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.

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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.
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Royal College of Physicians of London.
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London :: Printed for Peter Cole ...,
1653.
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Pharmacopoeias -- England.
Dispensatories -- England.
Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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The BARKS which the Colledg blot paper-with, are these that follow,

Colledg] 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Nuts, Orrenges, Barberries, Birch-tree, Caper roots, Cassia Lig∣nea, Chestnuts, Cinnamon, Citron Pills, Dwars-El∣der, Spurge Roots, Alder, Ash, Pomegranates, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, green Walnuts, 〈◊〉〈◊〉; Bay, Lemmons, Mace, Pomegranates, Mandrake roots, Mezereon, Mulberry-tree roots, Sloe-tree roots, Pine∣nuts, Fistick-nuts, Poplar tree, Oak, Elder, Sassasras, Cork, Tamaris, Line-tree, Frankinsence, Elm, Capt. Winters Cinnamon.

Culpeper] A. Of these, Captain Winters Cin∣namon, being taken as ordinary Spice, or half a dram taken in the morning in any convenient Liquor, is an excellent remedy for the Scurvey, the pouder of it being snuffed up in the nose, clenseth the head of Rhewn gallantly.

The Bark of the black Alder-tree, purgeth choller and flegm, if you make a decoction with it: Agri∣mony, Wormwood, Dodder, Hops, Endive, and Succory roots, Parsly, and Smallage Roots, or you may bruise a handful of each of them, and put them in a gallon of new 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and let them work together, (put the Simples in a Boulter-bag) * 1.1 a draught being drunk every morning, helps the dropsie, Jaundice, evil disposition of the body, helps the rickets, strengthens the liver and Spleen, makes the digestion good, trou∣bles not the stomach at all, causeth appetite, and helps such as are scabby and itchy.

The rest of the Barks that are worth the noting, and the vertues of them are to be found, in the former part of the book.

Barks are hot in the first degree.

Guajacum, Tamaris, Orrenges, Lemmons, Ci∣trons.

In the Second

Cinnamon, Cassia Lignea, Captain Winters Cin∣namon, Frankinsence, Capers.

In the Third

Mace.

Cold in the first

Oak, Pomegranates.

In the third

Mandrakes

According to Place, they Heat the Head

Captain Winters Cinnamon.

The Heart

Cinnamon, Cassia Lignea, Citron Pills, Walnuts, Lemmon Pills, Mace.

The Stomach

Orrenge Pills, Cassia Lignea, Cinnamon, Citron Pills, Lemmon Pills, Mace, Sassafras.

The Lungues

Cassia Lignea, Cinnamon, Walnuts.

The Liver

Barberry-tree, Bay-tree, Capt. Winters Cinnamon.

The Spleen

Caper Bark, Ash-tree Bark, Bay-tree.

The reins and Bladder

Bay-tree, Sassasras.

The Womb

Cassia Lignea, Cinnamon.

Cool the Stomach

Pomegranate Pills.

Purge choller

The Bark of Barberry-tree.

Purge Flegm and Water.

Elder, Dwarf-Elder, Spurge, Laurel.

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