The Colledg] Take of white Wine three pound, tops of Saint Johns-wort ripe and gently bruised, four handfuls, steep them two daies in a glass close stopped, boyl them in a bath, and strain them strongly, repeat the infusion three times, having strained it the third time, aad to every pound of decoction, old Oyl four pound, Turpentine six ounces, Oyl of Wormwood three ounces, Dittany, Gentian, Cardus, Tormentil, Car∣line, or Cardus Maria, Calamus Aromaticus, all of them bruised, of each two drachms, Earth worms of∣ten washed in white Wine two ounces, set it in the Sun five or six weeks, then keep it close stopped.
Culpeper A. Besides the vertues of the simple Oyl of St. Johns-wort, which this performs more effectually, it is an excellent remedy for old bruises, aches and sprains.