Unguentum Agrippa. Page 160. in the Lat. in Book.
The Colledg] TAke of Briony roots two pound, the roots of wild Cu∣cumers, one pound, Squills half a pound, fresh Eng∣lish Orris roots, three ounces, the roots of Male Fearn, Dwarffe Elder, water Caltrops, or Aron, of each two ounces, bruise them all being fresh, and steep them, six or seven daies in four pound of old Oyl, the whitest not rank, then boyl them and press them out, and in the Oyl me 〈◊〉〈◊〉 fifteen ounces of white wax, and make it into an Oyntment according to art.
Culpeper] A. It purgeth excceedingly and is good to anoint the bellies of such as have dropsies, and if there be any humor of flegm in any part of the body that you know not how to remove (provided the part be not too tender) you may anoint it with this, but yet be not too busie with it, for I tell you plainly 'tis not very safe.