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 ...

Aqua Anticolica seu Carminativa, or a Car∣minative against the Colick.

Take the rind of yellow Oranges six ounces, roots of Zedoary three ounces, Bay-berries husked and Iuniper∣berries, of each an ounce and a half; sweet Reed, lesser Galangal, Cinamon, of each an ounce; of the four great∣er and lesser hot Seeds, seeds of Chervil, Nigella and Dill, of each three drams. Let them be grosly bruised and mixed, and put into eight pound of Malmsey Wine. Let them infuse eight days; and then add water of the juyce of Chamomil thrice distilled, of Mother of Thyme distilled with Wine, of each a pound. Mix them, and in an Alembick in Balneo distil them.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. It cures the Colick to a Mi∣racle, which hath its Original from a cold and moist matter with wind, universal Medicines being premi∣sed. The dose is from one spoonful to two or three, or from one ounce to two or three.