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Fennel, of each three drams, spring water! the water of Violet flowers and sugar, liketen pounds, boil it till half be consumed, j Julep of Roses.
and with honey and sugar, of each twopounds, boil it into a Syrup, which perfume |with Cinnamon , Ginger , and Calmus |Aromaticus, of each two drams tied up in |
Culpeper.'] It is cooling and pleasant.
a rag.
PURGING SYRUPS.
Syrupus de Cicliorio cum Rhubarbaro.
Or Syrup of Succory with Rhubarb . ;College .'] Take of whole Barley , the
Syrupus de Symphyio .
Or Syrup of Comfrey.
College.] Take of roots and tops of*
Comfrey, the greater and lesser, of each 1 roots of Snmllage, Fennel , and Sparagus,three handfuls, red Roses, Bettony, Plantain , j of each two ounces, Succory , Dandelyon,Burnet, Knot grass, Scabious, Coifs loot, j Endive, smooth Sow-thistles, of each twoof each two handfuls, press the juice out of j handfuls, Lettuce, Liverwort , Fumitory,them all, being green and bruised, boil it, j tops of Hops, of each one handful, Maiden-scum it, and strain it, add its weight of j hair, white and black, Cetrachs, Liquorice ,sugar to it that it may be made into a Syrup, | winter Cherries, Dodder, of each six drams,according to art. j to boil these take sixteen pounds of spring
Culpeper.] The Syrup is excellent for! water, strain the liquor, and boil in it sixall inward wounds and bruises, excoriations, j pounds of white sugar, adding towards thevomitings, spittings, or evacuation of blood, j end six ounces of Rhubarb, six drams ofit unites broken bones, helps ruptures, and } Spikenard, bound up in a thin slack rag,stops the menses; You cannot err in taking j the which crush often in boiling, and soof it. | make it into a Syrup according to art.
Syrupus Violarum . \ Culpeper.] It cleanses the body of venem-
Or Syrup of Violets . j ous humours, as boils, carbuncles, and the
College .] Take of Violet flowers fresh I like; it prevails against pestilential fevers,and picked, a pound, clear water made j it strengthens the heart and nutritive virtue,ooiling hot, two pounds, shut them up close j purges by stool and urine, it makes a mantogether into a new glazed pot, a whole \ have a good stomach to his meat, and pro-day, then press them hard out, and in two j vokes sleep. But by my author’s leave,pounds of the liquor dissolve four pounds j I never accounted purges to be properand three ounces of white sugar, take away I physic in pestilential fevers; this I believe,the scum, and so make it into a Syrup with- j the Syrup cleanses the liver well, and isout boiling. Syrup of the juice of Violets , I exceeding good for such as are troubledis made with its double weight of sugar, like j with hypocondriac melancholy. The strongthe former. j may take two ounces at a time, the weak,
Cidpeper.] This Syrup cools and moistens, 1 one, or you may mix an ounce of it withand that very gently, it corrects the sharp- j the Decoction of Senna,ness of choler, and gives ease in hot vices ofT Syrupus de F/pithytno.
the breast, it quenches thirst in acute fevers, 1 Or Syrup of Epithimum.
and resist the heat of the disease; it com- j College.] Take of Epithimum twentyforts hot stomachs exceedingly, cools the j drams, Mirobalans, Citron, and Indian ofliver and heart, and resists putrefaction, l each fifteen drams, Emblicks, Bellorreks,pestilence, and poison. f Polypodium , Liquorice Agrick, Thyme,
College.] Julep of Violets is made of j*Calaimnth, Bugloss, Stceehas of each six