Species Diabuglossae, or a compound Powder of Bugloss.
Take the bark of the roots of Bugloss an ounce, Elaeo∣saccharum of Citrons half an ounce, red Roses dryed, yel∣low Sanders, wood of Aloes, of each three drams; Ma∣gistery of Pearls and red Coral, of each a dram; bone of a Stags heart, Oriental Saffron prepared, of each half a dram; Gallia Moschata, our Aurum Potabile, Indian Spicknard, of each a scruple; Oyl of Roses and Cinamon, of each ten grains; Manus Christi simple three ounces. Mix them, and make a fine Powder.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. This is a most excellent Me∣dicine, where any one is come as it were to despe∣ration by over-much sorrow. The efficacy of this Medicine is such against the affects of Melancholy and Cardiack Passions, &c. that it quickly restores them to health, and is a most friendly Medicine to the Heart. It comforts all members, whose natural and animal sense is impaired; it helps the trembling of the Heart and Syncope; it repels evil cogitations, relieves the solitary, begets good manners, abolish∣eth false imaginations, and brings joy. The dose is from a scruple to a dram.