Choice and rare experiments in physick and chirurgery, or, A discovery of most approved medicines for the curing of most diseases incident to the body of men, women, and of children together with an antidotary of experiments never before published / found out by the studie and experience of Thomas Collins, student in physick neer the city of Gloucester.

The Liver, Remedies for its dis••∣empers.

Against stopping of the Liver, called opila••i••

DRink every morning the Syrup of Oxy•••• sqyllitick, wi•••• half a d••augh•• o•• mo〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the decoction of the roots of Small•• Fennel and Parsely.

Another for stopping of the Liver.

Take Venice Turpentine to the quantity a bean, and put it into a spoon until it doe m〈◊〉〈◊〉 and then put there to a li••••le white sugar, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 let them eat of it every day fasting.

Take a good ha••dful of iver wort t•••• groweth upon stones, and another of fumito•••• with as much hearts tongue, and drink the every day twice. The liver of an hare dryed good for all diseases of the Liver, also for t•••• heat of the Liver seethe Barberries in whe•••• and drink them.

Remedy.

If it come of gross blood, give the patie•• Medicins that do pierce and are su••til, as is wi•••• of Pome-granates, Srup of Endive, with t•••• decoction of Cicers; Then let him blood 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Liver vein, and everymorning eat a L••••zeng of Triasan••ali.

Sometime the said opilation cometh of ••••bundance of som•• humour viscou••, co••d and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 egmatick stopping the veins of the ••iver, ••••d then the Urine as clear as water, and then ••••e patient must use the Syrup above written ••viz.) Oxymel scylliticum.

A Iulep for heat of the Liver.

Take half a pound of rose water, one quar∣••••r of wa••er of Endive, and five ounces of ••••gar, make a Julep, of which you shall drink ••••sting a good draught, And if he will needs ••rink between meals, Let it be mingled with ••••o parts of the wa••er of the w••ll, and if ye ••••ill have it more cooling a••d unto it two ••unces of vin••ger, or the juice of Pomegra∣••ate. In stead of the said medicine, too cost∣•••• for poor folk, you may make b••les of half ••n ounce of Cassia, and three drams of the ••lectuary de succo rosarum and eat it three ••ours after midnight, and steep it, and so drink ••••, mix the said boles with whay, or E••dive ••ater and drink it at five in the morning, but ••eep not after it.

A drink to cool the Liver.

Take an ounce of Sena Alexandrina, a far∣••hing worth of Anniseeds, and a sarthing worth ••f Liquerice, and a dram of Rubarbe de Spain, ••nd make a powder of the s••me, with half an ••unce of Polypodie of the oak, when the ••owder is fine, boil it in three pints of white ••ine, before you do put it in, make ready ••hree roots, thats a Fennel root, a parsly root, a

Mallow root washed fair and clean, bruise these three roots and boil them in white wine, from three pintes to a pinte upon a still fire, and be s••re to stir it about, and let not the flame nor smoak come to it. This purgeth the Liver, and spleen, then strain it through a clean cloth and drink in the morning fasting, in the second day of M or the first day of Sagittari••s, And when ye drink it, take a brown toste and wet it in vineger and sm••ll to it, & fiet.

A good r••c••ipt for the d••opsie.

Take the salt of Wormwood three daies i•• a moneth, a spoonful at a time, and you shall feel the dropsie water fall into your leggs, every time you may take it away by setting your leggs up to the knees in hot water.

To purge dropsie water abu••dantly, for the shedding o•• nature called Gonorrhaaea, verbatim, out of Master Cogan, Pag. 5. in Flower deluce.

Take a new laid Egg, pouring out the white, put into the yelk so much of the root of Flower deluce, as was of the white after, set the same Egg into the Embers, which being sufficiently warmed sup off fasting in the morn∣ing; And the patient shall after send forth a••u••dance of water, and so be eased of the dropsie. Or else you may take a dram or two o•• the dry root made into powder and drunk in w••ay clarified, ••or its good also to p••r••e the dropsie water; And if you put a little Cinna∣••on to the juice of Flowe••-deluce in the

••••g yelk its a very good medicine for the ••••dding of nature as hath been often proved.

For the Dropsie or Tympany.

Take the flower of Dane wort and of the ••••••ves, and distill them in a stillatory, and ••••••nk four or five spoonful at a time with the 〈◊〉〈◊〉er of Herb grace; in six or seven spoonfuls 〈◊〉〈◊〉 white wine, one spoonful of the water of ••••••b grace will serve; This is the excellentest ••••dicine one can give, for this will void the 〈◊〉〈◊〉er out of the belly by usage. Prob••t. by 〈◊〉〈◊〉er for which propertie of daneworte Gerards Herball.