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 ...

Sal Epaticum.

Take roots of Agrimony two pound, roots of Chicory, and Scorzonera, of each a pound; bitter Costus, Eryngo, Turmerick, of each half a pound; Calamus aromaticus, Rhapontick, of each four ounces; Pontick Wormwood, Southernwood, Agrimony, Harts-tongue, Fluellin, Liver∣wort, Cascula, of each three ounces. These being mix∣ed, let them be calcined in a Reverberatory, then add ashes of Rhubard and Cassia lignea, of each an ounce and a half. Then with some Epatick or other con∣venient water draw a Spagirick Salt.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. It takes away the hardness, wind, and obstructions of the Liver, and dissolves the scirrhous Tumors there. It helps the ill habit of bo∣dy, and takes away dropsical Humors. It cures the Jaundice, and amends the ill colour of the Skin, moves the Terms, provokes Urine, and dissolves the Stone. The dose is from a scruple to two in appro∣priate Vehicles.