Chap. 8. Of Incarnatives.
THe Greeks call Incarnatives Sarcotica.
Their office is to dry, and change the blood that comes to any part into flesh.
They must be hot, and but hot in the first degree; because they must be friendly to nature, else they can∣not be helpful.
They must all be dry, yet so as there must not be a difference in their driness, for if the ulcer happen in a dry part of the body, the Sarcotick must be very dry, and therefore some of them are drying even to the fourth degree: but if the part of the body where they happen be moist, you must use Incarnatives, (or Sarcoticks which you please to call them by) that are less drying.
According to the degrees of Comparison I shall
- Mean.
- Stronger.
- Strongest.
Mean are Olibanum, Colophonia, Mastick, Aloes, Barly Meal, malt Flower, Fenugreek seeds; these ought to be applied to moist and dilicate bodies.
Stronger are, Birthwort both long and round, Or∣ris, Meall of Lupines, and Orobus, these ought to be applied to dry bodies, and hollow wounds.
Strongest are, Centaury the greater and lesser, burnt Lead, Mirrh, these are apropriated to deep ulcers.
Then according as formerly, I shall divide them in∣to Simple and Compound, If you search the Simples you may there find their degree of dryness, and be sure of this, you can loose nothing by dilligence and searching, then as the wound or ulcer abounds with moisture, so let your Incarnatives be sutable for dri∣ness.
Simple Incarnatives are.
Olibanum, Mastich, Aloes, Borax, Colophonia, the meale of Lupines, Barly, Orobus and malt of Fenugreek, Beans, Wheat, and Lentils, both sorts of Birthwort, Mirrh, Sarcolla, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 oyl, Betony, Sheephards purse mouse eare, Saint Johns wort Cen∣taury,