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as also in all inflammations whatsoever.! ounce, the leaves of Bawm, Scabious,You may take a spoonful of it once in three ! Devil’s-bit, the flowers of both sorts ofor four hours, or if you please take it with! Bugloss, and Rosemary, of each a handful,a Liquorice stick. !the seeds of Sorrel, Citrons, Fennel , Car-
Syrupus de Meconio, site Diacodium. \ duus, Bazil, of each three drains, boil them
Or Syrup of Meconium, or Diacodium. jin four pounds of water till half be con-
Coliege..] Take of white Poppy heads i sumed, strain it, and add three pounds ofwith their seeds, gathered a little after the \ white sugar, juice of Bawm and Roseflowers are fallen off, and kept three days, j Water, of each half a pound, boil them toeightounees, black Poppy heads (soordered) ? a Syrup, the which perfume with Cinnamon six'ounces, rain Water eight pounds, steep ? and yellow Sanders, of each half an ounce,them twenty-four hours, then boil and press | Culpeper.] It is an excellent cordial,them gently, boil it to three pounds, and 1 and strengthens the heart, breast, andwith twenty-four ounces of sugar boil it \ stomach, it resists melancholy, revives theinto a Syrup according to art. j spirits, is given with good success in fevers,
Syrupus de Meconio compositus. »it strengthens the memory, and relieves
Or Syrup of Meconium compound. J languishing nature. You may take a spoon-
College^] Take of white and Mack \ full of it at a time.
Poppy heads with their seeds, fifty drams, j Syrupus de Mentha.
Maiden-hair fifteen drams, Jujubes thirty, j Or Syrup of Mints,
the seeds of Lettice, forty drams, of Mal-1 College.’] Take of the juices of Quinces lows and Quinces tied up in a rag, a dram ; sweet and between sweet and sour, the juiceand a half, Liquorice five drams, water I of Pomegranates sweet, between sweet andeight pounds, boil it according to art, strain ! sour, and sour, of each a pound and a half,it, and to three pounds of Decoction add ? dried Mints half a pound, red Roses twoSugar and Penids, of each one pound, make ? ounces, let them lie in steep one day, thenit into a Syrup. 5 boil it half away, and with four pounds of
Culpeper .] Meconium is nothing else but! sugar boil it into a Syrup according to art:the juice of English Poppies boiled till it! perfume it not unless the Physicians com-be thick: It prevails against dry coughs, i mand.
phthisicks, hot and sharp gnawing rheums, j Culpeper.] The Syrup is in quality bind-and provokes sleep. It is an usual fashion j ing, yet it comforts the stomach much,for nurses when they have heated their milk | helps digestion, stays vomiting, and is asby exercise or strong liquor (no marvel then ? excellent a remedy against sour or offensiveif their children be fro ward) then run for {belchings, as any is in the Dispensatory,Syrup of Poppies, to make their young! Take a spoonful of it after meat,ones sleep. I would fain have that fashion l Syrupus de Mucilaginibus ,
left, therefore I forbear the dose; let? Or Syrup of Mussilages,
nurses keep their own bodies temperate, and I College .] Take of the seeds of Marsh-their children will sleep well enough, never j mallows, Mallows, Quinces , of each anfear. jounce, Gum Tragacanth three drams, let
Syrupus Melmophylli. ! these infuse six hours in warm Decoction of
Or Syrup of Bawm. ? Mallows, white Poppy seeds, and Winter
College. J Take of the Bark of Bugloss: Cherries, then press out the Mussilage toroots, an ounce, the roots of white Dittany, j an ounce and an half, with which, andCinquefoil, Scorzonera, of each half an j three ounces of the aforesaid Decoction,