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 ...

Confectio Zingiberis Indi, or an Electuary of green Ginger.

Take green Ginger preserved in India fourteen ounces, species Aromaticum Caryophyllatum, Diagalangal, Diar∣rhodon Abbatis, of each an ounce; Diacydonium simple eight ounces, Oyl of Cinamon a dram, Conserve of red Roses vitriolated a pound. Mix them, and with Syrup of the before-mentioned Ginger make an Electuary according to Art.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. It comforts the Heart and Stomach, helps Digestion, takes away Nauseating and Vomiting, warms and assists the parts and Or∣gans of Nutrition, resists Putrefaction, dissolves and discusseth ventose Humors, excites the native Heat, repels all noxious humors of the Breast, and cures a Cough contracted from Cold, it restores the Liver, Spleen, Reins, and other Members to their native

action, being depraved by Cold. This is a most ex∣cellent and stately Electuary, and I often use it for great and rich people. The dose is the quantity of a Nutmeg morning or evening, or in time of necessi∣ty; but you may give more or less according to the Age, Sex and Complexion of the Patient.