Zingiber Purgans, or Purging Ginger.
Take Conserve of Rosemary flowers four ounces, con∣dited Ginger of Bengal three ounces, Scammony rosated ten drams, species Diarrhodon Abbatis half an ounce, the lesser Galangal and Mace, of each a dram; Carda∣moms the less, Cloves, of each two scruples; yellow Orange peels and Citron peels, of each half a dram; Gallia Mos∣chata a scruple. And with Syrup of the before-men∣tioned candied Ginger, make all into the form of a Bole.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. It safely purgeth the whole body of Flegm and all other vicious Humors. It draws away Choler of both kinds from the Stomach, gives a sweet Breath, comforts the Intestines being too cold, and removes all Frigidity. It dissolves thick flatulent Humors, and clarifies the Blood; nei∣ther hath it any ungrateful smell or taste. It is very profitable in all kind of Feavers, and in all other Dis∣eases proceeding from a cold Cause; also in the Co∣lick, Wind, and pain of the Stomach, Heart, Liver, Spleen, Reins and Back. The dose is from two drams to three in the morning early.