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 ...

Syrupus Pantagogus.

Take roots of Polypody of the Oak, white Hermoda∣ctyls, of each four ounces; white and gummy Turbith, Mechoacan, of each two ounces; the best Rhubarb an ounce and a half, black Hellebore prepared, the best Ia∣lap, of each an ounce; Troches of Agarick, of all the Myrobalans, of each half an ounce. Let them be cut and bruised, and put into a sufficient quantity of white Wine, in which let them infuse for certain days; afterward boil them according to Art, and in four pound of the strained Liquor again infuse the following Ingredients: Sena three ounces, small Rai∣sons three ounces, Cream of Tartar an ounce, Maiden∣hair, Fluellin and Fumitory, of each half an ounce; Anise and Fenil seeds, of each two drams; flowers of

Peaches, Violets and Roses, of Acacia and Epithymum, of each a dram. Let them stand in Infusion all night, in the morning let them be boiled, strained and pres∣sed; and then with two pound of white Sugar boil them to the consistence of a Syrup, adding these things following, Cardamoms the less, Cloves, Galan∣gal the less, Mace, white Ginger, Cinamon, Spicknard, of each half a dram. Let them be pulverized and tyed up in a Linen cloth, and as they boil rub them in the Cloth, that as they boil with the Syrup, they may leave their virtue in it.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. It doth kindly, readily, and safely purge alk morbifick and peccant Humors in all Diseases where Purging is requisite, and it opens the obstructions of the Veins and Bowels. It is given to men or women of all ages, to Old folks and Chil∣dren, and to weak delicate bodies; yea, if need re∣quires, it is given to Women with Child, either by it self, or in waters that respect the part affected. But in robust bodies it is quickned with some other strong purgative Medicine, according to the diver∣sity of the Disease. The dose is from an ounce to two or three.