The Tincture of Antimony is made thus, ac∣cording to Basil Valentine.
TAke equal parts of Salt of Tartar and {antimony}, melt them together in a Crucible, keep them in fusion for half an hour, then pour it out, and whilst it is hot reduce it to Powder, which put into a Matrass, and pour upon it of the best rectified Spirit of Wine so much as may cover it the breadth of three fingers, set the Matrass in warm Sand, that the S. V. may boyl a little, and you shall have a very red Tincture, which decant, and keep for Use.
This Tincture is recommended to open all Obstructions, of all the Principal parts, as Liver, Spleen, Lungs, Womb, Reins, and Bladder; it provokes the Terms, Cureth the Yellow Jaundise, Green-Sickness, Scurvy, Dropsie, Asthma, Pleuri••ie, Melancholy, Ulcers inward and outward, Scabs, Itch, Pox, Small-Pox and Measles. Dose gr. iv. to xij.