THE COMPLETE HERBAL

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\ boiled to the consumption of the liquor| being taken from the fire, let the Turpentine

Bays, Lapis Calami naris, both sorts on or faces of liquid Styrax, Bdellium, of eachBirthwort, Myrrh , Frankincense , of each j one dram, Litharge half a dram,two drams, pure Turpentine an ounce. Let) Culpeper .] It is of a gentle emolientthe Oil, Wax , and litharge be boiled toge-j nature, prevails against stoppings of thether till it stick not to your fingers, then the \ stomach coming of cold, hardness of themass being removed from the fire and cooled j spleen, coldness of the liver and matrix,a little, and the Gums dissolved in white j Emplastrum Gratia Dei. Nich.

Wine Vinegar, which evaporate away bv$ Or, the Grace of God .

boiling, strain it strongly, then add the \ College .]* Take of Turpentine half a

powders, Turpentine , and Oil of Bays, that \ pound, Rozin one pound, white Wax fourit may be made into a plaster according to j ounces, Mastich an ounce, fresh Betony,art. | Vervain, and Burnet, of each one handful.

Culpeper.'] It strengthens the nerves, | Let the herbs, being; bruised, be sufficientlydraws out corruption, takes away pains and | boiled in white Wine, the liquor pressedaches, and restores strength to members that I out, in which let the Wax and Rozin behave lost it: the last is most effectual.

Emplastrum Stomachicum Magistrate.

Or, A Stomach Plaster. i be “ ixed » ith il : Mastich in

%<&«.] Take of Mints, Wormwood , 1 l ,0wd ® r ’ a “ d “ make ° f them » P laster

Stcechas, Bay leaves, of each a dram, Mar- i a( W r . ln £ ? j 1 : .. , ■ ,

j A „ o i c i Culpeper, it is excellent good m wounds

ioram, red Roses, yellow banders, of each [ j h c i & , , • n

i A n i a c wr i A and green ulcers, for it keeps back lnfiam-

two drams, Calamus Aromaticus, Wood oil .*=> . j • • r .

Aloes, Lavender flowers, Nutmegs , Cubebs, | cleanses and joins wounds, fills np

i i n q\ ,r jy i \ UlCGI S Wltn tlCSlT

dran7 a MaS « **»»■

o“rof! pi C f»-'] Take of°tri„ice of Betony,c , ., j ’ „ • vtr c , r \ Plantain, and bmaliage, of eacn one pound.

Spike a dram, Roam Wax, of each four p; ’ Rozin “Turpentine , of each

ounces, Labdanum three ounces Styrax, ha]f a d boi , the ^ and R j ;

halt an ounce: make it into a plaster. L, • 1 • r „

CnlpeperA Both this and the other of t ,e P'ces'vith a gentle fire, continually

that name which you shall have by and by, I s ‘ n ' m S *7 the juice be consumed,. tl . / i j- 1 i. i Itnen add the lurpentine and Pitch, con-

strengthen the stomach exceedingly, help?.- ,, ... . y. ’ ,

,. ®. , t ... ° J r \ tinually stirring it till it be brought into the

lges ion an s ay vomi mg. j consistence of a plaster according to art.

Emplastrum Ceroma, or, G eronewn. j Emplastrum Isis Epigoni. Galen.

Nich. Alex. \ College.] Take of yellow Wax an hun-

College .] Take of Pitch scraped from a j dred drams, Turpentine two hundred drams,Ship that hath been a long time at Sea, i scales of Copper, Verdigris, round Birth-yellow Wax, of each seven drams, Saga-i wort, Frankincense , Sal-amoniac, Ammo-penum six drams, Ammoniacum, Turpen-! niacum, burnt brass of each eight drams,tine, Colophonia, Saffron , of each four j burnt Alum six drams, Aloes, Myrrh , Gal-drams, Aloes, Olibanum , Myrrh , of each; ban urn, of each an ounce and an half, oldthree drams, Styrax Calamitis, Mastich, ! Oil one pound, sharp Vinegar so much asOpopanax, Galbanum, Alum, the seeds of|is sufficient. Let the metals be dissolvedFenugreek, of each two drams, the settlings i in the sun with the Vinegar, then put in