An Excellent Elixir of Sulphur.
TAke Juice of Licorise, Confection of Alkermes, Roots of Elecampane, ana ʒvj. Alipta moscata ʒiv. Myrrh, Saffron, ana ℥jss. Mastick, Benjamin, Cardamoms the less, Cinnamon, ana ℥j. Sugar-candy ℥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;