Thesaurus & armamentarium medico-chymicum, or, A treasury of physick with the most secret way of preparing remedies against all diseases : obtained by labour, confirmed by practice, and published out of good will to mankind : being a work of great use for the publick / written originally in Latine by ... Hadrianus à Mynsicht ...; and faithfully rendred into English by John Partridge ...

SECT. IX. Of Troches. (Book 9)

Trochisci Vitae.

TAke Manus Christi simple eight cunces, Confectio Alkermes an ounce and a half, our Troches of Pearls, Ambergriese, of each a dram; the best Musk, the five precious Stones prepared, of each a scruple; Elaeosaccharum of Cinamon and Cloves, of each ten grains. Mix them, and with Tragacanth dissol∣ved in Rose-water, make little Troches sor use.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. They increase and renew de∣cayed strength, and repair it wonderfully, as it were by a Celestial power. They recreate the Spirits, sup∣port the radical Moisture, and roborate the Head, Heart, Stomach and Liver, &c. above measure; they discuss the vicious humors of the Stomach, and open the obstructions of the Veins. They are proper in all cold Distempers, restoring Age, helping Dige∣stion, and resist all Putresaction. They prevent the Vertigo, sharpen the Sight, and are a great Preser∣vative from the Epilepsie and Apoplexy. They ha∣sten the Birth, and are a present Remedy in the di∣stempers of the Mind. The dose is one or two at a time. They may also be prepared with Musk.

Trochisci de Radice Rhodia, or Troches of Rose-root.

Take of the roots of Rhodia an ounce, the bark of the roots of Mandrake, Peach-kernels, Opium Hermetically prepared, red Myrrh, of each six drams; flowers of wild Poppy, Oriental Saffron, red Roses, of each half an

ounce; seeds of Henbane, Dill and Smallage, of each three drams; Nutmegs, Cubebs, Camphire, of each two drams. Mix them, and with Mucilage of the seeds of Fleabane and Quinces made of Lettice-water make Troches according to Art.

Virtue and Use. I have had Experience of these Troches in Melancholy, Madness, Pleurisie, and ex∣cessive Watchings, yea in all pains of the Head, if they be applied like a Liniment, or dissolved in wa∣ter of Lettice and Roses, or in our Hypnotick, or Wo∣mans milk, and applied to the Forehead and Tem∣ples.

Trochisci Ophthalmici, or Troches for the Eyes.

Take white Lead washed an ounce, Harts-horn cal∣cined without fire, Sarcocol, Tutty prepared, of each half an ounce; Gum Arabick, white Tragacanth, dust of Flour of each two drams; Mother of Pearls prepared, white Pompholix, Olibanum, of each a dram; Opium Spagirically prepared, Camphire, of each half a dram. Mix them, and with the Whites of Eggs make Tro∣ches for the Eyes, to be used in Collyriums with ap∣propriate Waters.

Virtue and Use. They are proper and useful for all kind of accidents and passions of the Eyes, as Rheu∣matisms, Blood-shot, thin sharp Rheums, Pustules, Burnings, Ruptures, Fistula's, Roughness, Itching, and all pains there; they also consolidate and heal Ulcers of the Eyes.

Trochisci de Papavere, or Troches of Poppy.

Take Sugar Penids two ounces, white Poppy seeds half ••n ounce, Melon seeds huskt, Gourd seeds, of each two ••rams; juyce of Liquorish extracted, red Bole Armenick ••repared, compound flowers of Sulphur, of each a dram and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 half; white Tragacanth, dust of Flour, of each a dram; Extract of wild Poppy flowers half a dram. Mix them,

and with Mucilage of the seeds of Quinces and water of wild Poppies make little Troches.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. We happily use these in all sharp Catarrhs falling from the Head upon the Breast and Lungs, which they powerfully stop, and restore the Head to its pristine state again, and powerfully lenifie the pains of the Breast. The dose is every hour or at certain hours, two or three rubbed on the tongue till they dissolve.

Trochisci Glycyrrhizae, or Troches of Liquorish.

Take white Sugar Candy and Penids, of each four oun∣ces; juyce of Liquorish extracted ten drams, powder of Diaireos simple, Diarrhodon Abbatis, Diamagariton fri∣gid, of each a dram; the four greater cold Seeds, Alipt•• Moschatae, Lac Sulphuris, of each half a dram. Mix them, and with a Mucilage made of roots of Marsh∣mallows and Violet-water make Troches.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. They are of great use in hot and dry Coughs, they restore the Voice lost, cleanse the Thorax, and are excellent with other remedies to facilitate Spitting. They are proper for Children troubled with Asthma's and straitness of the Breast, &c. They are given many times in the day two or three at a time, according to the disease and strength of the Patient.

Trochisci Cordiales, or Cordial Troches.

Take white Sugar Candy eight ounces, Consectio Al∣kermes an ounce, of the five precious Stones prepared, of each a scruple; Oyl of Cloves and Cinamon, of each t•••• grains. Mix them, and with Mucilage made of Tra∣gacanth and Rose-water make little Troches.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. They comfort the Heart, and relieve the faintings thereof, also the infirmities of the Mind. They help those who lye long unde•• Distempers, or languish under any weakness, and

conduce much to the recovery of their former strength. They take away the loathing of the Sto∣mach, and help Digestion. The dose is from three to six at a time.

Trochisci Ioviales.

Take Magistery of English Tin, Mother of Pearls, red Coral, of each a dram; Oyl of white Amber rectified a scruple. Mix them, and with Gum Tragacanth dissolved in our Hysterical water make little Troches, each weighing half a scruple.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. They are of admirable force and operation in all kinds of Suffocation; for if one or two be taken in the morning for three days toge∣ther in our Hysterical water, or in any other appro∣priate, they do, under God, cure the Patient: for which Divine gift let God alone be blessed.

Trochisci de Alumine, or Troches of Alum.

Take crude Alum, roots of Pellitory, of each half an ounce, long Pepper a dram, seeds of Henbane, Wheat∣meal, white Chalk, Nitre prepared, of each a dram and a half; white Ginger, Cloves, Opium prepared, of each a dram. Mix them, and with Juyce of the lesser Net∣tles make Troches.

Virtue and Use. They take away pain, being ap∣plied to the Teeth and Gums, due Purgation or Phle∣botomy being first used.

Trochisci de Satureja pro Lixivio, or Troches of Summer-Savory for a Lixivium.

Take dryed Savory half an ounce, Marjoram and Origanum, of each two drams; Lavender flowers, red Roses, Rosemary flowers, of each a dram and a half; wood of Aloes, Gum Arabick, white Tragacanth, roots of Avens and Flower-de-luce, of each a dram; Cloves, Nutmegs, Cardamoms the less, Cubebs, of each a dram; Ambergriese and Musk, of each a scruple. Mix them,

and with the Whites of Eggs make Troches, each weighing a dram.

Virtue and Use. Boil two, three, or more of these Troches in a sufficient quantity of Lixivium, and with that wash the Head in the morning fasting (ha∣ving first been at stool) and presently let the Head be rubbed and dryed with warm Linen: It takes away all the sweat and filth of the Head, and strengthens it, opens the Pores of the Skin, drys up Catarrhs, comforts the Memory, and quickens the Sense.

Trochisci de Nitro, or Troches of Nitre.

Take Rotula's of the juyce of Barberries, and Rotula's of the juyce of Goosberries, of each eight ounces; species of Diarrhodon Abbatis moistned with spirit of Vitriol, Nitre prepared, of each an ounce; powder of red Roses vitriolated two drams, Oyl of Cinamon four drops. Mix them, and with Tragacanth dissolved in Juyce of Ci∣trons make Troches.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. They are of great use in the Quincy, Inflammation of the Mouth and Tongue, boiling of the Blood, heat of Urine, burning Feavers, and especially putrid Semi-tertains. The dose is from one dram to two in appropriate Vehicles.

Styli Dentrifricii, or a Medicine for the Teeth.

Take the powder of calcined River-flints two ounce, Pumice stone prepared, burnt Alum, of each half 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ounce; roots of Florentine Flower-de-luce, white ashes of Indian Tabaco, of each two drams; Gallia Moschata, oyl of Rhodium, of each a scruple. Mix them, and with Gum Tragacanth dissolved in Rose-water make little Rowls to cleanse the Teeth.

Virtue and Use. They are most used to cleanse the Teeth, and to remove their ill colour: For when the Teeth turn yellow, black, &c. this Powder doth won∣derfully

cleanse them and make them white, if they be often rubbed and cleansed with it.

Pomum Ambrae.

Take roots of Florentine Flower-de-luce, Cloves, Mace, Cinamon, of each half an ounce; wood of Aloes, yellow Sanders, Styrax Calamit. Benjamin, of each two drams; Ambergriese a dram, Alexandrian Musk half a dram, Balsam of Peru, Oyl of Rhodium, of each a scruple. All being diligently mixed, add of true Civet two drams: then with Gum Arabick and Tragacanth, of each alike dissolved in water of Marjoram, Narcissus, Ro∣ses and Lavender make a mass; of which make Tro∣ches, Balls, Cakes, &c. which put into a Glass and kept, will grow hard.

Virtue and Use. It is a specifick odoriferous Medi∣cine, which in cold Cephalalgia's, Vertigo, Epilepsie, Apoplexy, pestilential Air, Colick, suffocation of the Matrix, falling out of the Womb, &c. and espe∣cially when Medicines cannot be taken into the Bo∣dy, if these be applied to the Nose or other parts, they comfort the Heart and vital Spirits exceedingly.

Sapo odoratus, or perfumed Sope.

Take Venetian Sope dissolved in water of Narcissus a pound, roots of Florentine Flower-de-luce an ounce, Sty∣rax Calamit. Benjamin, of each half an ounce; wood of Aloes, yellow Sanders, of each two drams; Ambergriese and Civet, of each a dram; of Musk, Balsam of Peru, of each half a dram; the Oyls of Rhodium, Lavender, Cinamon and Cloves, of each a scruple. Mix them, and with Oyl of Tartar per deliquium make little Balls: and as you are making them up, anoint your hands with the aforesaid Oyls.