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An Excellent Elixir of Sulphur.

TAke Juice of Licorise, Confection of Alkermes, Roots of Elecampane, ana ʒvj. Alipta moscata ʒiv. Myrrh, Saffron, ana &ounce;jss;. Mastick, Benjamin, Cardamoms the less, Cinnamon, ana &ounce;j. Sugar-candy &ounce;ij. Powder what is to be Powdered, then mix them together, and add rectified S. V. so much as to make it into a Paste; then put it into a Circulatory Vessel, and pour upon it so much Spirit of Sulphur, as may cover it the breadth of four fingers: Digest it fourty days, then decant the Tincture, and pour upon the remaining Matter fresh S.V. to ex∣tract another Tincture. Then mix these two Tinctures together, and keep them for Use.

This Tincture is a very great Pectoral, and a Precious Remedy in all affects of the Breast and Lungs. It is Excellent against Catarrhs, old and inveterate Coughs, the Phthisick, Asthma's; it cherishes and comforts the Heart, and is good against fainting and swooning Fits, preserves from Putrefaction; it is Anodyne, Cephalick, Analeptick, Alexi∣pharmack;

and, as the Author saith, preserves Health, prolongs Life, and keeps back gray Hairs, by strengthening Natural heat. It is to be taken in some Pectoral water or Sy∣rup; the Dose is so much as renders the Ve∣hicle of a grateful acidity.