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 ...

Oleum septem Florum, or an Oyl of the seven Flowers.

It is prepared of Oyl Olive by many repeated In∣fusions of the flowers of Violets, Elder, Roses, Cha∣momil, white Lilies, Mullein and red Marsh-mallows. Let the flowers be infused apart in Oyl, every sort in its season, so that they may be fresh, let them di∣gest in the Sun, and after due maceration let every sort by themselves be strongly pressed, and this la∣bour with other fresh flowers is often to be repeated, &c. And at last you shall have a true Balsamick and

Anodyne Oyl appropriate to all pains, as well cold as hot, and this Oyl keep for use.

Virtue and Use. It is truly Anodyne, and mitigates the pains of the Head and Cephalalgia; and being laid to the Forehead and Temples of those in a Phren∣sie and watching, induceth sleep. It easeth the di∣stension of the Hypochonders, and allays the pains of the Thorax, Ventricle, Colon, Womb, and nervous parts. It is a present remedy for Pleuritick, Con∣sumptive and Hectical persons, and soon allays the intolerable heat of burning Feavers, and the immo∣derate heat of the Liver and Reins. In short, it ex∣tinguisheth all intemperate heat. It mollifies the hardness of the Womb, and composeth many other accidents of those parts. It ripens all hot Tumors, and discusseth Lassitudes. It is also effectually used with the White of an Egg, or the Mucilage of Quince seeds for Burns and Scalds. Lastly, given in Clysters, it allayeth the pain of the Belly, moves to stool, and carries off serous Excrements.