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 ...

Decoctum Spleneticum, or a Decoction for the Spleen.

Take leaves of Sena and Sea Coleworts, of each an ounce; roots of Cappars, Fenil, Grass, Flower-de-luce and dwarff Elder, of each three drams; Rhubarb, Dod∣der, species Diarrhodon Abbatis, of each two drams and a half; Maidenhair, Hyssop, Harts tongue and Betony, flowers of the lesser Centaury, Hops and white Liverwort, of each a dram. Let them be cut and bruised, and then infused 24 hours in water of Scurvy-grass, Fumitory, Sorrel and Pauls Betony, of each eight ounces. Afterward boil it according to Art, and make a clear Decoction, in which dissolve Cream of Tartar six drams: that being dissolved, add these Syrups following, i. e. Syrup of Scurvy-grass, of Suc∣cory simple, of Fumitory and Agrimony, of each an ounce; Spirit of Salt corrected half a dram. Mix all.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. This Decoction is excellent in the Obstruction, Tumor and Scirrhus of the Spleen; also in the Scurvy, rectification of the Blood, ill disposition or inclining to a Dropsie. The dose is every day from two ounces to three.