A vindication of chymistry, and chymical medicines Courteous and candid reader, chymistry, is an art that doth both teach and inable us (for our exceeding good and benefit) to seperate purity from impurity; ...

A Catalogue of Chymical Medicines prepared by Richard Fletcher, Living at the Sun in Gutter-lane near Cheap-side London.

• Essence of Southernwood, resists Poyson, kills Worms, provokes Urine, strengthens the Stomack, and Cures Surfets. Essence of Wormwood doth the same.
• Essence of Agrimony, helps infirmities of the Liver, Pissing of Blood, and Inward Wounds.
• Essence of M. Mallows, easeth pains of the Store.
• Essence of Marjoram, Cures Diseases of the Brain.
• Essence of Angelica, resists Poyson, cheers the Heart.
• Essence of Dill and Fenel, Breeds Milk, stays Vomiting.
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• ... Essence of Magwort, appropriated to Women; as also, is
• Essence of Arrach, Germander, and Peneroyal.
• Essence of Betony, Dissolves the Stone.
• Essence of Briony, Cures Dropsies, and Falling-sickness: so doth Dwarf Elder.
• Essence of Centaury, Cures the Yellow Jaundice; the same doth Succory and Endive.
• Essence of Comfry, and Clery, Strengthens Weak Backs.
• Essence of Couslip-flowers, Cures Palsies.
• Essence of Arsmart, is wonderful in the Stone.
• Essence of of Hysop, Cures Coughs and Soar-throats.
• Essence of St. Johns Wort, Cures all Cureable Wounds, both Inward and Outward to Admiration.
• Essence of Lavender, Cures Falling-sickness, and easeth all Pains in the Head, Cures Deafness.
• Essence of Laurel and Bay-Berries, Cures Diseases of the Womb and Bladder, Expels Wind, Cures Plurisies.
• Essence of Featherfew, is a singular Womb Remedy.
• Essence of Melilot, a wonderful friendly Dissolver of the Stone, and Cleanser of the Reins and Bladder.
• Essence of Bame, Mints, and Rosemary, are wonderful re∣novating Medicines.
• Essence of Tobacco, is excellent to Cure old Soars.
• Essence of Rue and Savin, Kills Worms, Cures Pleurisies, Expels Birth, and After-birth.
• Essence of Sage, is an excellent Medicine for Women to help them to go out their full time.
• Also Essence of Tansie is the same.
• Essence of Colts-Foot, Cures Coughs, Shortness of Breath.
• Essence of Scurvy-Grass, Horse-Redish, Water-Cresses, and Broom, Cures the Scurvy and Dropsie.
• Essence of Chamomel, Cures Pleurisies and Stone.
• Essence of Saffron, powerfully corrects and expels Poy∣son, Cures Feavers, Consumptions, and drives out all offensive matter by Sweat and Urine; and is ex∣cellent

• in the Small-pox, Measles, and all Pestilential Diseases, and is a very great Cordial. The same is Essence of Clove-Gilliflowers.
• Essence of Elder-flowers, Cures Dropsies, the Stone, and opens Obstructions of the Liver, Spleen and Womb.
• Essence of Walnuts, kills Worms, resists the Pestilence, Cures Convulsions.
• Essence of Nutmegs, Cloves, Mace, and Cinamon, Streng∣thens the Brain.
• Essence of Barberries, Quench Thirst.
• Essence of Corriander, Gramwell, Cardamom-seeds, kills Worms, expels Wind, provokes Urine.
• Essence of Benjamin, and Stirax, helps Coughs, Hoarse∣ness and want of Voice, and clears the Skin.
• Essence of Pearl, Coral, Amber, and Amber-grees, are wonderful Restoratives; and Cures all Diseases in∣cident in Women.
• Antiscorbutick Powder and Essence.
• Antivenerial Powder and Essence.
• Stone Dissolving Powder and Essence.
• A Powder which causes Speedy Delivery in VVomen, a VVomb Essence.

These Excellent Specificks, are all prepared by proper Dissolvents, by which the Volatile and fixed parts are presverved with their Odour, Tincture and Colour, so that what Nature is best pleased with, is here fitted for her reception, that she may dis∣pose of them, for those great uses and ends they were designed, &c.