Electuarium è Sassaphras. Page 100. in L. Book. Or, Electuary of Sassafras.
The Colledg] Take of Sassafras two ounces; com∣mon Water three pound, boyl it to the consumption of the third part, adding towards the end Cinnamon bruised half an 〈◊〉〈◊〉, strain it and with two pound of white Sugar, boyl it to the thickness of a Syrup putting in, in pouder, Cinnamon, a drachm, Nutmegs half a scruple, Musk three grains, Ambergreese two and thirty grains, ten Leaves of Gold, Spirit of Vi∣triol four drops, and so make it into an Electuary ac∣cording to art.
Culpeper] A. It opens obstructions of the Liver and Spleen, helps cold Rhewms or defluxions from the head to the lungs, or teeth, or eyes; it is excellent in coughs, and other cold afflictions of the lungues and breast; it helps digestion, expels wind and the gravel of the kidneys, it provokes the terms, warms and dries up the moisture of the womb, which is ma∣ny times the cause of barrenness, and is generally a helper of all diseases coming of cold, raw thin hu∣mors: you may take half a drachm at a time in the morning.