Emplastrum Narcoticum, or a Narcotick Plaster.
Take the juyces of Housleek six ounces, of Henbane, Hemlock, Rosemary, Vervain and Nightshade, of each
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Take the juyces of Housleek six ounces, of Henbane, Hemlock, Rosemary, Vervain and Nightshade, of each
three ounces; Oyl of white Lilies, Camphire, flowers of Mullein and Chamomil, of each an ounce and a half; Marrow of a Stag an ounce. Let them be boiled ac∣cording to Art in Balneo to the consumption of the Juyces; then add of Virgins Wax and Colophony, of each two ounces; Ceruss an ounce and a half, Opium Spa∣girically extracted, flowers of wild Poppy, of each three drams; Foreign Mumy two drams. Mix them, and make a Plaster according to Art.
Virtue and Use. It cools and wonderfully allays the tormenting pains of the Gout, and mitigates the Herpes, Erysipelas and Phlegmons. It potently ex∣tinguisheth all other hot intemperatures, nay, the burning heat of Inflammations. It also easeth the pains of the Head, and being applied to the Temples and Pulses, it induceth sleep.