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TAke Fenil seeds three ounces, roots of Peony dul•• collected, Misleto of the Oak, Anacardus, o•• each an ounce; Iuniper-berries six drams Marjoram, Balm, Origanum, Hyssop and Sage, of eac•• a handful; flowers of Stoechas, Lily of the Valley, Ros•• mary, Primrose and Lavender, of each two pugils. L••
them be grosly cut and bruised, and then infused in eight pound of common Spirit of Wine; after due digestion, let them be distilled in B M. and in the distilled Liquor again infuse Coriander seeds prepared, seeds of mountain Osier, Peony and Caraways, of each half an ounce; species of Diomoschu dulce and Diambra, of each three drams; Cardamoms the less, Nutmegs, the lesser Galangal, Coves, of each two drams; sweet Cane, Cubebs and Mace, of each a dram; white Amber pre∣pared, wood of Aloes, Clovegilly-flowers, red Roses, of each half a dram. Let them all stand in digestion for eight days, then distil them in Balnco, and reserve the Spirit for use: they that please may edulcorate it with white Sugar Candy, or with Essence of Peony flowers, Clovegilly-flowers, Violets, red Roses, or grains of Chermes, or any other with which it may be variously tinged.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. It is of great use in all cold affects of the Head, applied both internally and ex∣ternally: Also it easeth those who are sorrowful and fearful, and it helpeth those also that talk in their sleep; for it doth not only warm, dry and comfort the Head, and consume cold Catarrhs, but also ro∣borates the other Members. I commend it for an excellent Medicine in the Vertigo, Epilepsie, Apo∣plexy, Palsie, Convulsions and Trembling. The dose is from one spoonful to two, &c.
Take Confectio Alkermes an ounce, roots of Floren∣tine Flower-de-luce, red Roses, of each half an ounce; wood of Cassia, Citron peel, wood of Aloes, Cloves, of each two drams; Cardamoms the less, Nutmegs, Cubebs, Mace, Zedoary, of each a dram. All being pulve∣tized and mixed, infuse them in six pound of simple
Spirit of Wine for eight days, shaking them often in the time; afterward distil them in an Alembick, and the distilled Spirit edulcorate with a sufficient quantity of white Sugar Candy.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. It comforts the Heart in full-grown persons who are of a cold Constitution; it also roborates the Breast, Stomach, Liver, Spleen, &c. it also strengthens the Reins, and expels cold and serous Humors. The dose is morning and eve∣ning from one spoonful to two.
Take Chips of Guajacnm four ounces, roots of Pelli∣tory two ounces, seeds of Stavesacre and Henbane, Pome∣granate peels, Turkish Galls, of each four ounces; Cloves, white Ginger, long Pepper and Olibanum, of each half an ounce; flowers of wild Poppy, Thebane Opium, Cam∣phire, of each two drams; Indian Tabaco, Sage, Ars∣mart, wild Mints, of each a dram. Being bruised and mixed, infuse them in six pound of simple Spirit of Wine, and let them stand in digestion fourteen days, and then distil them in Balneo.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. Let it be held in the mouth a while, and spit out again, and let this be repeated if there be occasion, and it is a present Remedy; for it effectually takes away all the pain of the Teeth. Sometimes also for the greater content of those who use it, it may be tinctured with flowers of Poppies, and being tinctured, kept for use.
Take a hundred Pismires Eggs, bitter Almonds an ounce, roots of black Hellebore, Garden Radishes, Sow∣bread, English Galangal, of each an ounce; Pomegra∣nate peel six drams, Bay-berries husked, Iuniper-berries,
of each half an ounce; seeds of Fenil, Cummin, Anise and Caraway, of each three drams; Pulp of Coloquin∣tida, true Castor, of each a dram and a half; Marjo∣ram, Wormwood, Savin and Rue, of each a dram. Bruise them, and being mixed, infuse them in four pound of the best rectified Spirit of Wine, and after due digestion, let them be distilled in Balneo; yet do it ingeniously, lest you break your Glass. The Spirit being abstracted, add to it a sufficient quantity of live Millepedes, and digest them all, so long till the Spirit be tinctured: this being done, filter it and keep it for use.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. A few drops of this Spirit dropped into the Ears morning and evening, and the Ears stopped with muskified Cotton, take away deaf∣ness and thickness of hearing; nay, it is an excel∣lent Medicine in the ringing, noise and hissing of the Ears, also in the thickness of hearing, &c. But in these Affects, Bread a little under-baked and taken hot out of the Oven, and the lower Crust broken off and dipped into this Spirit, and so applied to the Ear (but it will be convenient to lay some Cloth to the part to keep it from burning) so that the Vapor may be received into the Head, is much better. And let this Method be continued till the evil ceaseth.
Take Pismires Eggs and Millepedes alive, of each thir∣ty one; bitter Almonds half an ounce, Bay-berries hus∣ked, Iuniper-berries and Savin, of each two drams; Cummin seeds, roots of round Cyperus Grass, of each a dram; Earth-worms thrice dryed, Tabaco, Wormwood, of each half a dram; white Amber prepared, true Castor, of each a scruple; Oriental Saffron ten grains. Let them be grosly bruised and infused in sixteen ounces of Spirit of Wine, let them digest for eight days,
often shaking them in the time, then filter it, and keep the tinged Spirit for use.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. This Spirit is a Secret in Deafness and thickness of Hearing, and the noise in the Ears also, though inveterate. And the use of it is this, drop a few drops into the Ear in the morning fasting, and at night before supper, and afterward stop the Ear with some muskified Cotton.
Take small Raisons and Aniseeds, of each four oun∣ces; Lohoch sanum & expert. and Pine-nuts, of each two ounces; extracted juyce of Liquorish an ounce and a half, Conserve of flowers of Hyssop, Violets and Com∣frey, of each an ounce; Cinamon six drams, species of Diatragacanth frigid. Diaireos simple, Diarrhodon Ab∣batis, of each half an ounce; Cardamoms the less, Ori∣ental Saffron, Mace, of each a dram and a half; Mai∣denhair, Horehound, of each a dram; flowers of Marsh∣mallows, Clotsfoot and Sage, of each half a dram. All being bruised and mixed, let them infuse eight days in eight pound of simple Spirit of Wine, then dist••l in Balneo, and the abstracted Liquor edulcorate with white Sugar Candy.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. It is of excellent use in cold Catarrhs, diseases of the Breast, Cough, old Asth∣ma's and difficulty of Breathing. The dose is from one spoonful to two. It also purgeth and cleanseth the Breast from all thick and viscid Humors, and opens all Obstructions there.
Take Spirit of Wine Iuniperated two pound, Sugar Candy bruised half a pound. Mix them in a fit Vessel, and let the Spirit be set on fire, that they may mix
together, and while the Spirit flames, stir it some∣times with a Knife or a Spatula, till the Sugar is all dissolved, then strain it, and tye up two scruples of Oriental Saffron in a Nodulus, and let it hang in the Liquor, and so keep it for use.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. It is a good Medicine in the Asthma, difficulty of Breathing, vices of the Breast, Cough, weakness and windiness of the Stomach, pains of the Belly, &c. Moreover it provokes U∣rine, helps the Stone, Ruptures, Convulsions, and Suffocations of the Womb. The dose is from one spoonful to two at a time.
Take of the best Cinamon four ounces, Galangal the less, Aniseeds, of each two ounces; Cloves, Nutmegs, of each an ounce; water Mints, Rosemary, of each half an ounce; sweet Cane, white Ginger, red Roses, of each two drams. All being grosly bruised, let them infuse in eight pound of simple Spirit of Wine, and after due digestion, let them be distilled in Balneo, and the Spirit being drawn off, edulcorate either with white Sugar Candy or with Gelly of Quinces.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. It is good for those who have a bad Appetite, and a depraved Digestion, a cold distempered Stomach, Hiccup, Loathing of Meat, Vomiting, Dog-hunger, four Belchings, straitness of the Breast, and for cold Constitutions oppressed with too much humidity; but it is most agreeable to Old folks, &c. It wonderfully comforts and restores the natural Heat, preserves from Putrefaction. It sharpens the Sight, and the Mind also in those who are apt to be forgetful, and keeps back Old age. The dose is from one spoonful to two.
Take roots of Restharrow and Marshmallows, of each three ounces; Cucumer two ounces, Liquorish, Asara∣bacca, of each an ounce and a half; seeds of Gromel three ounces, seeds of white Saxifrage, Roman Nettles, Parsley, Radishes and Anise, of Rhubarb, round Birthwort, the lesser Galangal, Cinamon, Mace, white Ginger and Horstail, of each an ounce; Pearch stone, Iews stone, Sponge, La∣pis Lyncis, Snail-shells prepared, of each six drams; Cas∣sia fistula, Winter Cherries, Iuniper-berries, Venice Trea∣cle, Goats blood, Crabs eyes, Cockal bone of a Hares foot, of each half an ounce. Being pulverized and mixed, let them infuse in six pound of simple Spirit of Wine (or a sufficient quantity) let them stand in digestion fourteen days, after let them be distilled in Balneo.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. It breaks the Stone, and brings it away in small pieces: It cleanseth the Reins and Bladder from all impurities, and at last makes the Patient produce a clear Urine: And what is more, it doth so cure and bring away the gravelly matter by Urine, that it shall never breed nor gene∣rate any more. Moreover there is not a Remedy like it in the Colick and suffocation of the Matrix; for it loosens most humors, and dissolves all vento∣sity. The dose is from one spoonful to two or three.
Take roots of Elicampane, Pimpinella and Parsley, of each an ounce; Pearch-stone, River Crabs eyes, Goats blood, of each six drams; seeds of Water-Carrots, white Saxifrage, Fenil, Anise, Gromel, Roman Net∣tles, Broom, Iuniper-berries, Winter-Cherries, of each half an ounce; species of Lithrontribon, Diathamaron,
and Trion Pipereon, of each two drams. All being bruised and mixed, let them infuse in four pound of simple Spirit of Wine for the space of fourteen days, then distil them in Balneo for use.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. It doth not only break the Stone in the Reins and Bladder, but brings it away also in sand and small pieces by Urine. The dose either for Preservation or Cure, is from one spoonful to two, by it self, or mixed with other Medicines.
Take Earth-worms dryed, Iuniper-berries, seeds of Rocket, of each two ounces; roots of Angelica, Pellitory and Aron, of each an ounce; flowers of Lavender, long Pepper, Rosemary, Sage, green Garlick, of each half an ounce; Mastich, Myrrh, yellow Amber, Euphorbium, Castor, of each three drams. Let them be bruised and mixed, and then infused in four pound of well recti∣fied Spirit of Wine: let them digest for a month, then filter it, and the Spirit with the Essence extra∣cted reserve for use.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. The paralytick Members a∣nointed with this tinctured Spirit (universal Remedies being premised) and Linen Cloaths wet in it, and ap∣plied to the affected parts, you will find a wonderful operation, and a happy restitution in a short time.
Take Venice Treacle four ounces, roots of Angelica, Elicampane and Swallow-wort, white Diptamus, Devils∣bit, Snakeweed, Pimpinella, Tormentil, Zedoary, Citron seeds, of each an ounce. Make all into a gross Pow∣der and mix them: on which pour eight pound of simple Spirit of Wine. Let them digest fourteen days, and then digest them in B. M. and keep the abstract∣ed liquor for use.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. This is a most excellent Spi∣rit to preserve people from the Plague: And is also called a Catholick Medicine, because it consisteth of just twelve Ingredients. It may be taken from one spoonful to two, three or four hours before dinner, or before they go abroad; and is to be used every morning. It prevents the danger of contagious Air, and doth revive the Spirits: But in curing it is given from two spoonfuls to three in Carduus-water, or in our Aqua Cornu Cervi, and it expels the Venom plentifully by Sweat.