Pharmacopœia Londinensis, or, The London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the Fellows, now living of the said colledg ... / by Nich. Culpeper, Gent.

Waters concocting Melancholly in the head: are of

Hops: Fumitory.

The Breast.

Bawm: Carduus Benedictus.

The Heart

Borrage: Bugloss: Bawm: Rosemary.

The Liver.

Endive, Cichory, Hops.

The Spleen,

Dodder: Harts-tongue: Tamaris: Time.

Having thus ended the apropriation, I shall speak breifly of the vertues of distilled Waters.

Lettice Wat er cools the blood when it is overhea∣ted, for when it is not, it needs no cooling, it cools the head and Liver, staies hot vapors ascending to the head, and hi ndring sleep, it quencheth immoderate thirst, and breeds milk in nurses. Distill it in May.

Purslain Water cools the blood and Liver, quench∣eth thirst, helps such as spit blood, have hot coughs or pestilences.

The distilled Water of water Lilly-Flowers, cools the blood and the bowels, and al internal parts of the body, helps such as have the yellow Jaundice, hot coughs or pleuresies, the headach coming of heat, feavers pestilential, and not pestilential, as also he∣ctick feavers.

The Water of Violet flowers, cools the blood, the heart, Liver, and Lungnes overheated, and quencheth an insatiable desire of drinking; they are in their prime about the latter end of March, or begining of A∣pril, according as the year fals out.

The Water of Sorrel cools ths blood, heart, Liver, and spleen; if Venis Treacle be given with it, it is pro∣fitable in pestilential feavers; distil it in May.

Endive and Succory Water, are excellent against heat in the stomach; If you take an ounce of either (for their operation is the same) morning and even∣ing four daies one after another, they cool the Li∣ver, and clense the blood; they are in their prime in May.

Fumitory Water is usual with the City Dames, to

wash their faces with, to take away morphew freckles, and Sunburning, inwardly taken it helps the yellow Jaundice, and Itch, clenseth the blood, provokes sweat, strengthens the stomach, and clenseth the body of adust humors, It is in its prime in May and June.

The Water of Nightshade helps pains in the head coming of heat; take heed you distill not the deadly Nightshade instead of the common, if you do, you may make mad work; let such as have not wit enough to know them asunder, have wit enough to let them both alone til they do.

The Water of white Poppies extinguisheth al heat 〈◊〉〈◊〉 nature, helps headaches coming of heat, and too long standing in the Sun: Distil them in June or July.

Colts-foot Watar is excellent for burns to wash the place with it, inwardly taken it helps Phthisicks, and other diseases incident to the lungues; Distil them in May or June.

The Water of distilled Quinces strengthens the heart and stomach exceedingly, staies vomiting, and fluxes, and strengthens the retentive faculty in man.

Demask Rose-water, cools, comsorts, and streng∣thens the heart; so doth red Rose-water, only with this difference, the one is binding, the other loosening, if your body be costive, use Damask Rose-water, be∣cause it is loosening, if loose, use red, because it is binding.

White Rose-water is generally known to be excel∣lent against hot rhewms, and inflamations in the eyes, and for this it is better than the former.

The Water of Red Poppy flowers, called by many Corn-roses, because they grow so freequently amongst corn, cool the blood, and spirits overheated by drin∣king or labor, and is therefore excellent for surfets.

Green Walnuts gathered about the latter end of June, or beginning of July, and bruiled, and so stil∣led, strengthens the heart, and resisteth the pestilence.

Plantane Water helps the headach, being dropped into the ear; it helps the toothach, helps the Phthi∣sick, dropsie, and fluxes, and is an admirable remedy for 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in the reins and bladder, to be used as com∣mon drink: the herb is in its prime in May.

Strawberry Water cooleth, quencheth thirst, clari∣fieth the blood, breaks the stone, helps al inward in∣flamations, especially those in the reins, bladder, and passages of the urine, it strengthens the Liver, and helps the yellow Jaundice.

The distilled Water of Dog-grass, or couch-grass as some cal it, clenseth the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 gallantly, and provokes urine, opens 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the Liver and spleen, and kils worms.

Black Cherry Water, provokes urine, helps the dropsie; It is usually given in diseases of the brain, as convulsions, falling sickness, palsey, and Apople∣xy.

Betony is in its prime in May; the distilled Wa∣ter thereof is very good for such as are pained in their heads, it prevails against the dropsie, and al sorts of feavers, it succors the Liver and spleen, and helps want of digestion, and evil disposition of the body thence arising, it hastens travail in women with child, and is excellent against the bitings of venemous beasts.

Distil Sage whilest the slowers be on it; the Wa∣ter strengthens the brain, provokes the terms, helps nature much in al its actions

Marjoram is in its prime in June; the distilled Water, is excellent for such whose brains are too cold, it provokes urine, heats the womb, provokes the terms, strengthens the memory, and helps the judg∣ment, causeth an able brain, and therefore I com∣mend it to the Colledg of Physitians.

Distil Chamomel Water about the beginning of June: It easeth the chollick and pains in the belly, it breaks the stone in the reins and bladder, provokes the terms, expels the dead child, and takes away pains in the head.

Fennel water strengthens the heart and brain, di∣lates the breast, helps the cough, provokes the terms, encreaseth milk in nurses, and if you wash your eyes with it, it cleers the sight.

Calaminth Water, hea ts and clenseth the womb, pro∣vokes the terms, and easeth the pains of the head; distil it in May.

The Distilled water of Rosemary slowers, helps such as are troubled with the yellow Jaundice, Asth∣ma; it clenseth the blood, helps concoction, streng∣thens the brain and body exceedingly.

Waters of the flowers of Lillies of the valley, streng∣thens the brain and all the sences.

The water 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Cowslip flowers, helps the palsey, and thence they obtained the name [Paralysis] takes away pains in the head, the vertigo, and megrim, and are exceeding good for women with child.

The eyes being washed every morning with Eye∣bright water, most strangely cleers and strengthens the sight.

Maidenhair distilled in May, the water clenseth both Liver and Lungues, clarifies the blood, and break the stone.

Hysop water clenseth the Lungues of flegm, helps Coughs, and Asthmaes; distill it in August.

The water of Hore-hound, helps the Cough, and straitness of the breast, it strengthens the breast, Lun∣gues, and stomach, and Liver; distil it in June.

Carduus water succors the head, strengthens the memory, helps such as are troubled with vertigoes, and quartan agues, it provokes sweat, strengthens the heart, and is good in pestilences, and all other feavers of choller; it is in its prime in May and June.

Scabious water, helps pleuresies, and pains, and prickings in the sides, Apostthemes, Coughs, pesti∣lence, and straitness of the breast.

Water of Flower-de-luce, is very profitable in drop∣sies, an ounce being drnnk continually, morning and evening, as also pains and torments in the bowels.

Bawm water distilled in May, restores memory when it is lost, it quickens al the sences, strengthens the brain, heart, and stomach, causeth a merry mind, and a sweet breath.

The water of Comfry sodders broken bones, being drunk helps ruptures, outwardly it stops the bleeding of wounds, they being washed with it.

Wormwood water distilled cold, about the end of May, heats and strengthens the stomach, helps con∣coction, staies vomiting, kills worms in the stomach, and bowels, it mitigates the pains in the teeth, and is profitably given in feavers of Choller.

Mint water strengthens the stomach, helps concocti∣on and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vomiting; distil it in the latter end of May, or beginning of June, as the year is in forward∣ness, or backwardness; observe that in all the rest.

Chervil water distilled about the end of May, helps ruptures, breaks the stone, dissolves congealed blood, strengthens the heart and stomach.

The water of Mother of Time strengthens the

brain and stomach, gets a man a good stomach to his victuals, provokes urine, and the terms, heats the womb; it is in its prime about the end of June.

The water of Marigold flowers, is apropriated to most cold diseases of the head, Eyes, and stomach; they are in their vigor when the Sun is in the Li∣on.

Distilled water of Centaury, comforts a cold sto∣mach, helps in feavers of choller, which the Greeks 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, and 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 it kills worms, and provokes appetite to victuals.

Maudlin and Costmary water distilled in May, or June, strengthens the Liver, helps the yellow 〈◊〉〈◊〉, opens obstructions, and helps the dropsie.

Water-cresses distilled in March, the water clenseth the blood, and provokes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 exceedingly, kils worms, outwardly mixed with Honey, it cleers the skin of morphew and Sunburning.

Distil Nettles when they are in flower, the water helps coughs, and pains in the bowels, provokes u∣rine, and breaks the stone.

Saxifrage water provokes urine, expels wind, breaks the stone, clenseth the reins and bladder of gravel; di∣stil them when they are in flower.

The water of Pellitory of the wal, opens obstru∣ctions of the Liver and Spleen, by drinking an ounce of it every morning, it clenseth the reins and blad∣der, and easeth the gripings of the howels coming of wind; distil it in the end of May, or beginning of June.

Sinkfoyl water breaks the stone, clenseth the reins, and is of excellent use in putrified feavers; distil it in May.

The water of Radishes, breaks the stone, clenseth the reins and bladder, provokes the terms, and helps the yellow Jaundice.

Alicampane water strengthens the stomach and Lungues, provokes urine, and clenseth the passages of it from gravel.

Distil Burnet in May or June; the water breaks the stone, clenseth the passages of urine, and is exceeding profitable in pestilential times.

Mugwort water distilled in May, is excelleut in coughs, and diseases proceeding from stoppage of the terms in women, it warms the stomach, and helps the dropsie.

Distil Peny-royal when the flowers are upon it; the water heats the womb gallantly, provokes the terms, expels the Afterbirh, cuts, and casts out thick and gross humors in the breast, easeth pains in the bo∣wels, and consumes flegm.

The water of Lovage distilled in May, easeth pains in the head, and tures ulcers in the womb being washed with it, inwardly taken it expels wind, and breaks the stone.

The tops of Hops when they are young, being di∣stilled; the water clenseth the blood of addust and melancholly humors, and therefore helps Scabs, Itch, and leprosie, and such like diseases thence proceeding, it open obstructions of the spleen, helps the rickets, and Hypocondriack melancholly.

The water of Borrage and Bugloss, distilled when their flowers are upon them, strengthen the heart and brain exceedingly, clense the blood, and takes away sadness, greife, and melancholly.

Doddar water clenseth the Liver and spleen, helps the yellow jaundice.

Tamaris water opens the obstructions, and helps the hardness of the spleen, and strengthens it.

English Tobacco distilled; the water is excellent good for such as have dropsies, to drink an ounce or too every morning, it helps ulcers in the mouth, strengthens the Lungues, and helps such as have Asth∣maes.

The water of Dwarffe Elder hath the same effects.

Thus have you the vertues of enough of cold wa∣ters, the use of which is for mixtures of other medi∣cines, whose operation is the same, for they are very seldom given alone; if you delight most in liquid medicines, having regard to the disease, and part of the body afflicted by it, these will furnish you with, where withal to make them, so as will please your pal∣lat best.