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 ...

Catharticum Caryophyllatum, or a Purge of Clovegilly-flowers.

Take Conserve of Clovegilly-flowers vitriolated seven ounces, white and gummy Turbith two ounces, Scammony rosated ten drams, of the best Cloves an ounce, Cream of Tartar six drams, Cinamon and Mace, of each a dram and a half; Oyl of Oranges a scruple. And with Sy∣rup of Citron peels muskified mix all into the form of a Bole.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. It doth pleasantly and plen∣tifully purge all cold Humors (but chiefly Flegm) from the Head, Breast, Stomach, Joynts, Guts, and other principal Members, and also from those depu∣ted

for nutrition. It is good for complicated and continual Feavers, and is very useful in the Colick coming of a cold Cause; and for all other Diseases that proceed from frigid humors. It is a good Re∣medy for those who are troubled with sour Belch∣ings, they being constantly troubled with Loathings, and do generally abound with Spittle. The dose is from a dram and a half to three drams, (especially in strong bodies) more or less, according to the age, strength, and season.