Squills This is likewise a gentle Vomit but most commonly used with Vinum-Benedictum or the Blessed Wine so that an ounce of it may be taken with half an ounce of the other Wines Vicious to Meliorate Take a pint of clarified Honey a pound of Water wherein Raisins have been steeped half a pint and a quarter of a pint of Claret or Whitewine as to what you propose it to boil them over a gentle Fire till a third part be consumed scum it continually in the boiling and put it pretty hot into the Wine and let it stand with the Bung out then put in a Bag of Spices and it wilt fine either new or old Wine that are fouled or decayed and give them a curious Smell or Tast if when it has rested five or six Days you add white Mustard-seed bruised hang it in a Canvas-bag Woman in Labour Take of Cinnamon finely powdered one dram Amber likewise finely powdered half a dram mingle them in a quarter of a pint of Claret and let the Party drink it This is accounted a most approved Medicine to help a Woman in the time of her Travel and cause an easie and safe Labour Womb to Cleanse Take a large old Onion the whitest that may be cut it in pieces and boil it in a pint of Water very soft strain and press it and take about a quarter of a pint of the Decoction at a time putting thereto an ounce of the fresh Oil of Wallnuts and the expected Effects will be compleated by it Worm in the Head If any Worm or Earwig has crept into the Head whilst you sleep to destroy or bring it away Take three or four Cloves of Garlick stamp them in a Mortar or any other convenienient Utensil then lay them in clean Water to soak a while and so wring out the Juice with a clean Cloth and put a few drops of the Liquor into the Ear and it will either kill the Worm and work it out with the Wax or cause it to come out at the Nose It is also good for Noises and Dizziness in the Head and brings away the Furr and Scurf that many times causes Obstruction in the Hearing and much lessens it VVorms Take Rhubarb a dram Wormwood half a dram Coralline a scruple Currans four ounces beat them to a Conserve and mix it with Syrup of Violets till it becomes an Electuary and give the quantity of a Nutmeg in a Morning fasting dissolved in a little warm Ale or Wine This is noted by Dr. Wetherborn to be of excellent use to kill Worms in Children VVorms in the Teeth If you find when you put hot things in your Mouth something to stir in your Teeth or Gums Take black Pepper a quarter of an ounce beat it to Powder and sift it finely then put it into a quarter of a pint of White-wine and boil it over a gentle Fire then take some of it and hold it as hot as may be in your Mouth and it will make those that can crawl out and kill those that are imprisoned whereby the Pain and Defect thereby occasioned will presently cease VVorms in Children Take the green Husks of Walnuts Rue and Baum beat them very fine put as much Sugar to them as will make them into a Conserve and to make them the more pallatable let it be taken in two or three spoonfuls of Canary to the quantity of a large Hazle-nut at a time VVormwood This Excellent Herb is under the Dominion and Government of Mars Its Virtues are very singular viz. It is good for Inflammations of the Liver and Stomach and profitable for those that are sick of the Dropsie the Leaves being made into a Confection with Sugar It is of a restringent quality bitter and sharp altogether being hot it is comforttable and drying and therefore it purgeth downwards and driveth into the Urin and Excrement all cholerick Humours it principally comforteth and fortifieth the Heart and Stomach being infused in Wine The Tops of it and Roots of Dandelion decocted in Water are powerful Expellers of the Humours that occasion the Jaundice The Juice of Wormwood wherein the Kernels of Peaches are bruised and infused kill the Worms in any Part of the Body The Conserve of it taken fasting preserves from Drunkenness sharpens Appetite and is a sovereign Remedy for those that are troubled with Stuffings or Stoppage of the Stomach if the Juice thereof be drank with Whitewine or Vinegar mixed with Milk and Honey it is good to rub those that are afflicted with the Squinsie The Fume of the Decoction the Mouth or Ears held over it easeth their Pains and being infused in Wine of Raisins it easeth the Pains and Pricking of the Eyes they being washed with it Being mixed with Oil of Roses and a Stomach that has been long weakned anointed therewith it mightily strenghthens it With Figs Vinegar and Darnel-Meal it is good applied outwardly and inwardly against the Dropsie and Spleen Dried and powdered it defends Cloaths from Moths and Worms For a continued Dropsie Take two pounds of the Tops of Wormwood make it into a Conserve with as much Sugar and let the Party take half an ounce at a time three or four time a Day VVormwood-VVater Take two gallons of new Ale but well settled and very clear a pound of Anniseeds and half a pound of Licorice bruise them together very sine then take two handfuls of the tender Tops of Roman Wormwood and put them with the other Ingradients into

strain out the Liquor to it and being well mixed boil it up into a Syrup adding two drams more of beaten Cinamon half a scruple of Powder of Nutmeg Ambergrise thirty two grains Musk three grains ten beaten Leaves of Gold and so make it up into an Electuary with four drops of the Spirit of Vitriol This is a singular good Drying Medicine and therefore to be taken in Rheumatisms or Moist Diseases and consequently in Defluxions of Rheums and the Dropsie A dram is sufficient for a Dose in some Cordial-water that is healing or chearing the Noble Parts Elixir for the Head Take Misleto that grows on the Oak Piony-roots and the bigger Valerian of each an ounce and an half Laurel Juniper-berry and Piony-seeds of each an ounce Cinamon Mace and Cubebs of each three drams Flowers of Rosemary and Lavender of each a handful bruise what is to be so bruised and macerate them together twenty four hours in the Water of Black Cherries and Lily of the Valleys and Spirit of Wine rectified of each twenty four ounces then having distilled them dissolve in the Water a pound of the best white Sugar and a dram of the Tincture of Ambergrise keep it close stopped Elixir Proprietatis The new way to do this is to take Saffron Myrrh and Aloes of each half an ounce the rectified Spirit of Wine very near three quarters of a pint Spirit of Sulphur per campanam half an ounce draw in the first place a Tincture from the Saffron into the Spirit of Wine by infusing or digesting it six or seven Days then add grossly bruised Aloes and Myrrh and the Spirit of Sulphur digest them in a long Viol well stopp'd for the space of thirty Days but keep it frequently shaking then you will find a black Tincture on the faeces pour that off and let it stand still for twelve hours and so decant it till you find no faeces at the bottom The Dose is fifteen or twenty drops in a Morning in a glass of Wine or some other convenient Liquor This Elixir is Stomachick Anodyne Alexipharmick and Uterine It has great success in Tertian Agues and may be safely given to all Ages and Constitutions It Alters Evacuates and Strengthens Elixir Proprietatis Vid. Antiscorbutick Elixir Proprietatis Elixir Salutis Take of the Leaves of Senna four ounces Guajacum and the Roots of Elecampane dried of the Seeds of Anise Caraways and Coriander of each two ounces of Licorice two ounces Raisins of the Sun stoned half a pound infuse them cold in three quarts of Aqua-vitae or some other good Spirit of the like Nature not too strong for the space of four Days draw it off and bottle it up If it proves an excellent Cordial you may if you would have it somewhat more Purging put a few slices of Rhubarb into it It is good in the Colick or any Pains of the Belly also it cleanses the Stomach and dissolves the Stone in the Bladder or Kidneys It brings away the Gravel and Stone Two or three spoonfuls are a sufficient Dose for an ordinary Constitution and so more or less as it can be borne Elme The Leaves Branches and Bark of this Tree are Astringent The Leaves bruised with Vinegar stop Bleeding and applied to fresh Wounds facilitate their Cure as also boiled in Vinegar very strong they much avail in the Leprosie The Bark of the younger Sprigs boiled in Spring-water almost to the Consistence of a Syrup and a third part of Aqua-vitae mixed with it is an excellent Remedy for the Gout in the Hip if the Part affected with it be fomented before the Fire The Water in the Bladders on the Leaves clears the Skin and mends the Complexion Cloaths being wet in this VVater and applied helps Burstenness in Children the Bowels being at the same time kept up with a Truss Take of the Bark of Elme six drams Red Roses half a handful Raisins of the Sun stoned twenty boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to a pint and an half dissolve in it Honey of Roses and simple Oxymel of each two ounces It is an excellent Gargarisme for Inflammations and in hot Diseases that dry and parch the Mouth or Throat or in such as afflict them with too much Phlegm and slimy Matter Emplaster of Bettony Take green Bettony Burnet Sage Milfoil Agrimony Peneroyal and the lesser Centaury great Comfrey and Clary of each six ounces Mastick and Frankincense of each three drams Orris and round Bithwort of each six drams white Beeswax and clarified Turpentine of each eight ounces Rosin of the Pine six ounces Gum-Elemy and Oil of Firr of each two ounces Whitewine three pints beat the Herbs very well and set them seven or eight Days to infuse in Whitewine stir them well then boil them and strain out the VVine boil it with a gentle Fire to the consumption of a third part add the Oil of Firr next the VVax melted and so the Rosin and Gum and the Turpentine and having boiled them a little and removed them from the Fire cool them by degrees then put to all these well mixed the Powders of Orris and Bithwort and make 'em into an Emplaster This is exceeding strengthening and restoring It is apply'd with great success to fractured or broken Bones al so to strengthen weak Joints and heal Sprains or Bruises of the Sinews small Emplasters of it layed to the Temples and Nape of the Neck draw Rheums away from the Eyes and also ease Pains in the Head Emplastrum Caesaris This is called Caesar's Plaister for the strength it gives to those that are weakned with Sickness or Hurts To make it Take red Roses an ounce and a half the Roots of Bithwort Cyprus Nuts the several sorts of Saunders Mint Corianderseed Dragrons-Blood Hypocistis Acacia seal'd-Earth bole and red Coral powdered of each two drams Turpentine that has been infused in Plantain-water four ounces Oil of Roses three ounces white VVax twelve ounces Rosin of the Pine ten ounces Stone-pitch six ounces Plantane Orpin and Housleek-Juices of each an ounce To the Rosin VVax and Pitch melted together add the Turpentine and Oil then the Hypocistis and Acacia dissolved in the Juices and then the Powders and so over a gentle Fire make them into an Emplaster or Cerecloath It is very astringent and therefore strengthens the Back and all other Parts of the Body removes Pains and is a most excellent Remedy for the over-straining of the Sinews Endive-Water This is an excellent cooling VVater to mix with cooling Syrups and to give in Fevers and hot Diseases It allays Inflammations and the Heat of the Blood The Herb eaten in Sallads raw or boiled resists Choler It prevents Heat breaking out that deforms the Body with Pimples and Redness and frequent flushings of the Face Epilepsie Children it is observed are many times troubled with the Falling-Sickness either during the first Month after a Loosness in which case Diacodium to the quantity of a Pepper-Corn dissolved in

Saxifrage-water or the Woman's Milk is given with success or about the time of their breeding Teeth from the 7th to the 10th Month it is accompanied with a Cough or what is worse Vomiting and Loosness voiding green Excrements In this case apply a blistering Plaister as soon as may be to the hinder Part of the Neck Take of Langius's Epileptick Water three drams Liquid Laudanum two drops or more if the Child be strong Syrup of Peony one dram mix them for a Draught which must be presently given or Take of the VVater of Rue three ounces Langius's Epileptick Water the Compound of Briony-Water of each an ounce Syrup of Gilliflowers half an ounce Of these well mixed together make a Cordial or Julep and give a spoonful every Hour if the forementioned Draught has not discussed the Paroxysm Eringoes otherways called Sea-Holly It forces Urin and the Courses expels VVind helps the Jaundice and eases the Gripes in the Belly and Stomach The Roots candied are reckoned amongst Sweet-meats as very wholsom and pleasant and are good Preservatives against the Plague contagious Fevers and infectious Airs those that have the Consumption would do well to eat them often The Roots candied cure the Gonorrhea and prove advantagious in contributing to the Cure of the French-Pox Some hold that being stamped and applied to the Bellies of VVomen they prevent Abortion Erysipelas This is a very strange Distemper for all Parts of the Body with the Face especially are swollen red and full of Pains overspread with little thick Pimples which sometimes rise into Blisters and the Eyes seem to be closed with the Swellings Coldness Shivering and the like In this case open a Vein in the Arm let not the quantity taken away exceed nine or ten ounces Then take of Lily-roots and Marshmallow-roots of each an ounce Camomil-flowers Elder an Base Mullein Mellilot the Tops of St. John's-wort an the lesser Centaury of each a handful Fenugreekseed and Linseed of each half an ounce boil them to three pound in a quantity of Water sufficient to do it strain out the Liquor and when you design it for use add two ounces of the Spirit of Wine and in this Water so strained out dip pieces of new Flannel and having squeezed them apply them hot often anointing the Parts so grieved after fomentation with the fllowing Direction Take half a pint of the Spirit of Wine Treacle two ounces Long-pepper and Cloves in Powder of each two drams make these by mixture and infusion as strong as may be and being strained dip Cap-paper into the Liquid so strained and apply it wet and warm to the afflicted Part and for the more speedy Remedy after letting Blood the Party may take a Clyster of Milk with Syrup of Violets and cooling Emulsions and Juleps Erysipelas An experienced Remedy for this is the Blood of a Hare best in March but at other times may serve Take it hot if you can and anoint the Place infected with it otherwise apply a Linnen-Rag that has though a good while since throughly imbibed the fresh Blood and dryed in the Air but if it be too hard or stiff soften it with a little fair VVater the cold taken off Evil for this commonly called the Kings-Evil Take Cuttlebone uncalcined scrape off the outside or that which is coloured dry the white part and beat it to Powder very fine and take half a dram in a spoonful of Aqua Malvae Excoriation This is when the true Cutis is affected then Take Prunella called in English Self-heal bruise it well in a Mortar of glass or stone and apply it to the Part afflicted renewing it but seldom and sometimes not at all Excoriations Melt Mutton-Suet of the Kidneys freed from Fibres or Strings two ounces add by little and little sixteen or eighteen drops though in small Matters eight or ten may serve of Oil of Turpentine spread the Mixture on a Linnen-Cloath and apply it to the Part afflicted by binding or otherwise Expectoration This is designed to ripen Coughs and dissolve Phlegm To do it Take hard Onions fry them with sweet Butter or first with a little fair Water to take away their Tast then take them out of the Pan and boil them with new Milk till it be well impregnated with them and they become tender Mash them together and for your better Accommodation you may scrape Among them some Sugar-Candy it matters not whether white or brown and put it up in a Gally pot taking Night and Morning two or three spoonfuls Eyes Blistered Take Saffron half a dram the Juice of Sloes a scruple mix them with Rose-water and beat them into as fine a thinness as you can with the White of an Egg and drop a little of it into the Eyes and anoint the Eye-lids with it when you go to Bed Eye bright It chiefly helps and strengthens the Sight and cures such Diseases as are incident to the Eyes The distilled VVater wonderfully strengthens the Sight and the Juice is very good on the like account Divers knowing Oculists order the Parties whose Sights are defective to use this Herb in Sallads and in their Broths and Drink Eye Bruised Take Bettony and Eye-bright VVater of each a spoonful drop three or four drops of clarified Hony into it then shake them together dip a fine Rag or Cotten into it and lay it to the Part grieved Eyes Burnt or Scalded Take Mucilages of Quince-seed Fleawort Linseed and Fenugreekseed of each a scruple boil them a little in four ounces of Bettony-water filter it and apply it to the Part. Eyes to Cure If the Eyes be dull cloudy or specks spots or films begin to appear on them Take Paracelsus Zibethum Occidentale viz. Human-Dung of a good colour and consistence dry it by degrees moderately till it be capable of being reduced to Powder then powder it and searce it very fine a little of which must be blown once or twice a day into the Eyes as the nature of the defect requires then keep it in for a time by closing the Lids and so wash it off with Eye-bright-water Eyes foul a Water Take prepared Pearl and Coral of each a scruple Aloes finely powdered three grains red Rose-water and Succory of each an ounce mix them well and if you would have the Mixture stronger put in a few grains of Trochisci Albi Rhasis in very fine Powder and wash the Eyes with it as you see occasion Eyes Inflam'd or Blood-shot Boil a new-lay'd Egg hard cut it in halves without taking out the Yolk and apply one of these considerably warm but not too hot to the Eye grieved and keep it on if need requires six or eight hours and it will draw away the Heat Or you may make a Poultis with it and rotten Apples and apply it in the same manner Eyes Inflamed Take the Juice of a rotten Pippin some Hen-dung that of it which is the whitest beat the White of an Egg very fine burn the Hen-dung to Powder