The Colledg] Take of Gentian roots sliced, one pound and an half, the leaves and flowers of Centa••∣ry the less, of each four ounces; steep them eight da•••• in twelve pound of white Wine, then distil them in an Alembick.
Culpeper] A. It conduceth to preservation from ill air, and pestilential feavers, it opens obstructions of the Liver, and helps such as they say are Liver grown, it easeth pains in the stomach, helps digesti∣on, and easeth such as have pains in their bones by ill lodging abroad in the cold, it provokes appetite, and is excellent good for the yellow jaundice, as also for prickings or stitches in the sides; it provokes the terms, and expells both birth and after-birth; it is naught for women with child: If there be no feaver, you may take a spoonful or taster full by it self, if there be, you may if you please mix it with some cooler medicine apropriated to the same use you would give it for.