Aqua Cordialis calida, or a hot Cordial Water.
Take Cinamon four ounces, roots of Avens three oun∣ces, Cloves, sealed Earth, of each an ounce; both sorts of Cardamoms, Galangal the less, Mace, Zedoary, the peels of yellow Oranges, Citron peels, seeds of Basil, of each half an ounce; odoriferous wood of Aloes, Oriental Saffron, Spicknard, Pennyroyal dryed, of each three drams; flowers of Borage and Bugloss, of each a dram and a half. All being pulverized and mixed, let them infuse eight days in four pound of Spanish Wine; then add Cinamon water distilled with Wine, Clove gillyflowers, of each a pound and a half; flowers of Rosemary, Lavender, Balm and Sage, of each a pound. Mix them, and in an Alembick in Balneo let it be distilled.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. It doth help wonderfully in all cold affects of the Heart, and is a good Remedy for its palpitation, and the defect of the Mind. It cureth the Syncope and Swooning, refresheth the vital Spirits: it takes away a sorrowful heaviness and the cause thereof, and exhilarates the Heart. It al∣so restores those to health, who are weak by the continuance of a lingering Disease, and is an excel∣lent Roborative. It renders the whole body lively, retards Baldness: For whosoever is old, and useth this Medicine, will need no other Conservation for his Health. The dose is from one spoonful to two or three at a time.